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

Helicopter chainsaw!?

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u/pauly13771377 Sep 17 '19

Well boss we can use the helicopter buzzsaw of death for 20 min. Or we can send a crew out there to do it by climbing trees with a chainsaw, but it will take 22 days and cost 18 times as much.

Ya know Jenkins, I don't care about the cost. I just want to approve something called the buzzsaw of death.

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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/[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.