Can you imagine the meeting with the insurance company? We are going to rig up a bunch of saw blades, power them with a gas motor, put them on the end of a long flexabile pipe and hang that from a helicopter. We want to use it around high voltage lines.
I agree, this makes no sense to me. It's an accident looking for places to happen and mechanically, there are hundreds of maintenance points that need attention hourly. Can't they bury the wires or put them in a 'pipeline', something closer to the ground that would halve this maintenance ordeal? They still have to clean up all the twigs, this is about forest fires and property liability. This is why a 'decentralized' grid is so important. Main transmission lines (this is a small one) should be limited by distributed power generation from renewables. Get rid of the power lines, let the forests grow naturally.
idk why but when I saw the title I was like..wow a helicopter cutting trees with its blades o-0 now that I got to see but I found out that's not the case but this is amazing :3
macnuth Amazing precision, this guy has skill! The power companies in the Northwest are moving away from these saws- they tend to make large fir trees explode more than neatly trimmed. This saw design was causing them more problems than it was fixing.
KellyAnn please believe me when I say this is much safer than sending people on foot up the sides of these mountains with all their gear to trim these trees, they would then be littered with death and injury, it's necessary, there would be power black-outs every time the wind got up. We should be thankful there's people willing and able to do this.
A LOT safer than a guy in a 100ft Bucket truck with a Pole Saw in their hands !! This is 1000 times faster also !! I used to Clear Power lines when younger !! This is the way !! This is AWESOME !!. A 20ft Saw on the end of a Cable, Hanging from a HELICOPTER !!!!! Who would think !?!?!?!??.
Stellar use of a great tool. Takes real finesse to fly close to power lines, bravo! While rotary wing time is costly, must be much cheaper than ground crews, especially on rough terrain or remote locations.
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This was amazing as well as fascinating. I can't even begin to understand the skill it must take to do this job. Both the pilot and the saw operator are beyond belief.
I spent alot of time working for contractors, and did most of my time flying in the army. As part of the crew not an aviator of course. But, what you guys do is beyond words. All I can say is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!
@@HelicopterGround yeah it’s amazing alright, when you have to go back a clean up the ton of debris they leave lay in your roads and fields more work that you didn’t plan on, never anyone there to clean debris up. You won’t recognize it when I leave, got that part right.
I've seen this thing is action! I was riding ATVs in the power line trails, then I seen this coming/cutting from a distance and really freaked me out! It is a amazing machine! The pilots are fearless!
Dear investor...I going to start a business flying an unstable vehicle with a set of dangling high speed carbon tipped rotating saw blades on the end of a long metal bar near some high voltage power lines in restricted airspace and swing it through some inaccessible trees on the top of a mountain. We will only have one pilot because the skill level is so high that no-one can train for the job. Oh, and I can't get insurance because it so unique that there is no amortization table available for risk assesment. .... GO FOR IT ... someone has to be first.
roy hoco especially on high-tension lines when the phase is stacked vertically like it is one on top of the other. each line set it's a 3-phase at 60 hertz each one is a third off of the other one as far as the standing wave is concerned so touching the one next to the other one they are at the same phase you're just going to complete the circuit with no problem. but if you touch two on the same side together Bang! you'll short 240 kilovolts. as each of the three phases are stacked one on top of the other with the parallel to each on each side
I saw someone trimming trees along a road in North Carolina this way once and had to do a double take. When I told friends and family they thought I was making it up. This contraption is definitely something unbelievable.
#Emily I live in Blowing Rock NC and saw two trimmer pilots in Food Lion they were trimming trees on the TN/NC border never knew such a thing existed !
This happened by my house in NKY. Amazing skill! The second amazing thing was the massive mulched that turned everything to rich soil from all the dropped branches and trees.
I saw this helicopter-saw in a movie in the '80s when I was a kid. I always thought it was a prop made especially for that movie. What a great helicopter piolet and an amazing piece of machinery. Thanks for posting this video @Helicopter Online Ground School.
I hope those pilots get paid the BIG BUCKS as that's some serious flying skill and I can imagine the frustration when wind and weather doesn't cooperate.
