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

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.

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

"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.

Satan must have forgot where he parked his mower.

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!

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

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

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.

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

I lost 3 fingers just watching this

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.

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

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

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.

Nice one, you managed to resurrect the death machine.

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

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..

''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.

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

What a fun project to work on! 👍

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

She's running rich/ still on choke!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 .

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.

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

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

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

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~.

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

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

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

Everyone should aspire to a Mad Max mower!

That is a really interesting machine.

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

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.

"What's the gearbox feel like?" *Lurch*

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

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!

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

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

Largest mower deck I have even seen

That thing is pure Mad Max. I love it

Wow!! Mad Max!! Awesome work!

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

Everyone is saying it's dangerous looking, but it doesn't look like it's designed to be driven around while the saw is running. No more dangerous than any other mill saw at that point.

fine piece of machinery

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.

Our "dads & Grandfathers" made some pretty epic stuff alright.. "OrsumNess"

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

That is a fuel pump that has a diaphragm in it.

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

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

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.

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

I don’t know how you always get away with just adding gas when it comes to the fuel. Lucky bastard. In my experience if there’s a carb it’s gummed up and has to come apart and the tank is always full of rust . 😂

I was wincing when the cameraman walked directly into the plane of rotation of that blade, and paused there. Talk about flaunting death

Well done 👍👍👍. Thanks for sharing

T That's brilliant it can still mow too.

I watching all.your videos they're very therapeutic

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

I would drive that everywhere lol

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.

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

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

Guy finds a huge saw blade, mounts it and saves hours a week sawing logs. It's the genius that built western civilization...

In the dictionary this is what a con-trap-tion is, everything needs sharpening, nice job Marty

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.

Another great video.

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.

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

I can't remember the last time I laughed this much.

I'm surprised you didn't recognise the mechanical fuel pum. It's a common diafram type, the where also very common in cars.

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

That's a Ferguson TE20 saw, it's a mark two version, the mark one didn't have a cutting disk guard. I know as I run one off the back of my TED 20

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

I reckon they built this for Mad Max II, but couldn’t get an import clearance!!