Helicopter chainsaw
A crew came by on Monday,
cutting trees away from the powerline. The big difference? The saw was
lowered from a helicopter!
The pilot was pretty
impressive, making gentle sweeps close to the poles and wires. He did end up knocking out our
electricity for about an hour though.
But we were still very
impressed by his prowess...and glad to prevent longer outages during
upcoming storms. So I guess the only real downside is that now Mark
wants a helicopter saw....
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Until you see what it costs.
A small and simple helicopter like an Robinson R22 costs in the order of $300/hour to operate.
The helicopter in your picutre lookes like a Hughes 500. From what I've been able to find, that thing costs an eye-watering $1200/hour to operate. Assuming you make several hundred hours per year...
That is of course excluding the purchase cost, pilot training etc.