Whatever they are paid, it's simply not enough. When I think of all the people that it takes to keep our lights on and all of our machine machining and all that had to happen to keep the tricity-juice flowing through tron-pipes, well helicoopter pilots were not one of the jobs on my list. Then, a couple years ago I watched several YT videos where helicopters were used to bring workers up to the towers supporting high-tension lines (i.e. the big stuff). Just like these chainsaw pilots, it required pilots of extraordinary proficiency. Hats off to the people who do these jobs well. Can you imagine telling someone who inquires about what you do for a living, "I pilot a giant flying chain saw in close proximity to very high voltage power lines and the towers that support them. So what fo you do?" "Me? Oh nothing important."
About 5 years ago, I was out for a walk, and was watching a heli fly back and forth across a mountain range on the other side of town. He appeared to be flying around with a log hanging from his whirlybird. I could not imagine what in the hell he was doing. Now I realize that it wasn't a log at all.. He was trimming the trees along the high tension lines up there! You learn something new every day!
Who came up with this idea? Who makes the saw? Who did it first? Imagine the first guy explaining this to an insurance company so he can get some liability insurance. I guess they have people on the ground who pick up the trimmings. The fire hazard would be pretty severe if the trimmings were left to dry out. I'm surprised the saw isn't operated by a passenger in the helicopter who watches the saw and gives instructions to the pilot. I'm guessing the idea was conceived by the same folks who thought up power transmission cable repair by helicopter.
deezynar This saw was designed by the owner of the company, they have ground crews watching from the ground all the time to handle trimmings that could be a problem. The pilot operates all from the cockpit! Amazing operation. Thanks for commenting.
+deezynar Hey there, you condescending worthless piece of "theological" $hit. Stop spreading your satanic heretical filth concerning the end times. You have been warned.
***** I see that you are stalking me, and threatening me. I take it that you are angry that I told you you are not a Christian because you so readily insulted people. You are only revealing how accurate my accusation was by this outburst.
Helicopter Online Ground School They've been doing this for a very long time, my great grandmother will tell you the story of one of these landing on her farm, then they just left it in the field for the night. The neighbors thought her husband bought a helicopter and were asking for rides for a week lol.
@Alex. If a person was doing this job by hand, do you think that birds' nests would fare any better? Life is pretty rough and tumble out in the wild. Survivor birds have probably learned not to build nests too close to power lines. @ Phil Hughes. Thanks for sharing the fact that you're such a tough, standup ...s******d.
Love those MD-500F Little Birds!! Seen one today along a Georgia Power "Southern Company" Transmission Line in Central Georgia cutting trees like this here! Awesome video! 🇺🇸🚁
Im not a pilot, but i used to dream of getting a UH-1H, and take a saw mill into one of those cheap land locked properties, that are sold by the old growth timber industry for Pennies on the dollar, without the necessary right of way in. As a kid this was my way of cheating the system, at the highest cost possible I guess. But hey maybe the Huey would be a write off, lol
WOW simply wow!!. I've seen the avenues cut through forests for power lines but always thought it was maintained by ground crews. Never did I imagine it was kept so neat by a guy in a helicopter using a circular saw on steroids. Kudos to the pilot and his instructor.
It really does! if you want to trim your trees, with the side effect of completely killing them off becuase this thing makes a million errant cuts instead of 1 clean one (leading to infection and all kinds of other problems for trees), then this is the way to go!
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Adam Baker They flew a lot of these also. We called them LOHs. I don't understand your comment. Has nothing to do with video or comments. Forgive me for missing your point
I would never have known that this work was ever done! Who would have thought? I would be terrified trying to do what these guys are doing. I don't think many people could "multitask" like these guys! Great job!
There has got to be a more effective and efficient way to accomplish this... It would definitely make for an interesting GTA6 vehicle though. Could even base a mission on it.
Wow, I saw this in one of the James Bond movies but totally thought it was just Hollywood make believe! Its amazing that this is a real thing. All my respect goes out to the pilot.
maintenance. to keep them from getting close to the lines. there is an easement that cuts across the land like a road where those lines are and they keep the vegetation in check in that easement.
We thought so at first. Watch the follow up videos. We have 8 more Helicopter Tree Sawing videos new this year at our playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDoa.html?
