Mad Max mower with built in firewood saw!!. Will it run ??

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  • When I picked up the Bristol 25 bulldozer last month, I noticed this old Power Pony ride on tractor with a built in homemade firewood saw bench so I offered to get it running for the owner.
    Very cool machine.
    Thanks Supercheap Auto for supplying the tools used in this vid-
    ToolPRO 198pc Tool kit-
    AUS - bit.ly/2kR3xoP
    NZ - bit.ly/2kmT7go
    Thanks Dan for your help on this project - / @worldslayer85
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  • @grrarg9319
    @grrarg9319 3 роки тому +43

    I was just waiting for that thing to throw the saw blade a couple of miles. Offset mower deck is a nice touch too. Just needs a vertical chainsaw to trim bushes as you drive past.

  • @StopBitching1000
    @StopBitching1000 4 роки тому +306

    I lost 3 fingers just watching this

  • @Page5framing
    @Page5framing 3 роки тому +3

    You need to hot rod that thing and bring it to the southern states for their lawn mower races! That thing would be lit!!

  • @CharlesSmith-zt7vt
    @CharlesSmith-zt7vt 4 роки тому +99

    "She's a bit of a sketchy machine" is the best quote yet. What a terrifying contraption!
    Can you rig it with the mower and the saw going at the same time or do they use the same pulley? I would pay money to see you cheerily walking behind that death trap, sawing wood and mowing the lawn at the same time. The person who made it must have been some sort of mad, rural genius.
    Loosely strapping the petrol tank to the top of that mechanical spinning mess was a masterstroke, well in keeping with the rest of the madness.

    • @mrolsen6987
      @mrolsen6987 4 роки тому +5

      Yeah it looks really safe with those belts running around your elbow! 😂👍

    • @tiredoldmechanic1791
      @tiredoldmechanic1791 3 роки тому +5

      One belt on the saw, one on the mower and you could mow and trim hedges at the same time.

    • @adrianavilar7070
      @adrianavilar7070 3 роки тому +1

      Iiii8fxxd67888uuyggfcx😏🤔😅😅😜😜😜😏

  • @user-pu6yo3oq5w
    @user-pu6yo3oq5w Місяць тому +1

    Like watching you fix hydraulics, and ofcourse engines, one step at a time. Spark, fuel, air and with whatever it takes

  • @eldonmiller955
    @eldonmiller955 4 роки тому +78

    Came for the amputation, stayed for the tetanus. That thing is cool. I want one.

  • @1towmater1
    @1towmater1 3 роки тому +8

    That thing you called a fuel filter is the fuel pump. It uses piston pulses from the crankcase to move a diaphragm to pump fuel. Small engines have been using that method for decades

  • @kevingordon4274
    @kevingordon4274 4 роки тому +85

    Satan must have forgot where he parked his mower.

  • @Taco_ocaT
    @Taco_ocaT 2 роки тому +1

    Hey Marty. Your dont know how much you and your channel have done for me. I always enjoy your content! Love from America. Hope I have the pleasure of shaking your hand someday mate!

  • @QueernMental
    @QueernMental 3 роки тому +4

    You should add a speaker that plays the guitar riff from 'shake hands with danger' every time that thing is operated

  • @phillarnach9484
    @phillarnach9484 3 роки тому +2

    Saw a glimpse of a J series Bedford truck sitting in the elements, how sad they just let this stuff rot. Farmers are notorious for this.

  • @DuaneT64
    @DuaneT64 4 роки тому +2

    Thats one awesome little machine............Thumbs Up Marty

  • @cambobby2011
    @cambobby2011 4 роки тому

    ''Hey,what's up mate? I just finished mowing the lawn with my ''saw bench''...LOL. That is a special machine, never ''saw'' anything like that before. Tks , it's always nice to see new things.

  • @pcka12
    @pcka12 4 роки тому +14

    The missing air filter does make a difference, it changes the carburettor vacuum which can have widespread effects especially if a vacuum ignition advance is fitted!

  • @rustybum2
    @rustybum2 4 роки тому +11

    Maybe once in a lifetime you'll come across macines as quirky as this and you will HAVE try and resurrect them. Well done !!! Great stuff, highly enjoyable, thanks for sharing from an old Yorkshire "Geezer" in Ireland.

  • @Taco_ocaT
    @Taco_ocaT 4 роки тому +2

    Man I get so happy when I see you in the feed!

  • @THX-vb8yz
    @THX-vb8yz 3 роки тому +1

    WOW... That's one wicked looking lawnmower.

