| 摘要 |
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for chipping a tree utilizing a helicopt er suspended chipping apparatus. The chipping apparatus comprises a frame havin g a bottom, which is suspendable from a support vehicle and includes a chipping rotor having a length extending along a substantially horizontal axis and a chipping surface. The chipping rotor is rotatably mounted in the frame such that a lowermost portion of the chipping surface is proximate to the bottom of said frame. The chipping apparatus further includ es a drive motor operably connected to the chipping rotor for rotating the chipping rotor abo ut the substantially horizontal axis. The chipping apparatus may be lowered onto a tree to be chipped by the helicopter so as to chip the tree proximate to ground level.
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