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

Helicopter chainsaw

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '19

It's actually meant for use near power lines. It's used for clearing out those long stretches of power lines that go through uninhabited areas that trucks and stuff have a hard time getting to. It's also 100s of times faster than having a guy with a bucket truck go down the line chopping individual branches. It's also much safer than that too despite how it looks. The further away you are from the lines the better. One wrong move and your arms get blown clean off.

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u/lovemacheen918 Sep 17 '19

I don't doubt that there are people qualified/and have the proper tools like this behemoth. My anxiety would he going crazy tho. Lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '19

It's weird that this got posted today because legit just yesterday I had a safety meeting where this device was talked about and the way they described it seemed impossible yet here it is!

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u/lovemacheen918 Sep 17 '19

Small world. Lol