  • @jessekelley9384
    @jessekelley9384 3 роки тому +11

    This sort of reminds me of the old Garden Mark Squire that has been passed down in our family since the 60's. It has a bucksaw attachment that bolts on the front and drives off of a forward extension of the engine's crankshaft. That old warhorse still mowed, still sawed, and tilled a garden until about 2 yrs ago... Time to rebuild the 1964 8hp Briggs... Parts, that's the hard part.

    • @SonOfAdolf
      @SonOfAdolf 2 роки тому +2

      Man I'd like to see that. You should post a short video walkaround

  • @adenihil
    @adenihil 3 роки тому +2

    « ...She’s a sketchy machine but she seems to go alright » You said it! 😂

  • @milgram37
    @milgram37 4 роки тому +84

    This looks like some dodgy as contraption that Wile E. Coyote would order out of the Acme catalogue...

  • @daveb5016
    @daveb5016 4 роки тому +12

    Nice one, you managed to resurrect the death machine.

  • @Mizman76
    @Mizman76 4 роки тому +8

    Pull that carb,clean it and lean it up. Running waaay rich. Sounded fantastic for a few seconds when it leaned out running out of gas!

    • @defenda1
      @defenda1 Рік тому

      Well spotted, yeah it sounded racy just for a second.

  • @Dirtmonkey
    @Dirtmonkey 4 роки тому +31

    Really cool to see the old equipment back up and running again!

    • @jackvacuum619
      @jackvacuum619 2 роки тому +1

      All that old stuff needs is tobacco spit and elbow grease then it runs like a dime! Prime example.

  • @ChrisBennettGameDesign
    @ChrisBennettGameDesign 3 роки тому +20

    12:45
    “Oh my God.”
    Marty: puts sunglasses on. 😎

  • @bborkzilla
    @bborkzilla 4 роки тому +1

    That contraption has death and dismemberment written all over it in bright neon letters! Love it.

  • @gavinoonoo
    @gavinoonoo 4 роки тому +30

    You’re actually a genius. It’s so entertaining to basically see a real life Tony Stark work his magic haha good job man 👍

  • @tonymckeage1028
    @tonymckeage1028 9 місяців тому +1

    Well done Marty T, you just increased the trade/purchase price of that mower/firewood saw by 200% thanks for sharing

  • @wensnz6524
    @wensnz6524 4 роки тому +5

    Got another giggle, thanks Marty :)
    You're a really clever bloke.
    Love your videos.

  • @tailsdollblack9340
    @tailsdollblack9340 4 роки тому +243

    this has to be the most unsafe machine ive seen this year lol.

    • @Nexadon
      @Nexadon 4 роки тому +4

      I thought the same thing.. that's a loss of a limb just waiting to happen LOL

    • @g10118
      @g10118 4 роки тому +3

      it's perfect

    • @adamgould7061
      @adamgould7061 3 роки тому +3

      Buzz saws are very safe. Stupid people use them wrong and loses limbs. No different then any saw

    • @videodistro
      @videodistro 3 роки тому +5

      Even the smartest people have accidents. Sheesh1

    • @DoubleMonoLR
      @DoubleMonoLR Рік тому

      @@adamgould7061 Hardly need to be 'stupid' to have an accident when there's a metre of totally exposed saw blade, and plenty of potential to trip on something.

  • @Bret4207
    @Bret4207 4 роки тому +10

    There was a time when something like that buzzsaw was a huge labor saving device. We laugh now, but there are still a lot of those type saws used today.

    • @tiredoldmechanic1791
      @tiredoldmechanic1791 3 роки тому

      I recall one mounted on a Farmall M running on a flat belt pulley on a Farm in the 1960s.

    • @marcryvon
      @marcryvon 3 роки тому

      Saw some videos on Russian backcountry farms. They still use similar home made saws powered by their cultivators. Log splitters too.

  • @Worldslayer85
    @Worldslayer85 4 роки тому +7

    What a fun project to work on! 👍

  • @SonOfAdolf
    @SonOfAdolf 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome machine Marty.. Back in the day folks did what they had to do to get the job done, instead of running out to buy every little gadget at Lowe's, like so many people do today.

  • @willcatlin9089
    @willcatlin9089 Рік тому +1

    Everyone should aspire to a Mad Max mower!

  • @ronaldheit196
    @ronaldheit196 3 роки тому +3

    That's a diaphragm fuel pump that either works off a rod and cam or piston movement and crankcase pressure.
    The diaphragm also acted as the body gasket.
    Most likely it has dried out and become brittle.
    Should be relatively cheap to get drop shipped.
    You really should tear that carb apart and give it a good cleaning.
    Especially if that tank has old fuel in it.
    First thing you should do is take off the carb's float bowl and look for gunk in it and that the float moves freely.
    Myself, I'd tear down the carb and completely clean it.
    Check the crankcase breather filter.
    If it's clogged up that can be the cause of the smoky exhaust.