@@donibeh ground clear lasts 1 year, if a pilot crashes and dies that's permanent, or they lose the chopper, that's expensive, ground clear is nothing I use it all the time
@@eksine you need to think this through. How do you think your poison will get there? Obviously a Truck cannot access that area. So they will use a helicopter, won't they? And that helicopter has to fly very low because you do not want the poison everywherer, but only in this particular area. So there will still be the risk of a low flying helicopter crash. These saws have security mechanisms to drop the saw should it go rampage and try to tear down the helicooter.
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Ok, so the blades of a helicopter are strong, but not that strong. Deformities in the blades can cause the craft to lose lift and crash. Trying to put it through a tree trunk or sturdy limb would destroy the blade and likely kill the crew.
There are 8 more videos, where the entire crew is highlighted. ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDo.html and you may just change your mind.
Reminds me of the chopper pilots in 'Nam who hovered over an LZ during a firefight extricating a wounded soldier while being shot at! Skill level of this pilot is awe inspiring, PLUS he's got balls of steel to do this every time he hooks up to that locomotive band-saw! Whatever he's getting paid, it's not enough!
Those trees arent even going to get big enough to grow into the lines. Should just clear them back a little further imo. This seems like over engineering it to me. You could find people who would cut them up as lumber and firewood as well and get it done alot cheaper. And i mean Done not back a 6months later to trim again. All you hav to do is brush hog.
Oh my God! This is terrible, outrageous and unwarranted murder of ants and squirrels and worms and possibly birds. Is there any shame in killing God's creatures? Let the trees grow and leave the animals alone please. This is just nasty! Oh wait, wrong video. Carry on with this cool contraption.
The things that no one would ever think about in regards to what it takes to keep a countrys infrastructure moving efficiently and effectively.......these guys are awesome. I tip my hat
Amazing!!! The unit just went by my house in Northern Wisconsin. Lots of trees to trim up here. I used to work for a power company and I know the importance of tree trimming, especially on a transmission line. 7:27
Some darn good flying in this video! I bet this is a real time saver!! These crews are damn good at their jobs! Teamwork makes the dream work!!!!!........... Thanks
A couple of years ago, I met one of the guys that works at this business on a PGR ride honoring wounded veterans in Myrtle Beach. We ate lunch together. I told him about my helicopter experience in the Army and he invited me to Tabor City to see what was going on. Having managed a utility project in Tabor City back in the 70's, I was very familiar with the area and the local airport and planned to visit... I never made it down there. It slipped my mind until I saw this video. I was surprised to see Tabor City, NC on the truck door and realized it was the same crew. Very interesting. Maybe I can get down there sometime...... only about 90 minutes away.
I had a few hundred hours in a D model back in the mid 80's and your video brought back some great memories, some long lining, but no tree sawing! I remember on my check ride being disappointed with the school bus performance after hearing so much about the "Porsche" of helicopters. It turns out, after the flight I went to tighten the frictions and they were already tight, I never backed them off before the flight. No wonder it flew like our FH1100! Great Video.
Can you imagine the meeting with the insurance company?
We are going to rig up a bunch of saw blades, power them with a gas motor, put them on the end of a long flexabile pipe and hang that from a helicopter. We want to use it around high voltage lines.
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Helicopter Online Ground School lol did you read the comment
Probably not, lol
I don't think there's any policy to cover this which would be affordable. My guess is they only have liability, nothing to cover the craft.
@@libenasukro liabilty is the issue. Craft is easy.
Takes "dont run with scissors" to a whole new level...initial prototypes must have been interesting.
interesting thought. I bet the prototypes were entertaining
northolbo lmao
I agree, this makes no sense to me. It's an accident looking for places to happen and mechanically, there are hundreds of maintenance points that need attention hourly. Can't they bury the wires or put them in a 'pipeline', something closer to the ground that would halve this maintenance ordeal? They still have to clean up all the twigs, this is about forest fires and property liability. This is why a 'decentralized' grid is so important. Main transmission lines (this is a small one) should be limited by distributed power generation from renewables. Get rid of the power lines, let the forests grow naturally.
the initial prototype was a bunch of chainsaw wielding guys harnessed in a row to the dangling line. = )
@@refusoagaino6824 Is that you AOC?
Squirrels must hate this thing.
austin1839 that would be a great follow up video! All the unlucky squirrels lmao!
click here to find out why!
I don't think they live long enough to.
austin1839 That's why I love it. Squirrels are entities of pure concentrated unfiltered chaos. Their little eyes are black pools of Evil.
nah they get their claws trimmed for free.....
