Petrol Saw Bench

[openspaceman]

2 hours ago, AndyChalmers said:

Has anyone ever used a Hydraulic pump to power a PTO?  for lower powered items eg pto saw or trailer conveyor? 

I think both @Gray git and @LGP Eddie  have driven remote mounted 3PL winches this way

[monkeybusiness]

55 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

I think both @Gray git and @LGP Eddie  have driven remote mounted 3PL winches this way

I’m literally in the process of doing this - I’ve just bought the motor and got the coupling today, just need to make up the mounting bracket and some hoses and we will see what it can pull! 

[openspaceman]

42 minutes ago, monkeybusiness said:

I’m literally in the process of doing this - I’ve just bought the motor and got the coupling today, just need to make up the mounting bracket and some hoses and we will see what it can pull! 

That will be interesting with photos. I have an old tractor with a pump on the nose but a 1000rpm PTO and it would be handy to run a 540 winch, the thing is far too fast at 1000 and stalls the tractor at low revs.

[spuddog0507]

Dont own a petrol crosscut saw but i have owned this old girl for about 15yrs , it probably wont pass any HSE inspection, but is solidly built, reliable, economicial and it does its job very well, will cut 12" with ease and i cant make it use a gallon of diesel in a day, Engine on the bench is a Petter 10hp twin cylinder that starts first swing every time, according to engine number and Petter,s records the engine was made in April 1953 and still doing a days work, they certainly dont make em like that any more,, 

Edited December 9, 2022 by spuddog0507

[openspaceman]

That's a McConnel bench isn't it?

 

The FC had some for crosscutting pit props from long pine poles.

 

Michael Richmond had one for cutting logs at home.

[spuddog0507]

11 hours ago, openspaceman said:

That's a McConnel bench isn't it?

 

The FC had some for crosscutting pit props from long pine poles.

 

Michael Richmond had one for cutting logs at home.

Yes McConnel, and its still got the brass badge on it as well, McConnel built hundreds of em for the FC, they where towed to site and just used in the woods for like you say pit props and there was versions with a ripping table and fence on em and used for ripping split posts down, they where developed for the big push after the end of WW11, they are still a good machine today so would of been state of the art machines back in the late 40s early 50s,, 

[monkeybusiness]

On 08/12/2022 at 22:58, openspaceman said:

That will be interesting with photos. I have an old tractor with a pump on the nose but a 1000rpm PTO and it would be handy to run a 540 winch, the thing is far too fast at 1000 and stalls the tractor at low revs.

Here are the bits, need to sort the wiring to the front of the tractor to test it though (which probably won’t happen this week)