Never Seen A Rig Like This Before

I use one every weekend,perfect for sawing 4' split wood,3 16"pieces per stick.you just don't want to trip or slip on ice,wouldn't be pretty.

I think tractor mounted PTO saws like that used to be common. (Side PTO). In fact there is an old blade back in the woods here rusted to a pulley.

I'll bet if you go to some antique tractor expos you will see something like that.

Ken

lot of old farms had saw like thqt mounted on front of tractor, in the days before PTO they ran a flat belt from the belt pulley up to spin the saw.

Was quite the wood processing monster in the bucksaw days, before chainsaws. and certainly before OSHA or product liability lawyers!

My grandpa talked of seeing the first one, could cut more wood in a day than sevral people. But I asuem the still had to saw it down and limb it byhand.

Makes even an old Poulan/Craftsman saw look very much a blessing compared to an ax or a buzz saw.

Ain't enough money on earth to get me to use that thing. Best of luck to whoever does; I'd rather get mauled and go out having a little fun. j

Love my buzz saw. I can cut it faster than my three kids and wife can feed it to me.

Scrounger said:

Love my buzz saw. I can cut it faster than my three kids and wife can feed it to me.

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Ahhh, you solved the biggest problem, getting someone to lift those big, long logs ;-) LOL Maybe your wife would allow you a girlfriend to help ease the load? Nah, not a good idea around that blade!

Nicely restored (I assume). What's powering it?

Can we assume you can still count to ten on your fingers? Are those Kevlar gloves you are wearing?

I assume OSHA doesn't come to your site?

Ken

Ken45 said:

Ahhh, you solved the biggest problem, getting someone to lift those big, long logs ;-) LOL Maybe your wife would allow you a girlfriend to help ease the load? Nah, not a good idea around that blade!

Nicely restored (I assume). What's powering it?

Can we assume you can still count to ten on your fingers? Are those Kevlar gloves you are wearing?

I assume OSHA doesn't come to your site?

Ken

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Hi Ken,

It's powered by a 7hp Economy hit and miss engine that was sold out of the Sears Robuck catalog. Engine was made by Hercules. Still have all my fingers and gloves were probably cheap brown jersey gloves. The toys I play with are way before OSHA was even thought of. Here is a web page that shows some more pictures of the buzz rig.

http://www.oldengine.org/members/luket/sawrig/sawrig.html

Scrounger,

Really nice rig you have there. You have put some TLC into it. Looks great.


See the following thread (third post) for pictures of my Cordwood saw. I think mine is safer than a chain saw.
https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/7653/