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I was just talking to a guy at work who knew someone who actually cuts down trees for a living. It's gotten to the point where they cut down trees with this robotic contraption that carries a person, who can use it to grab the tree, cut it off with twin 48" chansaw blades, lay it down, trim all the branches off and cut the trunk to length.