cantcutter
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I would say they must be stripping the tanks down if they are moving A1s with helicopters. I looked up skycrane and it can only lift about 20.000 lbs.... Chinook says it can lift 28.000 lbs.
Helicopter Work
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Canyonbc
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haha...cut down...and just fly'em straight to the dump....
Frank Boyer
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My brother worked for Erickson Sky Crane in the 70's and they did logging with choppers when their other work was slow. He worked out of a carry on tool box and moved around all of the time. He was a mechanic.
tree md
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Yup, that make my sticker peck out.:greenchainsaw:
buffalo bill
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:rockn: Your average small chopper has a Safe Working Load of 500kg with full gas tank.When gas tank is low SWL is about 750kg. Like the other guys say, they range from that up to tank moving weights.
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Ianab
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Copilots helmet cam view of helicopter logging 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XmsTx_8uPg
Watched these guys working on TV one time. Amazing choppers, all engine, so when they where running back up the Mt with no load they went like rockets. Some were doing 50 or so round trips per hour.
The local guys here use choppers to lift valuable logs out of the native forest. Allows for single tree logging with no roads or damage to the remainder of the forest. Expensive, yes, but if the trees are worth $10,000 each the choppers bill aint so bad.
Cheers
Ian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XmsTx_8uPg
Watched these guys working on TV one time. Amazing choppers, all engine, so when they where running back up the Mt with no load they went like rockets. Some were doing 50 or so round trips per hour.
The local guys here use choppers to lift valuable logs out of the native forest. Allows for single tree logging with no roads or damage to the remainder of the forest. Expensive, yes, but if the trees are worth $10,000 each the choppers bill aint so bad.
Cheers
Ian
Ianab
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This one is worth a watch too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfzM8g53BB4
Logging crew get a lift up the Mt in a chopper then the skycrane carries the logs down again.
Ian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfzM8g53BB4
Logging crew get a lift up the Mt in a chopper then the skycrane carries the logs down again.
Ian
Helicopter dismantles are not unusual in these parts, we dont have access for cranes in many jobs, so they are used a fair bit. It sucks they only start lifting good loads towards the end of there. Generally for a 600-800kg lifter your looking at 900 an hour.
The bigger birds cost alot more, and can be hard to have relocated to the job.
The bigger birds cost alot more, and can be hard to have relocated to the job.
