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Mar 15, The company hired by ATC, Aerial Solutions, utilizes helicopters equipped with heavy-duty air saws with rotary blades suspended on a foot vertical boom to trim trees Author: PHILLIP BOCK.

Aug 06, Managing the growth of trees and other vegetation around transmission lines is key to helping ensure public safety and electric system reliability. In some a. Sep 30, Pilot Kyle Fortune stands beside his helicopter in a North Carolina field ready to do something most pilots don’t – trim trees along a power line right of way with a foot saw hanging from his helicopter. Pilot Kyle Fortune. His work is part of Duke Energy’s vegetation management efforts to trim trees near power lines within federal regulations and minimize the likelihood of power outages.

Mar 19, The company hired by ATC, Aerial Solutions, uses helicopters equipped with heavy-duty air saws with rotary blades suspended on a foot vertical boom to trim trees near transmission shrubmulching.barted Reading Time: 4 mins.

Mar 14, Ariel Solutions, a family-owned business based in North Carolina, pioneered the use of helicopters to trim trees in The company controls every aspect of Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Jun 05, The saw also eliminates the risk of injury to workers using bucket trucks or climbing trees to cut limbs near high voltage equipment.

The saw cuts tree limbs 8. Heli-Saw trims from the top of the tree down 8 0ft; No encroachment on private land to access right-of-ways; Immediate access to difficult to reach areas and terrain; Average trimming under most conditions is 3 miles of right-of-way or 6 miles of side-wall per day when cutting a 40 foot path. Heli-Saw can do in one day what a ground-crew does in weeks.