Had a guy offer me a Witt drag saw. Any idea what something like this is worth?
Witt Drag Saw?
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If that's a Fairbanks morse hit-and-miss engine on the back buy it just for that. I have a Fairbanks-morse model z 2 horse empire milking machine special. Worth around $400.
I should add, seller wants $3,500 for it. Seems a touch steep.
Eccentric
Mister Wizard
That's gotta be way too much.
tomdcoker
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Possibly or possibly not. I have seen hit and miss motors at the local flywheel festival priced at $2500 that I could pick up and walk away with. I did not see any sell at that price, just listed. Tom
Good point - some of the hit-and-miss motors are crazy expensive and actually sell, others not. For the uninitiated, it's hard to tell as the big bucks ones and the cheap ones often look nearly the same.
Anyway, not going to buy the drag saw in any case, but it is a curious piece of machinery all the same.
Guido Salvage
Supreme Saw Whoreder
A friend of mine who has been into hit and miss engines for decades has an Ottawa drag saw. It is slow, but better than the Armstrong model. He also has a shingle mill that I have had the opportunity to run, that is a neat piece of equipment.
The guys on Smokstak would be able to give you an estimate on value.
The guys on Smokstak would be able to give you an estimate on value.
The seller is out of line
bowtechmadman
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Cp great looking saw seen one on American pickers. I cant pm you for some reason can you shoot me one...have 40 acres of tops 40 trees taken out about 20 miles from ya that would like the wood cleaneed up.
My back hurts just looking at that thing. They bought one on American Pickers they paid I think $500 for it and it looked a lot like that one to me. Don't recall the engine set up though.
A friend of mine sent me a several pictures of his girlfriends family had a dragsaw type saw that was hand operated and supposedly it was on antiques road show or the likes of and appraised at something like $3,500. The pictures of it were nice and all but I just don't see the value in something that big.
They were open to offers on the saw set up as a hint to me if I was interested and I declined to even make an offer. For me I'm trying to pare down the saws to what is fun to run for firewood and the occasional GTG. The idea of a shear mass of saws collected just isn't for me.
I don't see $3,500 there just a lot floor space being used up for something I wouldn't use. Now if I lived on 40 acres and had sheds and places to store and use stuff like that and could leave it in a ready to use state it would be different
A friend of mine sent me a several pictures of his girlfriends family had a dragsaw type saw that was hand operated and supposedly it was on antiques road show or the likes of and appraised at something like $3,500. The pictures of it were nice and all but I just don't see the value in something that big.
They were open to offers on the saw set up as a hint to me if I was interested and I declined to even make an offer. For me I'm trying to pare down the saws to what is fun to run for firewood and the occasional GTG. The idea of a shear mass of saws collected just isn't for me.
I don't see $3,500 there just a lot floor space being used up for something I wouldn't use. Now if I lived on 40 acres and had sheds and places to store and use stuff like that and could leave it in a ready to use state it would be different
Eccentric
Mister Wizard
The drag saw on American Pickers was much smaller, and had some sort of early piston port 2-stroke on it. Looked to be complete, and they paid $350 IIRC. Did you see their 'race' with the guy and his moose of a son? Mike and Frank ran a Disston twin in some small wood (24" or less I'd say) while the two other gentleman ran a 2-man crosscut saw in some even smaller wood. Wasn't much of a race. I'll bet some of the PNW guys here know that man and his son.
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moody
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Eccentric
Mister Wizard
Fairbanks Morse has made stationary engines since the turn of the last century or so. They never made chainsaw engines however. Just clutches, starters, and other 'support' items as you stated.
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Eccentric
Mister Wizard
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I love how only one jug hits when it's not under load. Those smoke rings go about 20'.
I love how only one jug hits when it's not under load. Those smoke rings go about 20'.
Eccentric
Mister Wizard
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Eccentric
Mister Wizard
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Eccentric
Mister Wizard
Looks like FM is still making BIG engines...
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I used one of the one-man drag saws back when I was a kid (Jesus lived a couple miles over). One lunger hit/miss. Not bad as long as you kept the blade sharp. Set it up, start a cut - first round done, move saw over one lenght start and process the first block. In good sized wood you had time to split and load one round while the next was ws being cut. Idon't recall the brand. Last time I used it was 1953 but it was so clapped out then that you had to hold up on the blade as it couldn't pull it 'full cut'.
Harry K
Harry K
