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Here in Indiana we called them buzz saws. My grandfather used one powered off his John Deere most of his life. Used it alone and never lost any body parts. He never owned a chainsaw. My dad used one powered off his Allis Chalmers for maybe 10 years until I grew up and left home. Then he converted the furnace to gas. Good timing, right? But anyway, these things were designed for a situation where you cut 4"-8" logs out in the woods to maybe 8'-10' lengths. You hauled them up to the woodshed in a trailer and proceeded to cut them to firewood length on the buzz saw. Our blade was probably 32" in diameter, but it was pretty much impossible to cut anything bigger than 8" in diameter due to binding. The teeth had to be sharpened and set every Saturday morning before we started cutting. Every once in awhile I get nostalgic and think maybe I should get one to run off my Farmall. Then better wisdom prevales and I go fire up my chainsaw. Take it from someone who has been there. A chainsaw is many times more efficient than a buzz saw, and while dangerous in itself, it is far less dangerous than a huge spinning blade.
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