121M views · 398 reactions | CHOPPER SAW 漢 A #helicopter with rotating saw blades helps with right-of-way clearing in hard-to-reach areas of Coosa and Elmore counties in #Alabama. "With countless safety precautions, this is just another part of our vegetation management plan that helps us provide reliable power." https://bit.ly/3iqAS52  Central Alabama Electric Cooperative | WVTM 13 | Facebook

339K views · 60 reactions | Using a long saw and a helicopter to trim trees is just as incredible as it sounds  | Yahoo | Facebook

31K views · 292 reactions | Okay! So here is a much better video of the Aerial Saw. I spoke to the ground crew who told me that the pilots operating these machines, are all Veteran Military Pilots! Watching them up close today was just astounding! So cool! | The Hole In The Wall Ga | Facebook

Deeper explanation 👇 That’s a helicopter carrying a rotary aerial saw, and it’s trimming tree limbs near power lines. Yeah—that’s a giant saw hanging from a chopper. Welcome to Louisiana. These are called aerial saw operations, and they’re used to clear vegetation along utility rights-of-way. In this case, it’s about keeping limbs from hanging over power lines. When wind hits those limbs, they can knock out the power—fast. And that’s a big deal when you’re running crawfish pumps, purging tanks,