Tractor, Buzz Saw, Sawdust, Pole Wood That's All
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- A quick shout-out to Aunt Sis....the sister of my son's Father In Law and the self described #1 Tractorman44 fan !! LOL
Today is nothing but fun with just a little bit of work tossed in for good measure. Some people dance to the tune of Jazz...some dance to Rock and Roll and others swoon away the day listening to classical music and power walking the malls and subdivisions with their Focal Utopia head phones on. Kinda like the sailor of seafaring stories that's drawn uncontrollably to the siren's song, so does the nasty, raucous and ear piercing sounds of a buzz saw singing its way through a stubborn oak draw me like no other. It's pure music to my damaged ear drums and though my feet don't show it I am dancing in my head with each satisfying cut !! I'm just praying that the cut is going to be in the wood and not my own personal appendage. Not really....I just tossed that in for the shock factor.
We have been processing 'pole' wood...tree limbs and saplings....with a buzz saw since I was a kid. Actually before that, but I wasn't there to witness it.... In addition to pole wood we would process the slabs off the sawmill each winter. The slabs being predominantly 'sap' wood dry out rather rapidly and make perfect cook stove wood for the kitchen. Cook stoves typically had a very small firebox, maybe only 8'' x 8'' x 12'' long so the slabs made wonderfully perfect cookstove wood. Plus the fact the slabs split so simply with the pop of a pole axe or small splitting maul. I loved splitting cookwood...hold it upright with the left hand and swing the short handled maul with the right. Slice 'em down to small pieces because that's what would fit the firebox...and...count your fingers after every swing. The old man tricked me when I was a little impressionable kid and told me he'd cut his finger off with the axe. He'd actually blown his index finger and half his thumb off with a dynamite cap when HE was a kid somewhere around 1916. But that, my friends, is yet another story.
Enjoy the video but stay ready to hit the volume quickly if I missed a part of the high frequency noise coming off the belt driven steel guitar.....uhhhh...music maker.
Music from:www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/jazz
Hi ya young fella great video you have your tractor and saw running like clockwork , ticking over nice and easy your self stay safe younster ,
Heck yeah Robert...wouldn't have it any other way !! I do enjoy a smooth running rig with fairly sharp teeth that take the wood easily. Thanks for stopping in and taking another look at some stuff from the 'good old days'. You take care as well and feel free to comment anytime.
I agree with the sing of the saw in your comments, good story and that seems to be a well tuned saw good job
Thanks Chris for the nice comment. It's temporarily being used as a pinned down stationary rig but normally it fits on the 3 point of an 800 Ford that had a bit of a blowout in the water pump/fan blade/radiator department.
"It's pure music to my damaged ear drums" Lol. You are a real poet.
Hahahaha...well I can say that for sure is ONE thing I've never been called...LOL. Thanks for watching and for tossing in a fun comment to boot !!
That was an awesome video Wendel. Love the music.
Thanks Gary for the compliment. I try to process virtually ALL our pole wood with this or one of the other rigs. Sure minimizes the labor in my opinion. At least it minimizes the bending over so much. Music is a bit difficult to add. You gotta cut the video sound down proportionately so it doesn't over blow the music. I tried to make both tracks sound like background music to each other. Don't know if it worked well yet or not.
I really enjoy the narratives you put with your videos.
Well, I admit sometimes things get a little sidetracked and other times the side track gets sidetracked. Then too late, we are already down the proverbial rabbit hole !! But there's just about always a story to tell and its difficult to balance it...you know, the 'work' to 'bs' ratio. LOL. Thank you Powrguy for the encouraging comment sir !!
A Lovely 44 Vid for this Saturday eve as I raise me cuppaJO your way! That old buzz saw is a delight. One of the music made me feel I was in the Buzz Saw Night Club in Vegas! I would rather watch that old saw than a night club act any day! So Kind Thanks my Friend 44 for a fun packed exciting video! All your fingers and everything, cool! It's when one loses respect for their machinery when accidents happen. Always use caution and you'll keep all parts! So on these notes I bid you a huge toast and a bigger one in the morning! Blessing to All at 44 Headquarters and Ranch fromma ma Holler! DaveyJO
Like the old man always said....ya gotta keep your head outta your tail end boys....LOL But I hate to repeat myself. I got lucky once again and still have all ten digits. Didn't even get a splinter and come to think of it, didn't even wear a hole in my new gloves either. Wait a minute, I think I forgot 'em again. I finished my last sip of the day, so in the morning I'll start out fresh toasting and tippin your direction ol buddy !! Take Care and Be Safe !!
A nice way to spend breakfast, watching a Marine Gettin it done!
Good Evening my man....hopefully you got the wrinkles taken out of your midsection with some scrumptious vittles !! Thanks for the cool comment Pat.