The fact that modern technology can lift this guy's balls up in the air and hold it there is mind blowing.
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Not that amazing when you consider Helicopters don't actually fly. They beat the air into submission.
lol made me spit on my computer screen.
found the 14 year old with the 'this guy has huge balls' because he did something that took guts comment
@@adamrouse7930 I couldn't agree more, and I want to know what kind of pants he can get those massive balls in.
Never in a million years would I have guessed this contraption.....
Yeah it's crazy!
Tommy Nikon Seriously.
idk why but when I saw the title I was like..wow a helicopter cutting trees with its blades o-0 now that I got to see but I found out that's not the case but this is amazing :3
Maybe in two million?
So this giant stick of death is ok but I can't own a pocket knife with a blade longer than 3 inches. :P
Caleb Duke Or Michigan....
Stangil1 This is a tool... enough said and they are licensed
NICHOLAS LANDOLINA a knife is also a tool
I have a 5 inch blade is that illegal?
'mmmurica! Mah Freedoms!
I agree with the narrator, incredible skill!
Yes!
macnuth Amazing precision, this guy has skill! The power companies in the Northwest are moving away from these saws- they tend to make large fir trees explode more than neatly trimmed. This saw design was causing them more problems than it was fixing.
KellyAnn please believe me when I say this is much safer than sending people on foot up the sides of these mountains with all their gear to trim these trees, they would then be littered with death and injury, it's necessary, there would be power black-outs every time the wind got up. We should be thankful there's people willing and able to do this.
Titus Tucker why would they send people up a mountain to cut down a tree. :D
They were not cutting down trees. Only trimming them away from power lines.
That has to be one of the most impressive and talented pilots I've ever seen in my life.
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This looks really safe!
There are 8 more videos, whereas the entire crew is highlighted. ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDoa.html
iRepairMD UA-cam i now
OSHA says it is
😂😂😂
A LOT safer than a guy in a 100ft Bucket truck with a Pole Saw in their hands !! This is 1000 times faster also !! I used to Clear Power lines when younger !! This is the way !! This is AWESOME !!. A 20ft Saw on the end of a Cable, Hanging from a HELICOPTER !!!!! Who would think !?!?!?!??.
Stellar use of a great tool. Takes real finesse to fly close to power lines, bravo! While rotary wing time is costly, must be much cheaper than ground crews, especially on rough terrain or remote locations.
You are exactly right! Thanks for watching, There are 8 more videos, whereas the entire crew is highlighted. ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDoa.html
This was amazing as well as fascinating. I can't even begin to understand the skill it must take to do this job. Both the pilot and the saw operator are beyond belief.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The pilot is the saw operator...
I spent alot of time working for contractors, and did most of my time flying in the army. As part of the crew not an aviator of course. But, what you guys do is beyond words. All I can say is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!
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@@HelicopterGround yeah it’s amazing alright, when you have to go back a clean up the ton of debris they leave lay in your roads and fields more work that you didn’t plan on, never anyone there to clean debris up. You won’t recognize it when I leave, got that part right.
I've seen this thing is action! I was riding ATVs in the power line trails, then I seen this coming/cutting from a distance and really freaked me out! It is a amazing machine! The pilots are fearless!
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What could go wrong?
FALLING CHAINSAW OF DEATH
Dear investor...I going to start a business flying an unstable vehicle with a set of dangling high speed carbon tipped rotating saw blades on the end of a long metal bar near some high voltage power lines in restricted airspace and swing it through some inaccessible trees on the top of a mountain. We will only have one pilot because the skill level is so high that no-one can train for the job. Oh, and I can't get insurance because it so unique that there is no amortization table available for risk assesment. .... GO FOR IT ... someone has to be first.
nothing could go wrong, nothing at all
roy hoco especially on high-tension lines when the phase is stacked vertically like it is one on top of the other. each line set it's a 3-phase at 60 hertz each one is a third off of the other one as far as the standing wave is concerned so touching the one next to the other one they are at the same phase you're just going to complete the circuit with no problem. but if you touch two on the same side together Bang! you'll short 240 kilovolts. as each of the three phases are stacked one on top of the other with the parallel to each on each side
Adventure Ryan that's why this guy makes lots of money
I've been in the line clearance business for decades as well as a lineman I am impressed beyond belief hats off to you men
Awesome Tom thanks for commenting!
