McCulloch Chain Saws

[djones]

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[struggle]

On the tank the bar and everything else looked pretty good on it. I am going to give a much closer look later tonight. Not sure what happened with that. No where on the saw did I see where it could have had a blunt impact. I see a tank on the bay right now but this saw is not going to an over night fix so I am going to wait a bit until I start hunting for parts right away.

I really did not see the XL being worth a lot. It just seemed to cool to pass up since it was NOS and still had the box it came in. The price tag is on the box for something like $130 from I think 1977?

At this auction they had three very old complete saws.
Craftsman with a maybe 36" bar and helper hand.
Mall two man.
And one other saw I do not recall the name of.
Also a near mint Super E-Z that I really wanted but I could wait no longer as I had to get my daughter to a party and I knew I was pushing close to an hour late on getting her there as DW is out of town.

The other saws there might have come home with me but I could not wait anymore and the kids had already put up with enough. We were there hours waiting for the 125 to come up.

 

[sawbones]

Howdy boys,

Things have been very calm lately on the belgian saw front, but today I got a phone call from somebody who had a Mac Culloch arc welder 170 Amps for sale. I did some research in the Mac IPL's from Bob and it seems to be the '66 model.
Does anyone know what the size engine is on this item ?. I know it's not a chainsaw, but it's a Mac, so I may make him an offer.

anyone has experience how this welder works ?

I have one.:cool2:

Mcwelder

welder and mac 940 chainsaw, same motor.

 

[briantutt]

That would be so handy for fixing broken stuff too far from the garage. Nice

 

[cpr]

I have one.:cool2:

How's the carb oriented in those? Got a pic with the cover off?

 

[Mr. Bow Saw]

How's the carb oriented in those? Got a pic with the cover off?

I have a 940 too.

 

[cpr]

Kinda what I expected...

Lots more power available when they're like that.

Thanks.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Struggle, Why don't you dump all the oil out of the oil tank then tip it back so all the oil runs out of the combustion chamber and then try to start it? You'll know right away if it still has too much "compression". If it does, just drain it some more. That's how I got my 700 started when I first bought it, haven't had any trouble since. Just don't leave it stored for 15 years with bar oil in it and it may not happen again.

 

[struggle]

I might try that but also do not mind waiting to get the pump parts as well. The oil tank is at least half full. At least it did not have used motor oil in it:msp_ohmy:

 

[RandyMac]

if you hang them by the rear handle, the oil stays put. Learned that by owning stihls.

 

[rwoods]

Good Long MAC Day Today

I had a good day today. It started out with a full day of cutting and hauling firewood with a group of high school student from Boca Raton, Florida. Last week we had snow on the mountains today it was in the 80s so they must have brought some of the Sunshine State with them. I don’t have any pictures of the MACs in action but I used two of the PM800s today – always a lot of fun. The kids loaded 5 loads to best last year’s group by one load. They could have done six but the haul time was too long to get that done. Only had one casualty, one of the girls tried to catch a log and ended up smashing her thumb joint between it another. Fortunately it wasn’t broken but she was in a lot of pain and spent a little while at the ER.

As the last load was being unloaded, I got a call from a friend who asked if I could come coach him through cutting a tree down next to his house. As we had a massive thunderstorm approaching, I ask when he wants to do it. He replies, “Right now!” I ask him why. He says, “I been burning brush and the top of the tree is on fire.” I grab a friend who has been driving the trucks all day and we make the 15 minute trip to the house. When we get there I find he and his brother with their families gather to watch. There are two walnut trees with dead tops both with leans the wrong way and now the wind is blowing hard towards the house. I am not that good of a feller and have gotten a little rusty during my laid up period (I fell three small 12 to 18” hickory trees earlier in the day and would be run off this site if I posted the pictures). But my friend was disparate so I agreed to cut them down. Sometimes you’re right but you hate it – I look things over and tell the guy the only way I can cut the trees away from the house is going to be across his barbed wire fence. He says cut them. I then tell him that the first one is going to hit his post. He says cut it. I cut as quickly as I can due to the approaching storm. I tried to miss the post but it took a glancing blow. Next tree is bigger, trunk is larger than my 24” bar and it has two heavy limbs in the wrong places. By now you can see the lightning in the distance. I let him climb the ladder to attach a bull rope as high as he can reach. We tie off to the truck and put a little tension on it to check for soundness. GOD smiled on me as I actually put a nice face cut on it. We increased the tension a little on the rope before starting the back cut. Put two wedges in place, cut to the hinge and put a little more tension on it and she fell squarely on the same fence post. We almost got it cut off the fence when the lightning persuaded us to quit.

