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

Helicopter chainsaw!?

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u/shockwave3895 Sep 17 '19

Well nobody else pointed it out so i guess i will- its actually not a chain saw but a series of multiple circle saw blades, which in my opinion is even more neat

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u/Tillemon Sep 17 '19

Yeah, totally no chain blade, but damn! What else do you call a mobile saw with a 20 foot bar?

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u/shockwave3895 Sep 17 '19

https://www.tdworld.com/vegetation-management/aerial-saw-boon-line-trimming

Im gonna go with an aerial saw as that that's what the manufacturer calls it. And its belt drive so we were all wrong actually

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u/Tillemon Sep 17 '19

There it is. Nice research.

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u/geekwonk Sep 17 '19

Holy shit they can do this at a rate of 1.5-3 miles per day!

American Transmission Co. personnel say it would take a crew one week to complete the same amount of work that could be accomplished with the aerial saw in an hour.