  • @curm1778
    @curm1778 4 роки тому +14

    Looks like a contraption my grandad had rigged up on his farm in South America. Good for all sorts of things. Including disposal of one's enemies...but then I've said too much.

  • @wolfpreist
    @wolfpreist 2 роки тому +2

    oddly enough, not the sketchiest firewood machine i've ever seen online.

  • @StergiosX15
    @StergiosX15 4 роки тому +196

    I bought this really cheap from a guy they called “Lefty”

    • @bigrobnz
      @bigrobnz 4 роки тому

      yeah.....3 fingers Lefty.....

    • @Neilukuk
      @Neilukuk 4 роки тому +2

      @@bigrobnz No hand lefty i think lol

    • @offwithhishead2556
      @offwithhishead2556 4 роки тому

      Old No-toes Lefty, I remember him from when I worked in casualty.

    • @lesbaty8919
      @lesbaty8919 3 роки тому +3

      He was armless enough

    • @patprop74
      @patprop74 3 роки тому

      lmao good one

  • @IndependentLiberty
    @IndependentLiberty 4 роки тому +5

    I love that you bring life back to these old machines and actually put them to work. Well done! Looking forward to more great videos like this.

  • @wpowerwagon
    @wpowerwagon 4 роки тому +2

    This is really neat lawn mower/ saw, thanks for sharing your video

  • @elliottmanning
    @elliottmanning 4 роки тому +1

    So glad to see young guys being DIY Mechanics as us old guys are fading away...

  • @scottleininger2404
    @scottleininger2404 3 роки тому +2

    That is a really interesting machine.

  • @WatchWesWork
    @WatchWesWork 4 роки тому +2

    I think I'll print out a few pictures of this machine and give them to my insurance agent...

    • @MartyT
      @MartyT  4 роки тому

      Haha.. I bet he's never seen one of these

  • @briandufty1609
    @briandufty1609 4 роки тому +1

    When I was 14 on our sheep ,beef farm in waikato .my job was firewood. We had a saw like that behind a 80 hp JD tracktor . I busted 2x blades hitting a gate gudgen. And a t post ingrown in an old tree.. great memory. Love your channel.

  • @DutchIceProductions
    @DutchIceProductions 4 роки тому +3

    Nice thinking of the owner, All-Season usecases for the machine!

  • @mattthescrapwhisperer
    @mattthescrapwhisperer 4 роки тому +10

    A V-twin engine! That should make some serious power. Looks like it is running quite rich. Most likely the carburetor needs a rebuild. Quite a machine indeed!

  • @sethburbury1802
    @sethburbury1802 4 роки тому +2

    What a Beast! I want one. Love your work Mart.

  • @rossmainland3456
    @rossmainland3456 3 роки тому +2

    Good on ya mate. Good to see a bit of number eight used to tie fuel tank to engine cover. Kiwi ingenuity at its best!

  • @donplautz9788
    @donplautz9788 3 роки тому +2

    I just love watching your videos, I just never know what your going to come up with, stay safe buddy 🚜

  • @jijesh7304
    @jijesh7304 4 роки тому +6

    Man i don't know why i love your channel and your work

  • @eddieco
    @eddieco 4 роки тому +6

    "sketchy" is the understatement of the year. That thing is a dismemberment waiting to happen. LOL

  • @drewa3597
    @drewa3597 4 роки тому +1

    fine piece of machinery

  • @jam2190
    @jam2190 3 роки тому +3

    I swear, I've seen this mad max, fire wood processor on [youtube] before now, in one of those "backyard machines" inventions type video

  • @reds815
    @reds815 3 роки тому +2

    I enjoy the channel, love seeing what you drag out next!

  • @bigDbigDbigD
    @bigDbigDbigD 2 роки тому +2

    Largest mower deck I have even seen

  • @natrone23
    @natrone23 4 роки тому +52

    The air was cleaner back in the day, didn’t need a filter🤔

    • @kirkjohnson9353
      @kirkjohnson9353 4 роки тому +3

      All we needed was something to keep the birds out.

    • @regsparkes6507
      @regsparkes6507 3 роки тому +1

      You are joking, of course! I've never seen a Briggs & Stratton engine that didn't use an air filter, unless it was on a Snow Blower!

  • @andysaunders3708
    @andysaunders3708 2 роки тому +2

    Hard case,
    I'd forgotten about the evil Power Pony.
    Made in Tauranga, no less...
    About as stylish as a Trekka, but they did the job.
    Cool.

