Interesting old tool

Adirondack case guy · Jul 13, 2016

My dad used to strap this thing on his back and carry it for days.
Do any of you know what it was used for???? The Sach ???? two cycle engine with centrifical clutch is missing.
Have fun, I will elaborate later if necessary.
Loren

TimV · Jul 13, 2016

Yup, I do, but I'll let the others have the fun of guessing! Seen a similar unit used a time or two, along with various hand-powered ones and plenty of the early chainsaw ones as well.

jacksun65 · Jul 13, 2016

back pack drill for tapping trees?

James Babcock · Jul 13, 2016

Just a guess, but I see a chuck for a drill bit, and based on your location, I bet it's for drilling sugar maple trees to collect the sap.

pete black · Jul 13, 2016

Well I take a stab; considering ACG and it has a drill Chuck-drilling sap holes.

Eric in IL · Jul 13, 2016

King portable tapper.

Russ from MN · Jul 13, 2016

Because you are in the maple surup business I am guessing it is a gas powered drill for drilling trees, it looks like a chuck on the end. What happened to the engine, did someone put it on a go-cart?

Russ from MN · Jul 13, 2016

Now that I know the whole name google has a nice picture of a complete one!
http://www.slpowermuseum.com/buildings/mapleproducers/treetapper.html

dgasper · Jul 13, 2016

When I first became a homeowner many moons ago I bought a little second hand lawn mower with that same style engine. It ran pretty good once I cleaned the carbon out of the muffler.

Adirondack case guy · Jul 13, 2016

Tim, we have them all, from bit and braces to chainsaw units with LH bit, to 12V drills with a bat sled, to our modern Tanaka weed eater type tappers.
Loren

TimV · Jul 13, 2016

Used most of them myself at one time or another, though I never personally used one like you show. Gramp did thousands of holes every year with a breast drill, but nowadays most people around here have went to cordless drills of varying descriptions, though the little Tanaka-type units are also popular. Had to be real fun carrying that unit around on snowshoes all day along with the rest of the equipment!

Gene Davis (Ga.) · Jul 13, 2016

The engine is a Power Products 2 cycle possibly a 1000 series.

showcrop · Jul 14, 2016

Our Fire Dept. used to have a pack frame like that for carrying a portable two stroke forest fire fighting pump. The guys that fought the fires out west used to carry them for days.

Old Scovy · Jul 14, 2016

Kinda reminds me of the old cow clippers, Only the ones we had were hand cranked. And yes I had my hair cut with the @%$@%# no good thing. The hired man would turn the crank and the old man would cut our hair and as always the no good hired man would always change hands on the crank when the old man started up the back of our neck. This must have been 70 years ago but I never forgot it. The flex shaft made me think of those days. Would have loved to have had a engine on that thing.

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