@@tractorman4461 as always, my wife and I are a perfect match... she loves to cook, and I love to eat! Though I don’t show it being 6’2” and 178lbs!
44 when I was young we used a 44 with a saw rig attached to the fron of old 44 made a lot of for the kitchen cook stove
God Bless All
PaK
Way cool Peter. We too had a front mount rig, but it was fitted to the front of our '41 MH 101 Jr. My Much Older Brother has the old tractor and rig over at his place yet this day.
Another great video 44. That big wood didn’t even slow the Massey one little bit. 💪
Hahahaha ...the old gal didn't even snort did she !!? Well, having just touched up the blade helped a teeny tiny bit. LOL. Thanks Marcus. Always good to hear from your gentlemen in the UK !!
How long or how many cordes can you cut before u have to retouch the blade up?
@@mikeadams2339 Actually it depends on how much 'grit' gets run through the teeth. I've had seasons that the blade never saw a touch up the whole time and other years its gotta be touched up halfway through a pile. With pole wood I really don't guage by the cord. I split and stack a bit the pull the splitter out of the way and come in with the saw rig and try to cut about the same amount then repeat. That way we get a good mix of good dense heart wood as well as the less dense limb wood. Then when the shed is full, we know we have approximately 39 cords split and under roof and about half should be pole wood.
To be fair though I gotta tell you I have several buzz saws and don't always use the same one all the time either. So...long story short....I just keep an eye on the tip of the teeth and when they become a bit blunt or I find I have to push too hard on the table....I sharped the blade. Not too scientific, but it works. LOL. But you can run a LOT of grit through one with out sharpening compared to a chain saw chain. It doesn't take but one or two cuts in a gritty one to dull one of them to require a touch up. Any of that make sense ?? Maybe next video if I remember, I'll talk about that at the start. Thanks Mike for making me think so hard right at bed time !! LOL.
Thankz Wendell hope you zzz through the nite ! Appreciate your answers 🙏
Good morning, Tractorman44. I don't recall you using background music in your videos before. Nice touch. Thxs for the vids!
Yeah, I tried adding tracks to a few of the earlier videos but its not an easy task for me at all. If I were to spend a buck or two for better and more user friendly software I could probably do more, but dang I got too much work to do getting ready for winter !! Thanks David for noticing the effort and you are welcome for the videos, I'm just glad a number of people enjoy them.
Nothing 60 years newer could saw as much wood as easily and quickly as this! Well actually something newer would probably break much faster and give you down time. hahaha
They certainly had a little metal in them back in the day. I think the new ones are very much more safety conscious. Double sided guards that retract as the wood passes through then re-covers the blade as its tilted back. Of course this one at least has a partial shroud. The real old ones have babbet bearings, newer ones have sealed but grease able bearings and others have real good heavy duty pillow block style grease able bearings like this one. The better the bearings, the higher the rpm you can run....creating faster rim speed....which results in faster cuts. Thanks for chiming in and please don't be a stranger !!
I LOVE TO SEE THE OLD TRACTORS RUNNING, I HAVE A JD A, IT IS MY FAVORITE WAY TO GATHER FIREWOOD. I CAN RUN IT FROM THE DRAW BAR WITH THE HAND CLUTCH
That's good Michael. These old rigs are made to use not just look at. Oh, its fine to look at them, but its kinda like a chained dog....they just want to run and DO something. Good to know you are keeping yours in shape. Take a look at this if you'd like to see my A :czcams.com/video/Xa3qywEk0v4/video.html I have a whole playlist of tractor first starts up on my tool bar....JD's, Massey Harris's and Olivers.
I think that you and I would make a great team at a buzz saw. We both have quite a bit of experience with them.
I know I don't have to tell you how much more wood can be processed with a helper ! Two guys that work good together just 'click' into a rhythm and can knock the heck out of the pole wood pile. My son's been working with me since he was 8 or 10 and my SIL has been working with me since he started dating my daughter at 17. In their 30's and 40's now both are really good guys on either side of the blade.
It would be a pleasure to toss a couple thousand cuts with you one afternoon Gary. Guys don't realize how staging the material correctly goes a big way to efficiently process material. I see that mistake a lot of times on wood splitter videos too.
@@tractorman4461 perhaps next year I can make the pilgrimage to Mo. and we can show the world how to buzz saw wood. When I was a kid, we would get the whole neighborhood together and spend a day buzzing each others wood piles up. It was then up to each neighbor to haul his own. A neighbor fell really ill and my Dad and Grandpa were putting the saw on the tractor and the whole neighborhood was going to saw that neighbors wood for him. My grandpa had a massive stroke and passed away while getting the tractor ready.
@@tractortalkwithgary1271 Such a sad ending to an otherwise heart warming story Gary. But you know as well as I do that that's just the way it used to be when we all lived a harder but simpler life. I guess 'harder' is relative. Its what you're use to. Neighbors helping neighbors.