  • @teofilolomano4127
    @teofilolomano4127 4 роки тому +2

    You should have your own reality show, bringing old once great machines back to life...you can start with my 1987 mascot mower, ....

  • @isaacray8530
    @isaacray8530 2 роки тому +2

    I think “sketchy” might have been a generous term on your part Marty.

  • @pcdubya
    @pcdubya 3 роки тому +1

    The original Mad Max ( not the hokey remake ) and The Road Warrior were genius Aussie movie making. That saw is probably good to go with a blade sharpening and the tilting table looks well designed.

  • @silvergrizzly316
    @silvergrizzly316 4 роки тому +4

    What a machine! The one who designed it has got to be one smart feller! Being that old Marty be careful of flying parts. There's no dead machine that you can't bring back to life Marty, with your friend...😁 Take care my brother. ~Jay~.

  • @jsource10
    @jsource10 4 роки тому +1

    Wow!! Mad Max!! Awesome work!

  • @patprop74
    @patprop74 3 роки тому +3

    11:00 the smoke is for insect repellent while cutting the lawn lol

  • @benchasinghorizons9428
    @benchasinghorizons9428 3 роки тому +2

    T
    That's brilliant it can still mow too.

  • @Ajaxaxxess
    @Ajaxaxxess 4 роки тому

    Super cool saw. Love inventors and madmen who make stuff because they need it.
    Built not bought ftw!

  • @davidbarnhart6228
    @davidbarnhart6228 4 роки тому +5

    You know your wife hates you when she sees this, and says, "nice purchase honey!"

  • @doodoodoodle
    @doodoodoodle 3 роки тому +1

    Lol this sorta reminds me of Belle's dad in Beauty and the Beast with the wood chopping machine 😂

  • @craigpalmer5693
    @craigpalmer5693 4 роки тому +4

    This guy has experience of machines fix right parts for it get to moving forward big saw awesome video keep up the good work friend bless you happy holidays Thanksgiving

  • @jacobkemp1183
    @jacobkemp1183 4 роки тому +2

    I used to have four Power Ponys, 16 & 18 hp models, two with front end loaders, one with a rotary hoe, and the was set up for spraying, good NZ built tractors

  • @justinpyne968
    @justinpyne968 4 роки тому +13

    She's running rich/ still on choke!

  • @kylethatcher5828
    @kylethatcher5828 4 роки тому +1

    That thing is pure Mad Max. I love it

  • @yeagerxp
    @yeagerxp 4 роки тому +1

    Well done 👍👍👍. Thanks for sharing

  • @craigsudman4556
    @craigsudman4556 4 роки тому +1

    Nice job on that old machine! Once the rust was nocked off of the blade it wore off those wood pieces nice and slow! lol. Thumbs up.

  • @OkFixer
    @OkFixer 4 роки тому +9

    Pretty cool machine! It looks like they ran it without an air cleaner. So either the carburetor is full of crap, or the engine ingested a lot of dirt. That coupled with the fact the cooling port on the front cover was clogged up. Probably not a lot of hours left in that engine. Pretty cool engineering though.

  • @MrLewisFloydHenry
    @MrLewisFloydHenry Рік тому

    I watching all.your videos they're very therapeutic

  • @moosey62
    @moosey62 4 роки тому +1

    It looks like something we'd draw as kids as The Ultimate Death Machine.
    Marty strikes again. Great job man.

  • @marcuscicero9587
    @marcuscicero9587 2 роки тому +1

    neglect beat the ever living shite out of that thing. I know this fella will get it going

  • @eyesup1433
    @eyesup1433 4 роки тому +10

    you looked surprised when it started , I think so far you have a high success rate
    of getting old things started and moving . New stuff is different with computers .

  • @JamesCouch777
    @JamesCouch777 4 роки тому +1

    We had a similar saw (no guards) mounted on the front of an old Farmall F20. Dangerous as all getout but fun! If I still had the saw I'd definitely mount it on my lawnmower.

  • @1932115509
    @1932115509 4 роки тому +1

    That leaver you are using for the throttle is the choke. That’s why it runs rich when you push it ahead and runs smooth when you pull it back..

  • @jonnoMoto
    @jonnoMoto 4 роки тому +3

    That thing is running unbelievably rich. It's why she started revving up as the fuel ran out.

  • @jonnothetrucker
    @jonnothetrucker Рік тому

    Now that is an awesome bit of gear right there 👏 👌

  • @Page5framing
    @Page5framing 3 роки тому +3

    Spinning blade of death 💀
    Him: @12:43 puts on safety glasses...
    me: yeah like that’s going to help! Lol

    • @bobadam7021
      @bobadam7021 3 роки тому +2

      I saw that and laughed so hard. Giant spinning wheel of death, engage safety shades.