Loaded the gear and within one minute it was raining so hard you could hardly see to drive. I got within a mile of home to find a large tree blocking one lane of the state highway. Before I can get to the house to get a rain coat it is hailing with hail the size of quarters. I wait this out and go back. By now the fire department and a private citizen are hard at work cutting and clearing the highway and a side street. I take the old MAC out and go to work. First order of business is cutting the FD’s pinched Stihl loose. Before we’re done I pinch my saw in one of those tricky root ball goes up stem goes down situations. I get my other MAC and proceed to pinch it too. Then it starts to hail again. I can’t let my beloved saws get beat to death so I hover over them until I’m hit in the neck by a golf size chunk of ice. Before I can get to the truck it is just raining down ping pong ball to golf ball size hail. The FD loads up and leaves. I eventually get my saws out using my bull rope to jerk on the stem. They fell out one at a time and the stem didn’t hit either as it fell. All ended well. I was soaking wet from not only the rainfall but wading through a foot of water that had flooded the street.

Here are some pictures of the firewood gathering. No pictures of the storm venture.



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[rwoods]

Pictures:

I had a good day today.

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[rwoods]

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Firewood gathering:

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Walnut tree felling:

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[rwoods]

Pictures:

Walnut tree:

Ron

 

[a. palmer jr.]

I might try that but also do not mind waiting to get the pump parts as well. The oil tank is at least half full. At least it did not have used motor oil in it:msp_ohmy:

Some of the older saws were not made to put bar oil in, you were supposed to use motor oil. Back when they were made I guess they didn't have the sticky bar oil we have today.

 

[heimannm]

I got to put my newly acquired 1-72 in some wood today, pretty nice saw. It won't replace my 066 but it sure sounds better.

I also used my SP118/Dolmar 166 to finish off the stump. I am still having some issues with the oiler on this one, works fine on the bench but seems to really stop or slow down after you put it in the wood.

Mark

 

[promac850]

I had a good day today. It started out with a full day of cutting and hauling firewood with a group of high school student from Boca Raton, Florida. Last week we had snow on the mountains today it was in the 80s so they must have brought some of the Sunshine State with them. I don’t have any pictures of the MACs in action but I used two of the PM800s today – always a lot of fun. The kids loaded 5 loads to best last year’s group by one load. They could have done six but the haul time was too long to get that done. Only had one casualty, one of the girls tried to catch a log and ended up smashing her thumb joint between it another. Fortunately it wasn’t broken but she was in a lot of pain and spent a little while at the ER.

As the last load was being unloaded, I got a call from a friend who asked if I could come coach him through cutting a tree down next to his house. As we had a massive thunderstorm approaching, I ask when he wants to do it. He replies, “Right now!” I ask him why. He says, “I been burning brush and the top of the tree is on fire.” I grab a friend who has been driving the trucks all day and we make the 15 minute trip to the house. When we get there I find he and his brother with their families gather to watch. There are two walnut trees with dead tops both with leans the wrong way and now the wind is blowing hard towards the house. I am not that good of a feller and have gotten a little rusty during my laid up period (I fell three small 12 to 18” hickory trees earlier in the day and would be run off this site if I posted the pictures). But my friend was disparate so I agreed to cut them down. Sometimes you’re right but you hate it – I look things over and tell the guy the only way I can cut the trees away from the house is going to be across his barbed wire fence. He says cut them. I then tell him that the first one is going to hit his post. He says cut it. I cut as quickly as I can due to the approaching storm. I tried to miss the post but it took a glancing blow. Next tree is bigger, trunk is larger than my 24” bar and it has two heavy limbs in the wrong places. By now you can see the lightning in the distance. I let him climb the ladder to attach a bull rope as high as he can reach. We tie off to the truck and put a little tension on it to check for soundness. GOD smiled on me as I actually put a nice face cut on it. We increased the tension a little on the rope before starting the back cut. Put two wedges in place, cut to the hinge and put a little more tension on it and she fell squarely on the same fence post. We almost got it cut off the fence when the lightning persuaded us to quit.

Loaded the gear and within one minute it was raining so hard you could hardly see to drive. I got within a mile of home to find a large tree blocking one lane of the state highway. Before I can get to the house to get a rain coat it is hailing with hail the size of quarters. I wait this out and go back. By now the fire department and a private citizen are hard at work cutting and clearing the highway and a side street. I take the old MAC out and go to work. First order of business is cutting the FD’s pinched Stihl loose. Before we’re done I pinch my saw in one of those tricky root ball goes up stem goes down situations. I get my other MAC and proceed to pinch it too. Then it starts to hail again. I can’t let my beloved saws get beat to death so I hover over them until I’m hit in the neck by a golf size chunk of ice. Before I can get to the truck it is just raining down ping pong ball to golf ball size hail. The FD loads up and leaves. I eventually get my saws out using my bull rope to jerk on the stem. They fell out one at a time and the stem didn’t hit either as it fell. All ended well. I was soaking wet from not only the rainfall but wading through a foot of water that had flooded the street.

Here are some pictures of the firewood gathering. No pictures of the storm venture.



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Holy crap. That's a lot to go on in a short amount of time. It prove the Mac 800's are always up for the job.

As for hanging a saw by the rear handle... should I hang the 850 that way? Would that be the best thing to do? I still have it resting on a nice rug on the floor showing off its 28" bar to the 610 and the Crapsman 3.7

 

[RandyMac]

 

[leeha]

Nice Randy, Never thought of hangin them
that way. What saw is on the top shelf left
side. Looks like a Poulan?



Lee

 

[RandyMac]

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