Buzz Saw Made From Pull-Type Forage Chopper

Buzz Saw Made From Pull-Type Forage Chopper FORAGE HARVESTERS David Schmidt Oelwein Iowa converted a saw arbor and an old 2-row forage chopper into a low-cost pto-driven buzz saw “I got the chopper and the saw arbor from local machinist Steve Jensen who had already stripped the chopper down to the frame and drive system I hardly added anything so it cost almost nothing to build ” says Schmidt The arbor came mounted on a steel subframe that he bolted to the back of the chopper The chopper’s pto shaft runs through a right angle gearbox to belt-drive the arbor He mounted a hydraulic cylinder on the chopper’s hitch “The cylinder tips the whole unit forward for transport When the cylinder is fully extended the whole unit tips backward and the saw sits on the ground for stability when cutting wood ” says Schmidt “It’ll cut through 8-in dia logs If you turn the log over to cut it from the opposite side it can handle 1-ft dia logs ” says Schmidt “I use it to cut slabs of wood that a local lumber yard delivers to me in 1-ton bundles that are 12 ft long I cut the wood into 4-ft lengths that I use in my outdoor boiler The 8-ft long belt was originally used to operate the stalk spreader on a combine ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup David Schmidt 5748 S Ave Oelwein Iowa 50662

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