Witt Drag Saw?

[Guido Salvage]

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.[/QUOTE


Fairbanks Morse just made recoils no actual engines. Chances are it has an AH47 motor which was really common. I'm not real familiar with that type of saw. It may be rare but it's not $3500 to find out it's worth $75

As Aaron has pointed out, the above statement is not true. I helped move a 1947 (?) F-M 4 cylinder diesel engine that ran a refrigeration unit at a fish packing house down on the Chesapeake Bay. We ended up rebuilding it, if I am not mistaken the bore was 19". Somewhere I have a film picture of one of my friend's standing down in the cylinder. I bet each piston and rod was over 400 pounds. I think top speed on it is around 1200 RPM.

 

[B Harrison]

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I love how only one jug hits when it's not under load. Those smoke rings go about 20'.

What a sweet song she plays!

Would love to see it in person!

 

[moody]

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My apologies I thought this was a chainsaw. I guess I should've been a little more specific to the best of my knowledge they did produce a small 2 stroke gasoline engine. As I said I'm not familiar with this drag saw.

 

[FlyingDutchman]

I have seen one of these operate at a threshing show near Stevens Point, WI this summer. In fact it looked identical to this saw!

Pretty sweet... Man did it throw chips, but it looked dangerous and it was cumbersome to set up each cut. Luckily for the dude that was doing it he had some shade.

I would say the value is a bit inflated as well, but its not every day you see one.