Down on the overloads
Laughing Gas
Joined: Sep 2011
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From: Colorado
Overloads
Loaded up the 2 ton jailbar yesterday with a mixed load of alder and cherry for the mill. While shuffling the deck from the passenger side with the forks I snapped off three 2x3 stakes flush, on the driver's side. Didn't lose any logs, but was pleasantly surprised there was no deformation of the rails on my precious script bed. Very well engineered to be light in weight and strong enough for that! You can bet I was being as gentle as possible while loading and I wouldn't let Swilly or Rygaard Logging anywhere near my truck. I wish I had a video of climbing my steep 1/2 mile dirt road with those dual straight pipes singing their happy song. The first couple feet of the exhaust is made from threaded pipe fittings welded to diamond flanges at the manifolds. The last ten feet I got my friend at the muffler shop to bend a couple lengths over the axle. Those bends are currently just making contact with the rear axle. Good thing I rubber mounted them!
Nice photo op! Can't wait to get mine back together and haul something out of the ordinary just for the photo.
Cargo Master
Joined: Nov 2012
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i,m still cutting cedar,with my snowmobile. i can only get in the swamp in the winter. i,ve set up a boat winch on my snowmobile,and managed to get some nice logs out. about 18 inch diameter and 16 feet long. i even made a video for a buddy. but not many trees of that size here. the saw mill in our town needs 70 truck loads per 24 hrs just to run,and they have to stock pile for the thaw season . thaw season runs from mid march to third of june.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Sep 2011
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From: Colorado
Smaller saw mill
i,m still cutting cedar,with my snowmobile. i can only get in the swamp in the winter. i,ve set up a boat winch on my snowmobile,and managed to get some nice logs out. about 18 inch diameter and 16 feet long. i even made a video for a buddy. but not many trees of that size here. the saw mill in our town needs 70 truck loads per 24 hrs just to run,and they have to stock pile for the thaw season . thaw season runs from mid march to third of june.
Post Fiend
Joined: Jun 2003
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From: Black Hills of SD
That is for cutting firewood, not lumber. We used one when I was a kid and that thing scared the crap out of me. It was my job to hang on to each piece being cut and throw it in the pickup. They make a hella whirring noise.
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Lead Driver
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From: Orcas Island Wa.
They used to be pretty common. Usually called a buzz saw. I have had a 3 point hitch version for an 8n and a free standing one. They are indeed quite scary to run but I just had to try it a few times and it is pretty effective with long limbs as it keeps the nose of the chain saw outa the dirt. If you go to my website mtpickettwoodworking.com and on the heading click 'company', you can see two of my employees running mine to drag heavy door jambs alongside the blade, producing the needed circular saw marks. And you thought my 220 volt plywood plug was bad...... I haven't done anything with the site since 2005 when I hired a local guy to create it. My sister did the text and I took the pictures.
Post Fiend
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From: Black Hills of SD
Yup, buzz saw. We put up all our firewood with one when I was a kid. Staked it to the ground and ran it with a big flat belt off a VAC Case. Then it burned up, apparently from a spark cutting some ash right before we quit for the day. It warped the blade and melted the babbit. I was glad.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Sep 2011
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From: Colorado
saw and engine..
Thanks for the comments guys, yes it did make a heck of a noise when just running in the air. You might have guessed I had a large flat belt for it also. Kept that inside when not showing. Happy some other nut wanted.
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Lead Driver
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From: Orcas Island Wa.
Mine has since fallen into disrepair... I don't miss it either. I do have a Vaughn 2 cycle drag saw which seems at least as dangerous. I run that around here at summer events now and then.
Hotshot
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From: Calgary
As a kid we got to hang out at the Mennonite Theshermans Museum and got to stook sheaves of grain and pitch it into the wagons while the the elders ran the steam tractors. That open house weekend was always a blast, probably seen saws that age and older in that place.
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From: Orcas Island Wa.
As a kid we got to hang out at the Mennonite Theshermans Museum and got to stook sheaves of grain and pitch it into the wagons while the the elders ran the steam tractors. That open house weekend was always a blast, probably seen saws that age and older in that place.
Post Fiend
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From: Black Hills of SD
We have a threshing bee at Sturgis every fall. It's fun to go see all the old machinery and 2-3 times a day they have a parade and all the old tractors make the loop. They always have an old sawmill being spun by a Case steam tractor.
I've never seen a drag saw in action. I'd like to. I found 2 brand new Diston drag saw blades in a junk store in Port Angeles. Packed them around for years and finally left them hanging on the shed wall when I sold my house in Texas 12 years or so ago.
The best description I ever heard of one running is in "The Egg and I".
I've never seen a drag saw in action. I'd like to. I found 2 brand new Diston drag saw blades in a junk store in Port Angeles. Packed them around for years and finally left them hanging on the shed wall when I sold my house in Texas 12 years or so ago.
The best description I ever heard of one running is in "The Egg and I".
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