Gday Fellas

[ozflea]

Just a short test as last night i wrote an entry and the server wasx to busy
Bob Cornwell.............Australia

Yep i'm a Mac Man too
Own
1 Solo Twin 100cc
3 McCullochs

http://www.users.bigpond.com/ozflea/saws.html
If this gets posted i will be back.

Bob Cornwell............Australia.

 

[ozflea]

Hell it worked.
Get ready here comes the sequel to the book "Gone with the wind part 2"
BUT THAT WON'T BE TODAY
Sorry fellas
Bob Cornwell...........Australia.

 

[jokers]

Hi Bob,

Welcome to ArboristSite!

Russ

 

[Lawn Masters]

Well, welcome to the site.

I too am a Mac person, I only collect chainsaws, instead of racing em.
whatever floats your boat.

 

[Mange]

Hello there Ozflea.
That is some fine looking saws.

 

[MasterBlaster]

We've a couple ah krazy Aussies here, mate! Welcome!

 

[ozflea]

Gee that was neally as quick as my old Solo Twin thanks for your responces fellas.
Not all us Aussies are slow or crazy.

 

[LJS]

Hi Bob, is that you running the Rotax? Do you happen to know Gary Mathison, or Dale Ryan?

 

[a_lopa]

Hell it worked.
Get ready here comes the sequel to the book "Gone with the wind part 2"
BUT THAT WON'T BE TODAY
Sorry fellas
Bob Cornwell...........Australia.

come on bob out with it! not related to any cornwells down south?

 

[ozflea]

Maybe i dont really know my family's history in Victoria, i have in NSW since i was about 4, or do you mean i'd better keep my head down, No Snapper is not related as far as i know.

 

[ozflea]

Man i only added that clip to add a little excitement to the page.
Must admit it looks cool though.
But its a little slow compared to the Mac's that came from my stable.

 

[Gypo Logger]

Hey Butch, things getting lonely on the tree house forum?
John

 

[ozflea]

Been doing a bit of sticky beakin around through the different posts and maybe this might be of a little interest to some as to where all the old saws in Australia ended up.
During the mid to late 80's McCulloch Australia ran a trade-in deal where they offered a $100-00 value to any old saw working or not but it had to be complete if the bar and chain was missing it didn't matter.
Now i recall Bob Liston or Joe Smith telling me at the time these saws were stored awaiting destruction by the recyclers in Sydney at the time i worked for a firm called Allag Services at Maitland in the Hunter Valley where i ran and managed the Chainsaw section, we traded in 50-60 old saws maybe even more can't recall now how many.
We keep a few to put on display i recall an old Dannam bloody monster of a thing and a very early Mac it to was a monster.
I recall servicing a few old duckbilled carburettored Mac 10-10's, some other brands cannot remember all of them though, Pioneers, Canadians in red and yellow colouring, Solo Rex's, Homelites XL-12's, Poulan, Partners, Dolmar CT's Dolmar 119's and of cause many Stihls from the 07 to the mighty 090's.
Spent a little time at McCulloch in Sydney learning the ropes in both servicing and sales so for that i was truely grateful it was to be a great help in the years to come.
Now this is not bragging fellas but i managed on my return from the school (man was i black and gold to the bone) to become the best dealer of the year and that was selling mainly pro and farm saws not toys.

Page one of "Gone with the Wind" the sequel.
Bob Cornwell.........Australia.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Nice saws ya got there, Bob!

 

[Al Smith]

Welcome to A site Bob.I saw some of your stuff,on the web before.Your,out numbered ,as there are only a few of us old diehard Mac fans left. But we take the good natured ribbing,and give it out,as well.I have a small collection of Macs,all stock[well,almost shh],that won't cut like yours,but well enough to keep the local orange and white crowd,scratching thier heads.

 

[a_lopa]

hey bob you ever meet keith fischer husky developer?he moved to sydney,alot of the early big huskys development went down in orbost vic.one of my freinds did well installing decompressors on 288s.nice saws there fella your hardwood up thata way is the real hardwood

 

[Tree Machine]

Hi Lopa. Hi Flea. Welcome in, Mate. Is Foster's in Australia different than the Foster's in other parts of the world?? I have a feeling ours gets watered down.

Aussies rock!

 

[a_lopa]

tm,to be honest i dont know a single person that drinks fosters our beer is 4.9 % alc ive heard that your beers arnt generally as strong. maybe its watered down.

 

[a_lopa]

one of the cornwells from my way went to papua new guinea with a container load of stihls and equipment to train the natives,it wasnt very succesful ring any bells bob?

 

[ozflea]

Looking after the Diehards

Yep and their all full of good old Go-Kart parts to help them scream
Just been through my shed again would any of you good old boys from up north be interested in a few of my old spare parts books only got a couple that the bugs haven't eaten Mc 125 IPL, Solo Twin 100, The 1980 North American Technical Manual (Karting) shows what to look for as regards cheating in building your Kart engines, plus 4 sheets of Waldro and Tillotson gasket drawing actualy the gaskets and valve diaphrams plus diaphrams have been laid on a photocopier and Xeroed this would be handie to the fellas with the older saws as it offers replacement and their part numbers, plus somewhere i also have a IPL on some of the Kart engines.