Helicopters, countys and new holland

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Dont they get all the sweet jobs!?

 

Was it them who had that huuuuge crane to take some trees down on a cliff?

 

Yes they had the 100m crane in for the cliff job in Torquay. I was subbed in for that job which was nice apart from the hundreds of used needles in and around!

Jon, I have no idea of pricing but wouldn't be suprised if they made a loss just to get the publicity.

 

As for access I have no idea of site but I believe they all quoted with a chopper in mind.

[Charlieh]

who was doing the airlifting, i dont recognise the livery on the heli?

 

looks like a sweet job, was the heli clipping itself to the timber or was it having to be manually loaded and auto unhooking?

[Mark Bolam]

I just dont get that. They seem to have managed to get a few tractors in there with no problems & I bet they could have pulled a trailer each.

 

The tractors were all dropped in with the heli.

 

I was thinking that too. Publicity?

[Charlieh]

i think the heli may have been lifting timber off the steep banks behind the tractors at a guess, and the tractors will have just been working on clearing the heli drop area

 

 

the amount heli's cost you dont use airflifting ones for publicity, not by the time you have the ground crew set up and have paid relocation costs for them, and the paperwork with local councils and the aviation authority is unreal

 

that said if you have a product that needs lifting short distances over very bad terrain they can quickly become a cost effective option, especially for heavy materials, I must admit the timber must be worth a hell of a lot to merit lifting it out, also having to climb any height with a load can very quickly kill any operation as they use so much fuel climbing its actually preferable to fly 10times the distance over flat ground rather than be closer and have to climb 100mtrs with a load on,

Edited February 11, 2010 by Charlieh

[Saw-sick Steve]

I was subbed in for that job which was nice apart from the hundreds of used needles in and around!

Conifer job was it?

 

 

 

 

...(gets coat)

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dont know who the heli guys were but can find out. the guys were choking it on when it was at 6m above head heoght. the chopper had a grounding wire so needed to get real low for that. chopper finished now but still a bit to clear up over the next few days.

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oh here we go, a bit of video. BBC News - Trees airlifted to help save Devon fort

[Nick Waring]

very very cool!!! good job lads!