Chainsaw profession has extra income after the storm

(Baonghean.vn) - After a storm, there are often a large number of fallen trees that need to be quickly cut down and cleared. Therefore, chainsawing in many localities attracts customers.

Mr. Dinh Huu Hai in Hamlet 15, Nghi Trung Commune (Nghi Loc) has been working as a chainsaw driver for many years. With his experience, he knows that after a storm, there will usually be many fallen trees. "After Storm No. 2 ended, early in the morning, someone called me to cut down fallen trees on the road. Before this house was finished, someone else called to help cut and clear it. On the roads, there were fallen trees lying around, and to clean up, we had to saw the trees down neatly, so we worked at full capacity," said Mr. Hai.

In Nghi Loc, on average, each commune has 4 or 5 people who buy chainsaws to do their job. After the storm, the sawmill workers often have to work twice or three times as much as usual to meet the needs of customers. Now, almost every household that needs to cut down a tree hires a chainsaw service.

Only chainsaws can quickly remove large fallen trees. After storm No. 2, chainsaw workers worked twice or three times harder than usual. Photo: Nhat Tuan

According to the people, cutting trees with machines is both fast and convenient. A ten meter tall perennial tree can be cut into short, neat pieces in just ten minutes using a chainsaw.

Mr. Tran Ba ​​Da in Hamlet 8, Nghi Thinh Commune said: "After Storm No. 2, my house had more than 40 casuarina and eucalyptus trees that fell down. Many trees blocked the road, some even fell on the house. I hired a chainsaw to cut them down in more than a day, if I sawed them manually by hand, it would have taken half a month to clear them away."

Depending on the worker, the cost of sawing and cutting trees is different; cutting trees and cutting them into short pieces for firewood costs an average of 40,000 - 100,000 VND, and large trees cost about 200,000 VND.

After a day of work, Mr. Le Van Quan checks and maintains the saw, preparing for the next day. Photo: Nhat Tuan

Mr. Le Van Quan - a sawyer in hamlet 10, Nghi Thinh commune said: "If people suffer damage due to the storm, we should share; normally the sawing fee is 50,000 VND/tree, but to clear trees that fell due to the storm, we only charge less."

After storm No. 2, Nghi Loc district had more than 17,000 old trees that had fallen and had to be cut down. No one expected this number, but when the incident occurred, it was an opportunity to create jobs and increase income for those who provide tree cutting services.

Thanks to this team, traffic jams were quickly cleared, power grids and houses damaged by fallen trees were quickly repaired, ensuring stable lives for people and maintaining the operation of offices and schools after the storm.

Not only in Nghi Loc, Vinh or Hung Nguyen, Nam Dan... trees fell everywhere and chainsaw workers are working overtime to quickly clean up the streets and stabilize life and production after the storm.

Nhat Tuan