You’ve probably seen that cool video that’s circulating with the brave/crazy helicopter pilot that is transporting Christmas trees from a field to a truck. I initially thought that it must be fake, since it looks so unreasonable — I mean, the guy was flying crazy fast. But, it turns out that they really do harvest Christmas trees using helicopters.
It sounds completely crazy, but by some estimates it only costs a few dollars in fuel per-tree to do so, and allows for many other benefits. For example, Christmas tree farms grow new trees alongside old trees, and transporting the cut trees out to a road would be difficult. Plus, they would need to save space for lanes. In addition, now they can grow trees closer together.
It sounds very efficient once you think it through, and also considering the time they save. And, when you look at how many Christmas trees need to be harvested each year (millions!) it makes a lot of sense financially. Everybody wants fresh Christmas trees.
Anyways, it’s an awesome thing and I found a few more videos on YouTube showing helicopters harvesting trees. Enjoy and happy holidays!
Christmas Trees 2011 – Stirring The Stick
Christmas Tree Harvest Jet Ranger Helicopter Withrotor Aviation
Oregon Christmas Tree Harvest With Helicopter. Amazing Pilot!
Helicopter Christmas Tree Harvesting
One response to “Harvesting Christmas Trees with Helicopters”
The last video is the scariest! He is going so fast even to pick up. I can’t believe someone could attach the wire around the tree that fast unless it’s a hook/unlock system. Unreal!
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