Linemen don't clear shit. Tree climbers do. Veg crews. Linemen ain't part of no fucking veg crew.
He must be very proud of his former student, a big thumbs up.
Yes I am :)
i would not have believed it if i did not see it
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paul white agreed. if this was a friends story., I'd think he's was a liar!
I wouldn't've believed even if I saw it coming
**accidentally cuts powerline**
Crap...
That actually has happened to my area twice so far this year. We got out of school one day so I won't complain.
*Accidentally forgets to turn the saw off before landing*
*accidentally chops up a small child climbing the tree's
"Being a small child climbing at 20 meters of the ground next to powerlines"
"so what do you do for work?"
"I cut fully grown tree sized hedges with a helicopter attached to a pendulum of doom and destruction."
No guts no glory, we honor these guys.
Stay safe and the Lord be with you.
Thanks
I thought that pilot would use propellers to saw the trees.
Thanks for the feedback
😂😂
Me too
I saw someone trimming trees along a road in North Carolina this way once and had to do a double take. When I told friends and family they thought I was making it up. This contraption is definitely something unbelievable.
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what happens if the saw gets stuck in the tree and well it could be messy if pilot doesnt know@@HelicopterGround
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#Emily I live in Blowing Rock NC and saw two trimmer pilots in Food Lion they were trimming trees on the TN/NC border never knew such a thing existed !
Is it just me, or does flying the helicopter and sawing the trees look strangely fun?
+Daniel Martinez Yes it's very cool!
+Johnny Cajon
Pretty sure piloting a copter, in a "high-pucker-factor" mission like this, is a LOT more fun than mowing the lawn, LOL.
Johnny Cajon I'm sure this job is a lot more fun than urs
That is a good pilot, can't believe how much different tree branches must change his flight. WOW !!
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This happened by my house in NKY. Amazing skill! The second amazing thing was the massive mulched that turned everything to rich soil from all the dropped branches and trees.
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Dear santa...
J_b0rn c0nfus3d_R lmao
You could kill a whole lot of choomahs with that
It's just like hedge trimming...but bigger.
What you talkin abit?
J_b0rn c0nfus3d_R shy guy?
The World Is Not Enough brought me here!
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me toooo
Yes it bond film
I saw this helicopter-saw in a movie in the '80s when I was a kid. I always thought it was a prop made especially for that movie. What a great helicopter piolet and an amazing piece of machinery. Thanks for posting this video @Helicopter Online Ground School.
Thank you!
Husband wins the lotto babe I'm just off to get a hedge trimmer for the garden comes back with this weapon
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I use a helicopter flying inverted to mow the lawn.
I hope those pilots get paid the BIG BUCKS as that's some serious flying skill and I can imagine the frustration when wind and weather doesn't cooperate.
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Right! Do you see those electrical lines, one mistake then boom
isn't it why someone do this stupid but skillful thing
They likely have a rather low threshold for wind when they will cancel an operation or not even go out. Just like with cranes.
Whatever they are paid, it's simply not enough. When I think of all the people that it takes to keep our lights on and all of our machine machining and all that had to happen to keep the tricity-juice flowing through tron-pipes, well helicoopter pilots were not one of the jobs on my list. Then, a couple years ago I watched several YT videos where helicopters were used to bring workers up to the towers supporting high-tension lines (i.e. the big stuff). Just like these chainsaw pilots, it required pilots of extraordinary proficiency. Hats off to the people who do these jobs well. Can you imagine telling someone who inquires about what you do for a living, "I pilot a giant flying chain saw in close proximity to very high voltage power lines and the towers that support them. So what fo you do?"
"Me? Oh nothing important."
And I can't even parallel park
@Yourtube User lol parallel parking is ez
you must have had a bad teacher. its easy when explained correctly...
About 5 years ago, I was out for a walk, and was watching a heli fly back and forth across a mountain range on the other side of town. He appeared to be flying around with a log hanging from his whirlybird. I could not imagine what in the hell he was doing. Now I realize that it wasn't a log at all.. He was trimming the trees along the high tension lines up there! You learn something new every day!
Thank you!
