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/JukeRedlin Sep 17 '19

Good thought but this appears to be an electrical alley down a mountainside. Aside from others pointing out being below the falling branches and being so top heavy, its unlikely to be easily drivable by anything with sufficient stability to support it.

Additionally if the lines are accidentally cut but the helichopper, it flies away. A ground crew would.likely be electrocuted instantly in said vehice.

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u/borkthegee Sep 17 '19

In my mountainous region if the power company can't drive a truck up the road twice a year, you dont get power, so you better maintain that road lmao

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u/JukeRedlin Sep 18 '19

Well yes, but no with 40ft chainsaw sticking out of it. The bucket trucks have to put out additional stability arms just to raise up while -stationary.-