<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">The official name is “side tree trimmer”. I used to supervise our crews out on the power line. They are very project specific machines, but really help to trim the branches back. The booms are fiberglass and insulated/grounded specifically for use next to the lines. Much safer than sending a man up in the tree to trim it out.<div> Enjoy, Joe <br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent via mobile device</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Mar 6, 2019, at 7:19 AM, Stephen Offiler <<a href="mailto:soffiler@gmail.com">soffiler@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">What surprised me is that there's no "shoe" (for lack of a better term) and the whole circular blade is just whipping around in space. I would NOT want that thing anywhere near a power line!<div><br></div><div>SO</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 11:00 PM Cecil Bearden <<a href="mailto:crbearden@copper.net">crbearden@copper.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I have watched one of these on a tracked machine work in a swamp. It <br>
had an 80ft reach and the operator could trim within 1 foot of power <br>
lines... It took guts, but this guy had ran that machine for over 5 <br>
years.... He could do about 2 miles a day..<br>
Cecil<br>
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> I was thinking more like a joystick controlled arm with a hydraulic powered chainsaw at the end<br>
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