Hedge trimming on a whole new level
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Been doing it for many many many many decades. Welcome to some knowledge
Who came up with this idea? Who makes the saw? Who did it first? Imagine the first guy explaining this to an insurance company so he can get some liability insurance. I guess they have people on the ground who pick up the trimmings. The fire hazard would be pretty severe if the trimmings were left to dry out. I'm surprised the saw isn't operated by a passenger in the helicopter who watches the saw and gives instructions to the pilot. I'm guessing the idea was conceived by the same folks who thought up power transmission cable repair by helicopter.
deezynar This saw was designed by the owner of the company, they have ground crews watching from the ground all the time to handle trimmings that could be a problem. The pilot operates all from the cockpit! Amazing operation. Thanks for commenting.
+deezynar Hey there, you condescending worthless piece of "theological" $hit. Stop spreading your satanic heretical filth concerning the end times. You have been warned.
*****
I see that you are stalking me, and threatening me. I take it that you are angry that I told you you are not a Christian because you so readily insulted people. You are only revealing how accurate my accusation was by this outburst.
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They've been doing this for a very long time, my great grandmother will tell you the story of one of these landing on her farm, then they just left it in the field for the night. The neighbors thought her husband bought a helicopter and were asking for rides for a week lol.
Hi, it was me. Can’t remember the details though, as I was pretty drunk at the time.
What if the saw gets stuck? Jetison option?
Yes he can jettison at any time!
Hope you mean the saw not the pilot?
In case of the second option the word 'chopper' suddenly gets something nasty! ;-)
Andre The Templer It may have a safety release to detach from the helicopter in case of emergency.
If it gets stuck you put the throttle up all the way, put a rock on it, get out on the landing gear and jiggle the saw
helicopter + power line + massive saw. yeah, nothing could possibly go wrong.
Bird in its nest worst nightmare
Humans are the planet's worst nightmare!
ChePennyDK ill agree with that, we are a self destroying species!! #saveatreeeatabeaver
If you feel that way then do us all a favor and leave.
phil hughes make like a tree and fly
@Alex. If a person was doing this job by hand, do you think that birds' nests would fare any better? Life is pretty rough and tumble out in the wild. Survivor birds have probably learned not to build nests too close to power lines.
@ Phil Hughes. Thanks for sharing the fact that you're such a tough, standup ...s******d.
But can it cut a BMW in half?
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Since they are made of Aluminum, yes.
would come handy in a zombie apocalypse.
annoying to clean..
Lee Garfield yeah, just make it horizontal
I feel we need to consult the female portion of this society to test these theories, asap :D
Until your helicopter runs out of fuel which, judging by the amount of refueling shown in this video, would be quite quickly.
Video was time lapsed...refuels about every two hours.
Absolutely unreal. This operator obviously knows what he's doing "so close to the power lines" WOW. A great video.
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STIHLicopter
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HeliVarna
I hope that guy gets paid a lot because that job is dangerous as hell.
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Love those MD-500F Little Birds!! Seen one today along a Georgia Power "Southern Company" Transmission Line in Central Georgia cutting trees like this here! Awesome video! 🇺🇸🚁
Very cool!
Im not a pilot, but i used to dream of getting a UH-1H, and take a saw mill into one of those cheap land locked properties, that are sold by the old growth timber industry for Pennies on the dollar, without the necessary right of way in. As a kid this was my way of cheating the system, at the highest cost possible I guess. But hey maybe the Huey would be a write off, lol
I watched guys do this a few years ago. The pilot had great flying skills.
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Next to Christmas Tree harvesting, this is probably the most incredible helicopter flying I've seen! Very cool. Great video
It is extremely cool!
WOW simply wow!!. I've seen the avenues cut through forests for power lines but always thought it was maintained by ground crews. Never did I imagine it was kept so neat by a guy in a helicopter using a circular saw on steroids. Kudos to the pilot and his instructor.
It is cool!!!
Tar Heel Brit.
The work is done by crews in trucks...
The helicopter gig is ridiculous and not to mention counter productive
This looks like something designed by Wile E Coyote. Just kidding.... awesome video and incredible pilot skills.
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It really does! if you want to trim your trees, with the side effect of completely killing them off becuase this thing makes a million errant cuts instead of 1 clean one (leading to infection and all kinds of other problems for trees), then this is the way to go!
The piolet is one hell of a guy that's all I can say that's above and beyond Talent. Great for you Sir.