  • @scummyinoz
    @scummyinoz 4 роки тому +1

    Gday
    love it
    the fuel pump is a pulse pump runs by the vacuum of the motor sounds like the carb needs a clean pity the deck missing a spindle or two it would cut good when all 3 going.i got a old simplicity mower/tractor about 73-4 way lots of implements for em just in the usa
    cheers

  • @PimpmyCPU
    @PimpmyCPU 3 місяці тому +1

    Solid little tractors those power ponies i own a couple. Made by Miller Industries in New Plymouth

  • @CampHideAway
    @CampHideAway 4 роки тому +1

    Love your videos!! Keep it up!

  • @lemagreengreen
    @lemagreengreen 3 роки тому +2

    I can just picture the farmer who put this together :)

    • @sflotr
      @sflotr 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah, he owned a homestead called, Missing Limbs Farm!

  • @alistairchurches5110
    @alistairchurches5110 Місяць тому +1

    Needs a sickle bar mower on that death trap and it would be perfect 😂

  • @KG-yn9qi
    @KG-yn9qi 3 роки тому +2

    Well good enough for theay neighborhood I guess! First time ya let me down on your work.

  • @sebastianlara5757
    @sebastianlara5757 4 роки тому +4

    Hey Marty glad to see another video from you......you have to star your business fixing all does tractors 🚜 of the farmers araund😁

  • @wes4192
    @wes4192 3 роки тому +1

    12:49 Safety googles. Pay attention kids. Pair of sunnies when you're operating this stuff. I usually put my drink down for a bit too. Cool.

  • @EastLondonKiwi
    @EastLondonKiwi 4 роки тому +73

    LOL nothing says kiwi farmer, like mowing a lawn with a spinning wheel of death right next to your carotid artery. Love these videos Marty, well done.

    • @billr1128
      @billr1128 4 роки тому +1

      hahahaha

    • @briandufty1609
      @briandufty1609 4 роки тому +5

      Was missing two things. Flip flops and a beer.. o and smoking a joint..

    • @billr1128
      @billr1128 4 роки тому +4

      @@briandufty1609 two diffent flip flops

    • @briandufty1609
      @briandufty1609 4 роки тому +1

      @@billr1128 not sure what you mean. J andle is what you wear. Flip is the sting of a fist in your right ear and flop is what happens when u hit the ground. Am I missing sumthin.!.

    • @andywilliams1160
      @andywilliams1160 4 роки тому +3

      Burt Munros mower???

  • @dougthomas1582
    @dougthomas1582 4 роки тому +16

    I laughed out loud when you got out the bailing wire.

    • @MikeNexusCastle
      @MikeNexusCastle 4 роки тому +1

      Baling and a pair of pliers can fix anything.

    • @sflotr
      @sflotr 3 роки тому

      ......and duct tape

  • @JonnyMudMower
    @JonnyMudMower 3 роки тому +2

    I would drive that everywhere lol

  • @markrandall1456
    @markrandall1456 4 роки тому +2

    Is that a twin cylinder? Sounds like its running on only one. With a clean carb and fuel pump it looks ready to go! Thanks for the fun. :-)

    • @MartyT
      @MartyT  4 роки тому

      Yes its a v twin

  • @crazyoilfieldmechanic3195
    @crazyoilfieldmechanic3195 3 роки тому +5

    Man that starter motor is the toughest I have ever seen on a garden tractor. It just kept cranking the engine over again and again.

    • @clypeum5063
      @clypeum5063 3 роки тому +2

      Maybe a Truck Starter who knows what else they rigged on that Thing 🤣

  • @FD-E-St-Fire
    @FD-E-St-Fire 4 роки тому

    That looks to be a Kohler magnum 23 or so hp motor I had one of those back in the 1980's very strong and reliable motors.You find the coolest stuff

  • @marcosmota1094
    @marcosmota1094 4 роки тому

    Probably the funniest comments on any of Marty's fixes. "Satan lost his lawnmower..." the LOLz

  • @Alonsel3
    @Alonsel3 2 роки тому +1

    10:37 This needs to be your new meme there Marty seriously funny

  • @stanwebb3480
    @stanwebb3480 4 роки тому +1

    Looks like the owner needs it to run to mow the field you tried to mow!!!!!!!! Great Job Marty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @kennethbolton951
    @kennethbolton951 3 роки тому +2

    I don't think the Mandalorian would feel safe operating this hell beast.