Comments on: Cutting close http://www.madskies.com/233/cutting-close/ There are more things between heaven and earth than we can imagine... these are real Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:17:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: nodakbees http://www.madskies.com/233/cutting-close/#comment-1687 nodakbees Sun, 23 Jan 2011 06:58:46 +0000 http://www.madskies.com/233/cutting-close/#comment-1687 That's some amazing skill running that equipment! Should be a version without the music. Would rather hear the helicopter and saw blades cutting! That’s some amazing skill running that equipment!

Should be a version without the music. Would rather hear the helicopter and saw blades cutting!

]]> By: theBuckWheat http://www.madskies.com/233/cutting-close/#comment-1640 theBuckWheat Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:32:33 +0000 http://www.madskies.com/233/cutting-close/#comment-1640 I have seen this very rig at my local FBO while it was getting fueled on the job. It is VERY impressive. BTW, the saw unit has its own horizontally opposed engine in the box at the top of the chassis and that box is connected to the belly hook with a pipe, not a flexible line. The anchor point has a U-joint, a release and the pilot can control the swivel, so he can run the saw in a direction that is different than the chopper is pointed. This is so he can cut along a line in a strong crosswind. No air conditioning. On 100 degree days, it is hot work, but less costly per mile of right-of-way, than running a crew especially when the terrain is difficult, like along the sides of a bluff. The guys who fly these rigs are real pilots. I have seen this very rig at my local FBO while it was getting fueled on the job. It is VERY impressive. BTW, the saw unit has its own horizontally opposed engine in the box at the top of the chassis and that box is connected to the belly hook with a pipe, not a flexible line.
The anchor point has a U-joint, a release and the pilot can control the swivel, so he can run the saw in a direction that is different than the chopper is pointed. This is so he can cut along a line in a strong crosswind. No air conditioning. On 100 degree days, it is hot work, but less costly per mile of right-of-way, than running a crew especially when the terrain is difficult, like along the sides of a bluff. The guys who fly these rigs are real pilots.

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