I didn't know they still made and sold these!

[picker77]

...and that pile of logs behind me was all oak, cut with Granddad's double-bit axe, which I still have out in the shop. I remember him taking down trees way bigger than I could reach around with that axe. That old man was 6'5" and weighed about 175 lbs, but he could work any three "modern" guys into the dirt before lunchtime. I'll admit I still like my Husqvarna 372XP, though, and no doubt if one of them had been available in the 40's or 50's it would have been used!

Here's a shot of them checking out the controls on the brand new Farmall C, purchased just after Granddad sold his team of mules. That's the tractor I learned to drive on. He made me wait until I could lift that handle on the cultivator hitch all the way before he'd let me try to drive it. Note the tapered ends on all that firewood. No chainsaw did that, LOL.

I still have the Model 1906 Winchester pump .22 of Granddad's I learned to shoot on when I was seven, too--and it still looks and shoots just fine.

The last photo is my other Granddad with his favorite tractor--a 2 mulepower 8-wheel drive rig. Don't remember their names, but they never broke down and didn't need loaded tires or dealer parts.

Sorry about the nostalgia, sometimes I get carried away, but after all I did throw in a couple of photos to keep the thread about tractors. :laughing:

 

[Maine wild blueberries]

I remember as a boy catching the drop end. there was one major rule never reach across the blade and don't grab the stick till the blade is cutting. Limb wood I believe it is faster and safer.
Wayne

 

[Skyco]

$1500! Figure it costs them $300 to make, $200 profit and the rest is their liability insurance for when a careless person cuts off something and sues:confused2: Don't smirk...ya just know it will happen.
I love the instructions saying not to use it on ice or mud, as one may slip and fall into the blade:ashamed:

 

[600rider]

about 30 years ago my brother in law aquired one that was belt driven and retro fitted it with a 90* gearbox and double belt and ran it off his 540 pto also did put pins and a top link mount on it to haul it arround. He used it to cut up slab wood for burnning in his wood stove. It worked wonderfully. and he used it untill the Amish saw mills started cutting the slabs up before selling them. he ran it on his MF 1010 which was about 15 hp. it was a dream for the slab wood as it would lay flat on the table and not move all overthe place.
PS we still have all our apendages!!

 

[Redgoatea]

Not totally related but partially.

My sister came out to the farm with her fiancé last month and he asked me to teach him how to use a chainsaw as he never has before. He's 37!!!!!!!!!!

I grew up in a big city and I was running chainsaws and swinging axes at 14. No not often but enough to learn. The world is changing apparently. ((

 

[beenthere]

It is great that the guy asked to have someone teach him. Many get ahold of a chainsaw and just "go at it". Hope you taught him well.

 

[Redgoatea]

It is great that the guy asked to have someone teach him. Many get ahold of a chainsaw and just "go at it". Hope you taught him well.

Actually never got the time but oh well gives them another excuse to visit. 7

 

[D7E]

Sold one of these when we moved ! Every farm had one years ago .

 

[Mace Canute]

A couple of years ago I bought an old buzzsaw like that for all of $5! It was set up for a flat belt drive and the blade mandrel rolled over smoothly in it's bearings. The blade was even reasonably sharp, too. Had to have it, even if it is just a keepsake now, a reminder of my youth when, during the winter, we would chop down poplar trees in the bushes that grew around the low spots in the fields. We would haul it in, then cut it to stove sized length and pile it up to dry out.

 

[ronjhall]

I sold mine about 5 years ago. Price is more than double what I paid in late 70's. Was a great way to cut logs into fireplace on logs up to 12" diameter. When they call it a Buzz Saw. They mean it. Must wear hearing protection at all times when it is running or you'll have a buzz in your ears for days.