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[starmac]

My wife works at one of the motekks here in town and a guy was kicked out of his room for some reason.
Now for some reason he didn't take his belongings or ever come back after them, and after a certain period they get disposed. He left a cheapo Mccullach chainsaw there and she brought it home.
I have been toying with picking up a cheap saw to keep on the log truck, take on the 4 wheeler trips, etc and never would have picked a mccullach, the price was hard to beat. lol

Oh yea it started on the 3rd pull on the gas that was in it, since it has been at least 90 days since it has been started, it can't be all bad.

[Ural Driver]

You should probably go back and double check the motel register......if the guys name was Leatherface....... I would just quietly put the chainsaw back in the room and walk away.........:holysheep

[starmac]

Not worried, I will just Marsael him, less of course he has a bigger chainsaw. lol

[jcwit]

Go hide in the cemetery.

[starmac]

I don't have a clue why he was kicked out of the motel, but there is a good chance it was over drugs or alcahol and also a good chance the law was involved or at least the threat of them, if he didn't come back for his belongings and wanted them, he either didn't remember where he left them or couldn't for other reasons, maybe found a cheaper motel that has strict rules about what you can keep in your room.

[jonp]

One of the new types? I used one of the old yellow beasts on a thinning job a number of years ago. I swear that saw would cut through to china

[Mtnfolk75]

I've had 16" McCulloch for over 30 years, good little saw ..... ;o)

[starmac]

Like I said, it starts and runs good, so probably is a good enough saw. It is just 38 cc, but is unwieldy and bulky compared to the closest thing I have to it, which is a 346 and has much pore power. The thing is, I do not want to carry the 346 on the log truck all the time, and if I had actually went and purchased one just for that purpose, I would have went with the smallest possible saw, just to trim the very ocassional limp, something an axe has worked well for the past two years. lol

[Iowa Fox]

My son in law gave me a Mac 3200 that a guy was pitching in the dumpster at work. Classic example of ethanol 2 mix. Fuel lines rotted off and carb plugged solid. I don't have many dollars, less than 20 in parts, but I have a ton of time in it. Oh well I'm retired. Its a good saw that didn't see much use but a lot of neglect.

[MaryB]

I had one, no matter what nobody could get that thing to run more than 5 minutes...

[starmac]

I had a little bitty homelight for over 10 years, and seemed like that thing was undestructible untill I loaned it out. It came back just junk, so I went and bought a new one just like it and threw it away less than six months later, just a piece of smelly stuff. I reckon it was just the luck of the draw, one great one and one unusable one that was basically identicle. lol

years ago I used some of the big macs, and for the time they were great saws, but mc has gone downhill and prosaws have come a long way since those days. A top of the line saw 30 years ago, is nothing like a top of the line saw these days. This saw will basically just see abuse, so the cheaper the better, and it don't get any cheaper. lol

[gpidaho]

When I worked in the woods, they were called "Polish Yo-Yos" lol Gp

[Rick N Bama]

I had one, no matter what nobody could get that thing to run more than 5 minutes...

My dad had a Mac that did the same thing. It was in the shop so many times it was unreal. Finally a logger that knew his business ran a tiny piece of wire through the vent in the fuel cap. Out came the gunk & no more problems.

[Bullwolf]

I used to have a old yellow Mcculloch with a 3 foot bar on it back in the 1990's

That saw always started on 1 pull, and ran like a dream. The bar oiler diaphragm died on it, and I couldn't get parts for it anymore. I was told that Mcculloch went out of business in 1999 or something and got taken over by some Taiwanese company.

I took the old Mcculloch to a chain saw shop to see if they could order or rig up some kind of oiler, and came up with nothing.

One of my biggest regrets is getting rid of that old saw. I really wish Id kept it now, and rigged up some kind of external oiler or something for it. It was a great saw, especially when something large fell down. I need to pick up a saw with a longish bar for the big stuff now, and it's going to be quite expensive. Probably wont be half as good as that old Mcculloch was.



- Bullwolf

[triggerhappy243]

I had 2 McCulluchs, a pro mac 610 and a 110. both great saws. Now I have 2 Stihl's. My 610 pro mac would out run one of my stihls all day.

[jonp]

What, starmac. You didnt go to wallys and get a purple and green saw? ;)

I wanted a cheap saw to cut an occasional limb and left my husky at my hunting camp for use there so went to sears and got a small craftsman. 2 yrs later and im still trying to get it to run.

[mozeppa]

i had a old david bradley logging camp saw 38" cut. if i recall right.

[Artful]

Mccullach chainsaws were good machines until the mid to late 70's then they started to go down hill in my experience.

Wiki says


Black and Decker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Decker) bought McCulloch on October 4, 1974, and sold the company to a private group in November 1984.[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCulloch_Motors_Corporation#cite_note-5)

In January 1999, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and sold its European division to Husqvarna AB (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husqvarna_AB). In October 1999, its North American operation was acquired by the Taiwanese company Jenn Feng Industrial Co., Ltd. Jenn Feng added electric power tools and pressure washers to the product line.[6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCulloch_Motors_Corporation#cite_note-6)

In March of 2003 MTD Products (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTD_Products) Inc signed a distribution and licensing agreement with Jenn Feng in which MTD would exclusively produce McCulloch products in North America. [7] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCulloch_Motors_Corporation#cite_note-7)

In March 2008, Husqvarna acquired Jenn Feng outdoor products division, gaining access to the McCulloch brand in the North American market.

[8] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCulloch_Motors_Corporation#cite_note-8) McCulloch is since a brand within the Husqvarna Group (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husqvarna_AB).

[steelworker]

My grandpa had a McCulloch or however its spelled. We renamed it a McCluck, because it was a piece of junk. Lol

[Multigunner]

The recent crop of electric chainsaws seem to be pretty good.
I bought a 12 amp Remington on sale for $80 and the last few months I've cut down five fair sized trees including a 50+ footer and cut limbs and trunks into fire wood size chunks without a bobble. I much prefer the electric to the gas powered saws of the same size. Can't use them in wet weather of course.
Chains seem to last longer than they used to, still on the first chain with this one.

[starmac]

Electric chainsaws are great, but winding up 50 mile long extension cords is a royal pain. lol

[Andy]

This post is the beginning plot line for 50% of all horror movies