[TheForge] Brainstorming -- Trouble with trees (OT)

[Jerry Frost]

There's nothing inherently wrong or hairbrained about your ideas Bruce. I 
don't know of any robots or rov trimmers but a feller buncher is a darned 
safe and sure way to kill trees and there are rubber tired models. The 
helicopter mounted vertical limb trimmers are on safty release and clutches 
so they won't drag a helo out of the sky. I'm pretty sure though they aren't 
the tool for beside the house.

Maple is one of the most dangerous trees there are, especially vine maples. 
They have unpredictable grain and they're VERY resilient, organic main 
springs that is, even bucking slash can do you a fatal mischief. It's an 
occasion hiring pros is probably called for. If you don't cut lots of trees 
AND have experience with maple there's NO maybe about it.

The ROV sounds interesting in the extreme and fun to boot. A while ago I saw 
pics of a limber buncher that walks and can climb, it looks like a demented 
insect with a cab and guy wearing a hardhat.

Jer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at gmail.com>
To: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>; "Blacksmithing List Sponsored 
by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Brainstorming -- Trouble with trees (OT)


> Eeek!
>
> I can just see that chain getting caught and yanking the copter down
> into the trees!  I certainly HOPE they had some redundant fail-safes
> on that rig!
>
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Bob Ehrenberger <eforge at centurytel.net> 
> wrote:
>> Bruce,
>>
>> A couple years ago we were at my daughters's house when we saw the power
>> company trimming the trees along the high tension lines. They were useing 
>> a
>> helicopter with a 20 or 30 foot chain looped down form it, kind of like a
>> chain saw without the bar. They got the chain moving and just flew real
>> slow along the right-a-way cutting off all the limbs that hung over the
>> line. I have no idea what they did if they got the chain stuck, it might
>> have been designed to release if ran in reverse.
>>
>> There is also the electric chain saw on the end of a long pole that some 
>> of
>> the trimming services use.
>>
>> Robert Ehrenberger
>> Shelbyville, Mo.
>> eforge at centurytel.net
>>
>> ---Original message ---
>>
>> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:40:37 -0500
>> From: Bruce Freeman <freemab222 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Brainstorming -- Trouble with trees (OT)
>>
>> That certainly clarifies the problem and focuses attention!
>>
>> Now, does ANYONE care to discuss my harebrained scheme for a limb & tree
>> lopper?
>>