It would be an honor to toss a few stories as well as a few chunks of wood with you once we get clear of all the silliness going on everywhere. Thank you my friend for the continued conversation.
Great setup tractorman! Wish I had a farm/property with ample room and such nice equipment etc.
Aw heck Roger my daughters boyfriend transplanted from the Bay area to the Midwest....so that means you could too !! Lots of land out this way and I guarantee its cheaper than land in LA. LOL. Hope you ductwork is proceeding well for you !!
@@tractorman4461 thanks! the ductwork is coming along very nicely. Wish I made a video showing it. But it’s very brutal work because each segment is literally a different pitch, angle and transition. But it’s going well.
I grew up in PA for 20 years before moving to Orange County. I do miss the rural area, maybe I’ll retire somewhere out there...
@@r0gerp0dacter Hahahaha...well then, may I offer you a pre-emptive 'welcome home'...LOL. Take Care.
Well, I think I need to give Aunt Sis a run for her money! LOL! Number one fan? I best step it up a notch, T! LOL! Just kidding. That's wonderful - she has good taste, that's all I can say. :)) I think I was born one generation late. Cheers and all the best!
Aw man...crack me up GP !! LOL. But you got that a little backwards....it is I who is the #1 fan of GP Outdoors !! LOL. Thank you for the humorous comment my friend !! Take Care and Be Safe... Btw....I hear Kubota might be coming out with an orange buzz saw.....(-: LOL
Thanks for another video, I've almost finished watching all the rest of them! Trying to get caught up on my Tractorman44 material 👍
Hahahaha...that's what I do...I try to binge watch and catch up. LOL. Hope you didn't find too much disappointment !! Thanks for watching this one and commenting !!
@@tractorman4461 the truth is you have a few years and a lot of experience on me. I learn when I watch your channel. I found no disappointment at all!
Good evening Sir, always great stories to read and great video to watch and it is always a full watch Sir and great touch of adding this music. Very nice camera angle and outstanding antic set up Sir and I'm only referring to your nice Massey Harris tractor, the saw and sincerely not YOU OK !!! Let's be loud and Clear on that subject Sir ; ) Great fire wood amount Sir !!! Last note Sir but most important : If I may say to you for this incoming armistice day Sir, ( Thank You Sincerely for Your Service Sir and the outstanding help that you are doing into your community Sir ! ) Cheers !!!
Thank you sincerely Dave for always the kindest of remarks, undeserving as they may be. We used to call it Armistice Day down here but sometime back a ways they started calling it Veterans Day. But heck I had so much fun those 4 short years, I felt like I should've paid Uncle Sam for the pleasure of goofing off all that time and travelling for free coast to coast and beyond. Heck I even had a two year all expense paid vacation in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii !! I think all the thanks should go to the guys that really did something important. LOL.
@@tractorman4461 Well Sir, you did keep up helping your Veterans into your community and that is very important too, if not more !!! Have a blessed Sunday Sir Cheers !!!
@@RCAFpolarexpress Thank you Dave. I absolutely love your sincerity. The world would be a much better place if the people in it had a little more of you in them.
@@tractorman4461 and the YOU too Sir, for an outstanding ending Sir ; )
Always good to see a man working. Good video and love the music, but did miss the “baloney”!
Oh there's plenty of 'baloney' to go around....LOL. Might be a little more on the next one. Thanks for the smile along with the complimentary comment !!
Hi Wendell! It’s always a pleasure to see you use that old belt-driven buzz saw! It not only looks fun but is a very efficient way to process wood. Thanks for sharing!
It really is a quick and easy way to deal with this type of wood. With the shed so near, its cut and toss....stack when they start rolling back out at you then repeat !! Another one in the spam folder....
Hard work. Well done!
Thanks Bob for the comment sir. Its a piece of cake spitting out pole wood with these things for sure !! Thanks for watching.
Awesome!! I can't wait to get myn setup!
I was wondering if you'd find this one quickly...this is the one I told you was being edited the other day. Hopefully you can see how easy it is to set these up and make 'em sing !! Thanks for watching and commenting....good luck in your saw rig setup, and be sure to keep me informed !
@@tractorman4461 thanks man!! I still need to find a flatbelt so I can try n run it. I guess they're kinda hard to find up here in Canada! That's just about all that's holding me back tho
@@ButlerOutdoorsCanada maybe try a specific FB Marketplace search or maybe Craigslist. I was at a farm auction a few years back and bought a HUGE pile of flatbelts from 4'' to 8'' in a variety of length. It sold first bid to me for two and a half bucks. Matter of fact this belt here is one of them. I cut off the bad part and installed new lacings. There was at least 300 pounds of belting.