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I can think of more ways to die than live doing this.
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Cool! Im buying a battery powered hand saw and a drone to do my bushes!
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My thoughts exactly
That's what "She" said... ;)
I like the guys in Vietnam their cut their own emergency extraction landing spot out of the bamboo with their own rotor blades
I read about something like that in the book "Chicken Hawk".
Nothing like a good huey
Adam Baker Not a Huey
They flew a lot of hueys in vietnam which is what I was talking about.
Adam Baker They flew a lot of these also. We called them LOHs. I don't understand your comment. Has nothing to do with video or comments. Forgive me for missing your point
In all my life. never have I seen this before. Wow. This is awesome.
it is
I wanna know the man behind this idea
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But who came up with the buzz saw from heaven?
You can't as he is most likely dead.
He must to be pretty lazy man who got this idea.
Laziness is the most common motivator of invention.
This is an actual thing? Wow... engineering is great.
Worked at a power plant project , watching this Chopper doing it's work around the site 🚁💨 No one could really see , so THIS is VERY Interesting 👍
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Was that plant in Lumberton by chance?
I would never have known that this work was ever done! Who would have thought? I would be terrified trying to do what these guys are doing. I don't think many people could "multitask" like these guys! Great job!
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Imagine how many protestors you could "clear" with this thing...
Yep!
For the zombie apocalypse maybe.. lol
I was biting my nails seeing it close to power lines!
[pilot] "It's all in the wrists."
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That! Should be a weapon in GTA V!
Lol it's already on a buzzard
Nahh saints row, makes a lot more sense
weird science really? The dropping saw? They add it? I take break for a while
grand theft arborist
Nice one
As a fixed wing pilot I absolutely hate power lines. The thought of flying so close to them is terrifying. Awesome flying skills.
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I can't see the video, this guy's huge balls are in the way!
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James Bond wasn't that fake after all...
Excatly
I had seen one work in Mississippi before the James Bond movie. Don't believe it could do what it did in the movie.
arturoicetre Exactly what I was thinking.
I’ve seen these guys in action in Ohio , there the best of the best. 👍
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This guy is so talented he can run the aircraft and the saw at the same time...I would have thought two people
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I know I would prefer that. Its fucking stupid
What could possibly go wrong here?
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There has got to be a more effective and efficient way to accomplish this...
It would definitely make for an interesting GTA6 vehicle though. Could even base a mission on it.
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I got a fever and nothing will cure it but more sawblades
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Wow, I saw this in one of the James Bond movies but totally thought it was just Hollywood make believe!
Its amazing that this is a real thing. All my respect goes out to the pilot.
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Why make vertical cuts on trees... they are not even close to the powerlines.
maintenance. to keep them from getting close to the lines. there is an easement that cuts across the land like a road where those lines are and they keep the vegetation in check in that easement.
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That's a dumb question. Blackguard is right, and not only that its easier to trim young tender growth on the limbs.
Storms man, freaking storms. You keep the branches trimmed that could be blown onto the lines during a storm. Fuck dude, you have foresight at all.
seems like there's an easier cheaper way, like with a truck
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I guess that hardly depends on the actual environment. a truck cannot access every place
yeah because poisoning the whole area including the ground water will be less damaging than cutting some branches off of some trees.
@@donibeh ground clear lasts 1 year, if a pilot crashes and dies that's permanent, or they lose the chopper, that's expensive, ground clear is nothing I use it all the time
@@eksine you need to think this through. How do you think your poison will get there? Obviously a Truck cannot access that area. So they will use a helicopter, won't they? And that helicopter has to fly very low because you do not want the poison everywherer, but only in this particular area. So there will still be the risk of a low flying helicopter crash. These saws have security mechanisms to drop the saw should it go rampage and try to tear down the helicooter.
Okay jimmy, you ready to cut some power lines
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The delicacy of the touch-down landings at 4.20 and 5.15 is unbelievable. That's one hell of a pilot.
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Operating within the shaded areas of the H-V diagram at all times all day every day with only one engine. Definitely not safe.
Your right, and it's on their mind all day!
Why not just using the chopper's blades, safer.
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@@HelicopterGround lol yeah not much else to say about that!
