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Ok so my McCulloch 320 has started to annoy me. I have a thread about its blue smoke (probably the oil pump but that's a separate thread) but it also spit its clutch nut out somewhere while i was running it and I don't know where it landed. I found the 320, so far it has only cost me time and a pair of threaded inserts, but its at the point where I need to start buying parts. I only maintain my own lot and have started doing tree work as a hobby for my dad and a couple family members with a fair bit of trees and no desire to take care themselves. so a top handle saw was attractive when i saw this one sitting in the trash, but I dont NEED one. but i really want one. so I am on the fence, and see two options that make sense to me right now:
1) fix the mcculloch, needs an oil pump and maybe a muffler, plus the clutch nut, and i think the clutch had a crack in it. not super expensive, but no longer free
2) buy a knockoff top handle, say farmertec G2500 for $170 to my door
3) just be happyy with the other 5 saws i already own, my little electric almost fills the niche of a top handle, it just doesn't last that long
I figure the farmertec/holtzfarma will be only slightly more reliable than the mcculloch after I fix it, but it should be lighter and slightly more powerful, and for only 170, thats hard to argue with. Thats based on the assumption one of my bars will fit it tho, otherwise the price tag keeps going up. I though the G2500 was the stihl clone, but turns out thats actually the G111, which is a clone of the MS020T, and at $290 that's spending actual money instead of just being a toy. plus i care more about it being 2lbs lighter, I already have plenty of mid size saws.
1) fix the mcculloch, needs an oil pump and maybe a muffler, plus the clutch nut, and i think the clutch had a crack in it. not super expensive, but no longer free
2) buy a knockoff top handle, say farmertec G2500 for $170 to my door
3) just be happyy with the other 5 saws i already own, my little electric almost fills the niche of a top handle, it just doesn't last that long
I figure the farmertec/holtzfarma will be only slightly more reliable than the mcculloch after I fix it, but it should be lighter and slightly more powerful, and for only 170, thats hard to argue with. Thats based on the assumption one of my bars will fit it tho, otherwise the price tag keeps going up. I though the G2500 was the stihl clone, but turns out thats actually the G111, which is a clone of the MS020T, and at $290 that's spending actual money instead of just being a toy. plus i care more about it being 2lbs lighter, I already have plenty of mid size saws.
