A 1950’s Wisconsin Engine Powered Wood Splitter and Buzz Rig!

Enjoying a Saturday morning sawing slabs with my folks using a homemade buzz rig! This unique model was handcrafted by my dad in the 1980’s. Using the local Chatfield Napa store, he assembled this beauty with parts and the steel they supply in Escanaba, Michigan!

[@maxwellbutler4184]

A wealth of treasures. Hardworking and crafty folks, a homebuilt saw run by a proper old Wisconsin V-4, a sturdy old square-body dump, and some fine four-legged companions. That's the life right there, lads.

[@deepsleep7822]

Engine barely slowed down when cutting the wood.

[@chriscamp8608]

Pops is a great guy

[@Rick421]

I love all the safety guards..lol

[@clockbuilderhg]

Love those Wisconsin engines! The tag says it's a model VE4. 3" bore by 3 1/4" stroke. 91.9 ci. Makes 13 hp @ 1400 rpm, and a maximum of 21 hp @ 2400 rpm.

[@machingto4585]

What kind of oil and filter do you use on the motor

[@conner5611]

​@@machingto4585 30w oil idk about the filter but most run straight 30w oil in them

[@conner5611]

​@@machingto4585 you can take your old filter to a part store and they should be able to find one that fits

[@donniceblakely1075]

I grew up on the farm and that's some scary equipment right there!😂 but when we were younger it didn't seem like it at the time. Pop's walks around that saw like it's the family pet!

[@krimke881]

Everybody should at least have 3 old thumping machines and engines in their possession :) love it =]

[@mistermacgray]

Trick to start maybe but to him, he knew exactly how to start it without skipping a beat.

[@rongray4118]

Thanks for posting - loved hearing your Dad tell the story of the engine and where he got it to what he did with it! Fantastic!!

[@zawadafarms7402]

Thanks for the comment, I’m glad he’s happy to tell those stories on camera! Hopefully more classics this summer!👍

[@johnkirby6216]

There isn’t a any other small engine that has as much torc as a Wisconsin

[@coldspring624]

Sweet set up and zippo in the intake is one step ahead.

[@bigdcarmichael]

That’s killing it like a boss. I’ve done woodworking most of my life for fun, built a lot of furniture, and like your dad I still have two thumbs and four fingers. Looks like that what would make some excellent kindling, fire starters li split. The truck with the dumpster is sweet. If that’s your mom, she’s a go-getter, give her a pat on the back. Great family video.

[@PetrovKamensk]

I watch a video about this motor, because there are such motors in Russia, probably only older. And they are no longer used for their intended purpose, but are hiding in sheds. The problem with all homemade products is that they forget the protective fences, but since the fingers are all on the hands, and the dog is running around, then everything is not so bad.

[@veesercattleco.4111]

Fantastic!!!👍👍

[@scottkettler6946]

Great engine from a great state

[@maggs131]

Yeah Pennsylvania is pretty cool

[@rodralston2279]

Nice saw and nice truck! My home brew saw has a 2-cyl Briggs boxer engine.

[@hunter7476]

Opposed twin not boxer it mimics the style of a boxer

[@musicauthority7828]

I've never heard of a Briggs and Stratton boxer engine? Kohler engines were boxer engines. I had a Lincoln welder with a Kohler engine on it. Briggs and Stratton has the Vanguard V twin engines in fact they still make them. .

[@smallpoxblankit9160]

Son of a diddly, that thing sure is sketchy as frig and I’m sure an OSHA manual burst into flames, but gotta love the old grey beards’ engunuity, that thing cuts like a hot damn and still runs like a hot damn

[@kswaynes7569]

It isn't always the horsepower that get the work done, Dad's old "B" isn't much for horsepower either. All set for evening bonfires. Rocky sure is a handsome dog!

[@chriscamp8608]

Magneto ignition Cool device

[@carson3135]

Yo that's sick

[@andrewtiefry5990]

I love it very wisely made machine

[@kammipoehlman8141]

Whoa, what a contraption. Love it. Very interesting, thanks for sharing and glad your family will get use out of the slabs.