Ok, so the blades of a helicopter are strong, but not that strong. Deformities in the blades can cause the craft to lose lift and crash. Trying to put it through a tree trunk or sturdy limb would destroy the blade and likely kill the crew.
@@sid2112 , you have no sense of humor, at all.
@@shihtzuview7186 not a trace
That looks like a primitive weapon of war.
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I wish there was some way a person could personally watch. This is unbelievable. Can't get enough of it
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Agree, wish I knew the local schedule lol
James bond The World Is Not Enough
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And my little drone is subject to all sorts of regulations, 😉
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This could hold in the trees and pull down the helicopter.
He can release the saw at any time from the cockpit!
Good, i was worried about that.
Reminds me of the chopper pilots in 'Nam who hovered over an LZ during a firefight extricating a wounded soldier while being shot at! Skill level of this pilot is awe inspiring, PLUS he's got balls of steel to do this every time he hooks up to that locomotive band-saw! Whatever he's getting paid, it's not enough!
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My pleasure & thank you!@@HelicopterGround
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Those trees arent even going to get big enough to grow into the lines. Should just clear them back a little further imo. This seems like over engineering it to me. You could find people who would cut them up as lumber and firewood as well and get it done alot cheaper. And i mean Done not back a 6months later to trim again. All you hav to do is brush hog.
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Oh my God! This is terrible, outrageous and unwarranted murder of ants and squirrels and worms and possibly birds. Is there any shame in killing God's creatures? Let the trees grow and leave the animals alone please. This is just nasty! Oh wait, wrong video. Carry on with this cool contraption.
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You had me there for a second 😂😂😂
You had me going there for a second 😂😂
Had me for a second lol
The things that no one would ever think about in regards to what it takes to keep a countrys infrastructure moving efficiently and effectively.......these guys are awesome. I tip my hat
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Madness and Genius are sometimes only separated by a thin line. The kind of line a flying chainsaw cuts in a row of over-grown trees.
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Wow! I know enough about helicopters, saws, and powerlines to know that you have to be really good, really ballsy, or both to do that job!
Exactly!
I will remember this next time I am on hiking trail close to power lines and feel like exploring .
True.
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Amazing!!! The unit just went by my house in Northern Wisconsin. Lots of trees to trim up here. I used to work for a power company and I know the importance of tree trimming, especially on a transmission line. 7:27
Amazing. Not just the equipment, but the skill of these pilots are ..........., I don't know if there is a word to describe it. Great feats guys.
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Are you thinking of a six letter word? Starts with 'st' ends with 'pid'? I sure kept thinking that watching this.
Just amazing, Americans always find another way to amaze me with their inventions and creativity, regardless technology! Well done!
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It's a Canadian invention.
The entire time I watched this, MY JAW WAS IN MY LAP! 😳😃
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Wow those are some incredibly skilled pilots. What a wild machine, I love it.
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that is freakin amazing! that pilot has some real skill...............
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Had those guys use my property as their refueling spot several years back -very cool.
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OMG! at 2:53 , Those blades came awfully close to that jogger!
Ha, ha, got you!!
Funny
That's just badass,I wondered when I saw trees alleys by power tower lines how they got that trimmed so straight,genius....
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I love the color scheme on the Little Bird.
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Some darn good flying in this video! I bet this is a real time saver!! These crews are damn good at their jobs! Teamwork makes the dream work!!!!!........... Thanks
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A couple of years ago, I met one of the guys that works at this business on a PGR ride honoring wounded veterans in Myrtle Beach. We ate lunch together. I told him about my helicopter experience in the Army and he invited me to Tabor City to see what was going on. Having managed a utility project in Tabor City back in the 70's, I was very familiar with the area and the local airport and planned to visit... I never made it down there. It slipped my mind until I saw this video. I was surprised to see Tabor City, NC on the truck door and realized it was the same crew. Very interesting. Maybe I can get down there sometime...... only about 90 minutes away.
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That is so cool. Thanks for posting this. Who would have ever thought it was done this way?
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I had a few hundred hours in a D model back in the mid 80's and your video brought back some great memories, some long lining, but no tree sawing! I remember on my check ride being disappointed with the school bus performance after hearing so much about the "Porsche" of helicopters. It turns out, after the flight I went to tighten the frictions and they were already tight, I never backed them off before the flight. No wonder it flew like our FH1100! Great Video.
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