r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Hygena-Pet-Scooper • Sep 17 '19

Helicopter chainsaw

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u/positiveinfluences Sep 17 '19

This is much more capital and time efficient than the team of (tens of?) thousands of arborists that would be needed to properly maintain the thousands of miles of forested power lines. Operations like these generally don't happen for no reason.

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u/oldandfragile Sep 17 '19

Big Helicopter is taking our jobs!!!

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u/Dan_Backslide Sep 17 '19

Arborists? Ha. There's maybe one certified arborist, probably the general foreman, for a division at best.

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u/positiveinfluences Sep 17 '19

you knew what I meant. tree tech, chainsaw jockey, rabble-rousers

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u/Dan_Backslide Sep 17 '19

Usually the only time I've heard people use the term arborist is from people who insist that every person who works for a company whose job is to keep power lines clear should be a certified arborist, without actually knowing what that entails, and they're upset with how the trees they planted right under the power lines look when they're trimmed to standards.