Farm auctions are good places to come across this type of stuff. You can probably go down as far as a 4'' if necessary because I've seen some run with a single Vee belt off an electric motor.
@@tractorman4461 that's amazing! I hope I can find half as good a deal! Ps- you've inspired me to start uploading some videos I've posted an 18 second video of the pride of my fleet warming up I had on my phone to start lol czcams.com/video/LffVbpY46vY/video.html I'm thinking about doing a 44 restoration series with my other old Massey 44, she's stuck so video #1 is gonna be a whole lot of me dumping tranny fluid and diesel down the cylinders :') I'm also looking at buying a 30 next spring off a good buddy now after watching yours chug away! Lol don't tell my wife tho ;p
@@ButlerOutdoorsCanada I just went and took a look. Man you got waaaaay more paint on that one that I have in all mine put together !! It really looks and sounds good too.
Love the music. How do you use the little nubs you throw off to the side? I know there is a method to what you do.
Those little 'nubs' really mess up the stacking, so we make a pile off the side then take a loader bucket full to the shed to use in the sheds heating systems. Some times I'll fill the space between the ranks with them just to utilize every square foot of space under roof. Those will end up in the house...but in an acceptable amount. I keep the nastiest of the nasty, pithy, low quality wood under tin below the woodshed so these are moved to that area with the tractor. Strictly shed wood or bon fire wood goes there with the nubs.
WOW !! Now that's what I like to see ! ! !
Brother cut'n some ugly wood.
SO many people think wood is only good to burn if'n it looks like wood in the L.L. Bean catalog.
Been keep'in this ol home warm with ugly wood for ............ HECK , all I burn is ugly wood !!!
....... partly rot , knots , branch shoots , twist , ......... anything they be throwe'n in'da dump.
................. Loving that Saw 44 , ............. realy get-z me think-N !
Bee Safe All ,......... Cheers !
Man o man Bubba G...we always say if its made outta wood its got heat in it !! We burn it all because its cheaper than turning up the thermostat. There WAS a few snarly and snarky ones went though the rig that day. Some people only want like you said only want perfectly shaped and split wood...and would turn their noses up at my pile. Those people ain't the ones that ever got so cold in their house you have to break the ice film in the water bucket or the wash pan !! Guarantee it. LOL. Been there I sure ain't gonna go back, but I could if I had to.
If you find an old buzz saw, a lot of guys run 'em off the rear wheel of a car or truck and others use even a 5 hp Briggs or Tecumseh with a jack shaft to get the right rpms and it works adequately. They are easy to find when you ain't looking for one. Let me know what you're thinking...or do you have an old tractor with a belt pully ? Take Care buddy and I am sincerely glad you enjoyed the video !!
1951 Ferguson TO-30 , with Wegner loader.
It's my gym exercise equipment. Run that all day and no one gonna have to rock you to sleep.
Do you happen to know what RPM those saw blades run at ?
@@bubbagump4686 Keep your eye peeled for a Ford or Ferguson right angle drive. Either one will fit the bolt pattern around your pto. If you get one with a female 1 3/8 spline, they make a flush bushing 1 3/8 to 1 1/8 that fits perfectly....that is if your Fergie has the 1 1/8 pto. Look for one with the mounting point on top of the right angle assembly...you'll need that to fit the standard Dearborn or Ferguson saw rigs. The arbor should turn around 600 top 700 rpm, but with good bearings, you can get by with a little higher than that. Good luck, let me know what you come up with. It'd be a cool winters evening project !!
@@tractorman4461 You bet, Thanks
Sure a lot better than using a chainsaw keep up the good work
I agree. One big benefit is not having to worry to much about the grit on the ones near the ground dull your chain. One or two times passing with a chain saw will dull the chain whereas the circular blade takes dozens and dozens of grit-filled cuts before you even notice it. Then you still don't have to stop and sharpen...just bull your way through until the end of the day. The touch up the blade and give it a go again !! Thanks for the nice comment. It is appreciated !
hard worker keep it up
Heck, this is the way a lazy guy cuts pole wood !! LOL Thanks Richard for the comment
I couldn't even watch that. Love the belt in action but how you were cutting that wood scared me. One slip up could have been awful. I'd have a bigger block.
Well I think its all about what you grow up with KK. I've been working with saw rigs and other flat belt driven equipment for over 60 years. The key is keeping your eye on the blade and keeping clean and secure footing around these machines. The absolute worst thing to do is to saw in snow covered ground. But yes, we have done that out of necessity many many times as well. Thanks for watching. Btw, I have a very in depth video on buzz saw safety. It's not for the faint of heart though IIrc, it is 32 minutes long and I still didn't cover all the safety thoughts. LOL Here it is here just in case: czcams.com/video/2J0trs7CF_Y/video.html