Chainsaw outboard motor 2 in 1

[d1hamby]

Has anybody seen anything like this before:

http://youtu.be/rMRogHwQsck

[beenthere]

Looks like it works. 

[r.man]

I knew an older man who used to swap out one motor on his snow blower and garden tiller. If the switch over was easy you could greatly cut down on the number of small motors needed in a household. I have thought tiller, wood splitter, snow blower and lawn mower would be examples of machines that could use the same motor if the shift over time was short and easy.

[Ljohnsaw]

Had a little trouble understanding him  :D

Pretty good idea.  Wonder if its an off-the-shelf item over there.  From the looks of the prop, he seems to be using it a lot but could use a little down trim on the boat.

[36 coupe]

I knew an older man who used to swap out one motor on his snow blower and garden tiller. If the switch over was easy you could greatly cut down on the number of small motors needed in a household. I have thought tiller, wood splitter, snow blower and lawn mower would be examples of machines that could use the same motor if the shift over time was short and easy.

The Toro Power Handle did that 50 years ago.I had the mower,tiller and snow snow blower.Sold the outfit long ago.

[stumpjumper83]

Neat little gizmo.  Might work be about right for a canoe.  As it is if he brought lunch with him it might capsize the boat.

[John Mc]

I knew an older man who used to swap out one motor on his snow blower and garden tiller. If the switch over was easy you could greatly cut down on the number of small motors needed in a household. I have thought tiller, wood splitter, snow blower and lawn mower would be examples of machines that could use the same motor if the shift over time was short and easy.

DR Products makes something like that now. If I recall, you can swap a mower head (or was it one of their walk-behind brush mowers?) and a snowblower.  The snow blower was only single-stage, however, so I never seriously looked at it.

[John Mc]

Seems like it might develop problems if operated extensively at partial throttle settings, since a chainsaw engine is made for either idle or WOT. Hopefully the prop provides enough of a load to prevent over-speeding the engine at WOT.

[mad murdock]

Those rooskies are pretty darned innovative!  That is a cool looking attachment for a sawhead 8)