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alan-nj 
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Posted: 10 Nov 2011 at 3:33pm |
anyone have any interest in a tractor mounted saw? if so let me know. alan
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DougS
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Posted: 10 Nov 2011 at 3:41pm |
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Looks very similar to one we used when I was growing up. Right down to having it mounted on a WD. Oh wait, this one has more guard on it. I'll pass.
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allis chalmer d14
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Posted: 11 Nov 2011 at 5:50pm |
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that nice aint never seen nothing like that before what exactly is it used for though
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SteveC(NS)
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Posted: 11 Nov 2011 at 6:21pm |
They're used for cutting up firewood. Usually they have a back, 90 deg. to the board , sometimes another board . The log is placed on the board, up against the back (not there in this photo) and the board is rocked toward the tractor and the log is cut to whatever length it was projecting past the blade. Rock'er back, advance the log and cut another piece . Chainsaws sorta render them obsolete but for back pain they are miles ahead of a chainsaw.
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Posted: 11 Nov 2011 at 6:38pm |
Okay, had to go and find a pic of my first iteration, here's a pick of the first one I worked on/with.
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allis chalmer d14
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Posted: 11 Nov 2011 at 6:52pm |
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okay that neat all the saws ive seen on a tractor is saw mills that the tractor aint know where near
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Posted: 11 Nov 2011 at 6:59pm |
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[QUOTE=allis chalmer d14]okay that neat all the saws ive seen on a tractor is saw mills that the tractor aint close to the saw their backed away a little way
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Jacob (WI,ND)
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Posted: 11 Nov 2011 at 8:19pm |
It's been a few years since I shared these, so here goes again. This is my C hooked up to its buzz saw with Dad and I cutting up some slab wood. What's nice about this rig is that it is mounted to the rear of the tractor and the tractors hydraulics lift the saw up for easy transport. Video one: and video two:
and a better pic of it:
and here is a good pic to see how it pivots and mounts to tractor:
Edited by Jacob (WI,ND) - 11 Nov 2011 at 8:27pm
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Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 2:27am |
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dunno why...but them things have always scared me!! i have 2 of 'em, never used either one....well one we took the blade off of and put a big stone on for shapening mower blades!
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Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 11:21am |
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Neighbor had same thing mounted on his Farmall 300. Spent many hours working with him and that outfit sawing firewood the few years I worked for him.
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Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 11:35am |
Alan ... so far no one has expressed the intrest in your saw.. sorry , I don't either.
ours was free standing, that is staked to the ground, and the feeding table was not hinged but ran on rollers straight into the blade.
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Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 11:39am |
Jacob, my pic doesn't show but it's connected to the 3pt and the tractor transports it. mine was driven by the pto through step up angle drive. Shameless, you're not alone, they ARE scary.
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Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 7:20pm |
the saw in my picture is in the closed position. it flips open toward the front so you can throw your log on it.....
floyd...doesn't much matter to me. i'm not really trying to make much money off of it, just wanted to see if anyone wanted it before it goes for scrap......which i really don't want to do, but i just don't have room to store something i'll never use or restore...
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Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 7:44pm |
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OSHA would be very interested!!! lol We have one also. Aint lost a arm yet.
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Jacob (WI,ND)
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Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 7:53pm |
 alan-nj wrote:
just wanted to see if anyone wanted it before it goes for scrap......which i really don't want to do, but i just don't have room to store something i'll never use or restore... |
Hopefully someone will want it. But if not, at the vary least don't scrap the blade. Someone will buy the blade, either to use, or for an artist to paint a picture on. Back when I had more time, I painted quite a bit, and rather liked the saw blade medium. Sort of combined my interests. Its a fairly popular thing.
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Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 8:02pm |
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My how times have changed, people all over the place used to have those and used them all the time too. I grew up with one of those, when I was very young my Dad would always say you guys take the small end and I will take the big end and my younger brother and I would help cut wood for hours. My mother woud throw the pieces that were cut from the saw into the pile. ours was a manufactured one from IH which had alot better gaurd on it. I think that they comunicated enough danger just by the way they looked that most people didn't get hurt.
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Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 8:06pm |
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Probably a lot more people hurt with chain saws than the old "buzz saw"!! I would take it but you are far to far away. Shipping costs would be outa sight!
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Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 8:16pm |
RichinWis wrote:
I think that they comunicated enough danger just by the way they looked that most people didn't get hurt. |
I think you hit the nail on the head there Rich. One has to have a healthy respect (I don't like to use the term fear) for any piece of machinery, especially one with blades/knives. And if you don't have some respect when you hear the hum of that buzz saw blade "wind up", you had better not be around it in the first place. As mentioned, I have heard many more stories of accidents with chainsaws than buzz saws, but that might be because buzz saws are used far less now.
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Posted: 13 Nov 2011 at 7:06am |
Mine, which I believe was "oversped" by it's step up angle drive from the pto would "wobble" from time to time. Logs are not always be perfect straight cylinders so often there would be an abrupt settling when the cut was finished, the resulting stress or relief of stress to the side of the blade would cause it to wobble at the high speed it was turning. I made every effort to avoid being in the periphery of that spinning blade. With the take off conveyor I made from a square bale elevator and the infeed stand that I made I was able to do 5 or 6 eight foot logs without once getting near that scary blade. When I had to reload the infeed stand I'd shut down the CA that was driving the saw. That thing was SCARY! (but cut wood real fast).
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Posted: 13 Nov 2011 at 10:24am |
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Rats! I was JUST THERE!!!!
I've got a need for one, Alan... dunno when the next time I'll be out that way, but eventually I will...
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