Abstract: A trapeze mount for mounting an airborne tree trimming apparatus on a helicopter or the like and operating the airborne tree trimming apparatus independently of the helicopter. The trapeze mount is designed to suspend a boom from the helicopter by means of a boom mount bar, which boom supports a plurality of circular saw blades arranged in tandem, coplanar relationship. The trapeze mount includes a pair of downwardly-extending pivot bars, the upper ends of which are pivotally attached to the helicopter fuselage and the opposite, lower ends connected by a cross-bar. A sliding collar is pivotally mounted on the cross-bar by means of a trapeze pivot joint and the sliding collar slidably engages the boom mount bar, which is pivotally attached at one end to a conventional quick-release hook mounted on the fuselage of the helicopter between the pivot bars.

Abstract: An airborne tree trimming apparatus for installation on a helicopter or the like, and operating independently of the helicopter, which apparatus includes a boom extension vertically suspended from the helicopter and a plurality of circular saw blades arranged in tandem, coplanar relationship on an operating boom which is attached to the boom extension by means of a boom pivot. The circular saw blades are designed to rotate about parallel, substantially horizontal axes which are oriented substantially at right angles to the normal direction of motion of the helicopter and are belt-driven by an internal combustion engine which is also mounted on the operating boom, above the circular saw blades. A pair of ground-located cradles not attached to the operating boom, permit the apparatus to be landed with the operating boom elevated from ground level, by maneuvering the helicopter to lay the operating boom and circular saw blades on the cradles in front of the helicopter.