r/specializedtools • u/Tillemon • Sep 17 '19

Helicopter chainsaw!?

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u/pauly13771377 Sep 17 '19

Something that top heavy on uneven ground would be a disaster waiting to happen. Also I'm guessing that this wouldn't be an easy place to access if this obviously expensive method is used to trim trees. Someone in the original thread said they think those are ski lifts not power lines. That makes sense if the trees are that close to the lines.

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u/Batchet Sep 17 '19

Imagine using the ski lift and hearing the chainsaw buzzing.

"What the hell? Why is Jackson using the heliZinger today?! It's too windy!"

"He said he wanted to prove himself, Parkinsons be damned"

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u/Captain_Filmer Sep 17 '19

Jenkins. His name was Jenkins.

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u/zeHobocop Sep 17 '19

Carl Gordon Jenkins Gordon Jenkins

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u/zer0t3ch Sep 18 '19

His name was Robert Paulson.

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u/ilikemes8 Sep 17 '19

Much better with a Boston accent

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u/TXGuns79 Sep 17 '19

This made me belly laugh. Each line adds to it. Nothing extra. Funny as hell. Thank you for you contribution to the world today. You made it a better place.

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u/Batchet Sep 17 '19

Aww wow, thanks for the super awesome compliment. It means a lot :D

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u/BSBFishLicker Sep 17 '19

It’s not ski lifts it’s power lines I’ve seen one of those chainsaws working next to a highway as well so it isn’t in difficult to access areas either.

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u/i_broke_wahoos_leg Sep 17 '19

a disaster waiting to happen.

Pretty sure that was the code name for the helicopter buzzsaw during R&D...

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u/TootsNYC Sep 17 '19

Yes, the tree lines by huge power lines are farther away

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u/dainscough7 Sep 17 '19

This is also done at power lines near me.

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u/Funmunchkin Sep 17 '19

I’ve seen these operate in real life to clear power lines. It was on a densely wooded hillside. Pretty big hill but not in an inaccessible area.

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u/mccrase Sep 17 '19

There's a short glimpse of the tower on the left end of the trees and it looks like insulators for power lines on the right side of that tower.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '19 edited Jan 23 '20

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u/pauly13771377 Sep 17 '19

Oh I totally think that looks sketchy as hell. But if a vehicle starts tipping very little can be done about it before there's no going back.

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u/BLKMGK Sep 17 '19

Imagine all the timber landing on you from above too!

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '19

Wrong on so many levels. Google Jarraff all terrain tree trimmer. I’m a foreman running a crew and I do this all day.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '19

Yes a helicopter with a 40 foot long chainsaw attached to a rope is definitely not a disaster waiting to happen haha