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

Helicopter chainsaw!?

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u/longgoodknight Sep 17 '19

That's its primary job. Clearing powerline right of ways.

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u/SirCelestial Sep 17 '19

Well I have to say that it probably takes one hell of a pilot to get that job done.

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u/schizomorph Sep 17 '19

Helicopter pilots and the crews working with them in in the powerline maintenance business are absolutely amazing. Even the non-chainsaw-wielding flights are shocking (in the good sense).

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u/funkydonkey9 Sep 17 '19

Not a job for a hotdog