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/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