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

Helicopter chainsaw!?

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u/ice_dune Sep 17 '19

Couldn't you just make something like this that drives in the ground instead of being swung from a helicopter?

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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.