Redneck Enginurrin!!

Good god this looks soooo unsafe!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1HZztie5ac

Unsafe? Yes. Awesome? Yes.

Also, gotta love somebody lazy and procrastinat-y enough to not only wait until the dead of winter to chop wood, but also waste time creating an elaborate device with which to chop said wood. If only he could've found one more excuse not to chop would, perhaps this would be his last winter.

More unsafe than a hydrauic set up (well, assuming the car is on stands, and not on a bottle jack)- I dunno- outside of the car falling down- it seems fairly safe to me.... on a relative basis.

but I'm with poop- if you are going to be this creative and lazy- you could have made if far, far more complicated. Just sticking a threaded cone on a stick is just the beginning.

Among the late-'40s era home movies that I got from my parents, there was one of a truly scary redneck device. Basically they jacked the rear of my grandfather's '41 Cadillac up and took off a rear wheel. From a large pulley bolted to the hub, they ran an industrial PTO belt to an X-shaped table thing none-too-securely welded up out of angle iron, which held up a 30" circle saw blade from some old mill. No guards, no brakes, barely able to support itself.

One person would put the car in gear and rev it up to 30-40 mph. The other person(s) would take lengths of tree limb and stand directly in front of this giant, whirling, unstable chunk of steel death and use it to cut them into firewood.

I'm amazed he lived long enough to die of a heart attack.

I kinda wish there was video of that contraption. Oh wait, there is. Why is this not on Youtube?

While the video is a new one, That device has been talked about on here before. And we even found the site where they sell those.

Duke wrote: Among the late-'40s era home movies that I got from my parents, there was one of a truly scary redneck device. Basically they jacked the rear of my grandfather's '41 Cadillac up and took off a rear wheel. From a large pulley bolted to the hub, they ran an industrial PTO belt to an X-shaped table thing none-too-securely welded up out of angle iron, which held up a 30" circle saw blade from some old mill. No guards, no brakes, barely able to support itself. One person would put the car in gear and rev it up to 30-40 mph. The other person(s) would take lengths of tree limb and stand directly in front of this giant, whirling, unstable chunk of steel death and use it to cut them into firewood. I'm amazed he lived long enough to die of a heart attack.

Some of the PTO driven things I've seen off of the back of tractors seem to have been dreamt up by dungeon masters- they are scary devices. I think the large circular saw that you point out is close to the worst.

Off the back of a car? nuts.

Hope they were using a little bottle jack under the axle- makes it more adventurous...

That there device is most likely store bought. I have seen several in action. They are rather effective.

http://www.thestickler.com/

pilotbraden wrote: That there device is most likely store bought. I have seen several in action. They are rather effective. http://www.thestickler.com/

Thats the one.

Doesn't seem that unsafe to me, compared to the other ways of doing the job.

mtn wrote: Doesn't seem that unsafe to me, compared to the other ways of doing the job.

'til you trip...

You do know that the PTO and rear wheel thingy was one of the selling points of the original Model A don't you?

I've seen gazillion pictures of the various things you could run off of them. I've even seen a temporary saw mill operating off a truck.

I've got one of those in my garage. My dad bought it many, many years ago and used it on our ols Chevelle to split many logs. Wonder if it'll fit my F150?

I like this version a lot better - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40sCGb678sQ&feature=related

I saw a winch sort of like that for pulling yourself out of the mud.

I've used one of these. Just pay attention to what you're doing- a skill we seem to be losing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40sCGb678sQ&feature=related

Make sure your suspenders are snubbed up.

And I thought it was scary when my grandfather told of taking one rear wheel off, replacing it with a rim, wrapping a long rope around a couple of times, and running said rope to the bottom of a hill to another rim on a pulley mounted to a tree. Why do all this? Ski lift for the kiddos when they went sledding.

If he used the buick or caddy he could leave it running with the cruise control.

oldopelguy wrote: And I thought it was scary when my grandfather told of taking one rear wheel off, replacing it with a rim, wrapping a long rope around a couple of times, and running said rope to the bottom of a hill to another rim on a pulley mounted to a tree. Why do all this? Ski lift for the kiddos when they went sledding. If he used the buick or caddy he could leave it running with the cruise control.

This has been a plan of mine for years. Do you have pictures or more details?

oldopelguy wrote: And I thought it was scary when my grandfather told of taking one rear wheel off, replacing it with a rim, wrapping a long rope around a couple of times, and running said rope to the bottom of a hill to another rim on a pulley mounted to a tree. Why do all this? Ski lift for the kiddos when they went sledding. If he used the buick or caddy he could leave it running with the cruise control.

Grandpa was awesome. Kudos.

oldopelguy wrote: Ski lift for the kiddos when they went sledding.

They did that at the local sledding hill when I was a little kid, it worked great. The only bad part was that when your mittens got wet it was hard to hold on to the rope for the tow up the hill. I seem to recall a 1950 Plymouth was used.

I do remember one time a kid sliding down the hill ran right underneath the car and bonked his head on the differential. He got knocked silly, but after a little rest he was okay.