[@jasonhurkman8880]

That is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@idahormj66]

i would tittle this video "a family of woodchucks prepping for winter''

[@scottkettler6946]

That is a sweet setup. Love the ol’ boy, working it like a young man.

[@wvsky]

This is the same engine used in small amusement park trains that kids rode on.

[@brianpriest3638]

That’s awesome!

[@stevehurkman1992]

That's some genius Bark River engineering there pal!!! Sadly that's becoming a lost art, people just don't have the imaginations to make something outta nothing these days!!!

[@philliphall5198]

Yeah they were extremely popular on hay baler and they were very dependable, I worked on them a lot back in the 60s, usually just mag points bad

[@milkman44107]

I see pop's was smoking some grass, feeling good, cuttin' some wood.

[@amyjojinkerson]

we had one of these engines on an Octopus ride

[@amyjojinkerson6745]

the carnival I worked for we had 1 on the wheel and Octopus

[@trcattle2797]

Dam good video...

[@nikonurknees255]

Hi they are a lil more than that hp they use them even in skid steers they can get 30 hp at top RPM about 2800

[@12gaoobuck2]

Awesome

[@magicbrainman]

No it’s more hp than that. The 2 cylinder version is 13 hp on a 1956 Lincoln welder I’m purchasing.

[@sulemanmuhammadakram2808]

Good 👍🏿 👍🏿

[@CableWrestler]

You should have given Dad and microphone

[@davelowets]

Those engines made more than 10 horsepower...

[@regesman7]

It's like 30

[@farmer87yj]

ive seen wiscinsin v4 at 60 hp -30hp 25hp-22hp and 18hp

[@cyannepeterson8136]

Hey, you should hook a sister up with some campfire wood.

[@donnykiofetzis5775]

the cat said his hungry

[@hiEnuff]

Cool cat dad points

[@gordonwelcher9598]

KZbin should require all videos to include at least one cat

[@pjburges]

Listen to her just chug along at 1400 rpm driving thru those cuts with hardly a stumble. Cranks by hand after 70 years. Would probably run on the worst and dirtiest fuel you'd ever seen. I wish they still built engines like that. People nowadays would not know a good farm engine if it jumped up and bit them. Thanks for sharing.

[@1Jomarcel]

Need attached conveyor belt to deliver the finished wood up to the truck

[@charlietanner6211]

my dad had a saw mill sawed many slabs had v4 on cut off saw boy could you run some wood

[@victoryfirst2878]

This was made during the days when MEN WERE MEN.

[@otoniel780]

Hi good video thanks I have question if on case you know about I have same engine but smocks really bad when I loading oil engine thanks

[@amandahanson8188]

OSHA wants to know your location.

[@thundermite1241]

I wonder if it would fit in a ranger and how id perform

[@johnnytarponds9292]

Old fellers are all the same. Pouring lighter fluid into an intake with a lit ciggy in his mouth.

[@zawadafarms7402]

Lol, you can’t tell old timers about safety precautions. They usually point to an old scar or a missing finger and then tell you a story.

[@machingto4585]

What kind of oil and filter do you use on the motor

[@guytrudell4651]

Oh Mike I kinda cringe when I see one of those. My gramps lost 2 fingers on the same machine. But I don't think my gramps had very good eyesight either. But still....

[@randall1959]

If that's a 465 They're supposed to be 66 horses

[@randall1959]

In 1935, the Wisconsin Motor Manufacturing Company began producing petrol (gasoline) V4 engines for industrial, agricultural, and stationary applications, with several farm equipment manufacturers using the Wisconsin V4 engines. In 1968, the largest Wisconsin V4 engine was the V-465D with a displacement of 177 cu in (2.9 L) and a power output of 66 hp (49 kW) at 3000 rpm. The company produced V4 engines until 2019.

[@awshelley]

OSHA who?

[@zawadafarms7402]

Couldn’t agree more and yet, 14,600 days without an injury.🤔