PTO buzz saw

You can use a right angle gearbox and v-belt speed-up drive to the saw arbor. I did that a few years ago with a neighbors buzz saw in order to run off his PTO. I think his tractor was an AC D15. Worked slick. As I remember it was a 1:1 gearbox I picked up - at Surplus Center I think. I forget what the pulley sizes were but I used a double "B size" belt configuration. A typical wood crosscut saw ought to run somewhere between 7000-10,000 surface feet per minute for the best cutting action. I use a flat belt-driven buzz saw on my AC-B. I like to keep the throttle position around 1/2 full. I don't care to run at full throttle. It's not necessary at all. I have enough power at 1/2 throttle and you should have also. I use the standard 8" dia belt pulley and a 6" dia arbor pulley. I recommend if you proceed with the PTO drive mod that you plan on something less than the 540 PTO speed since that would require full throttle operation to get the saw up to where it should be. It will work at most any reasonable speed but since you are changing things around anyway, why not shoot for the most efficient speed at tractor part throttle?

Rod

--->Paul