McCulloch Chain Saws

[joeymt33]

Thanks Ron for posting the available SP125. I called him and it was still available. He said it runs so I bought it. With as many Mac saws as I got, it's about dang time I added this one to the collection. I just never could find the right deal. eBay Sp125's are always outrageous. The price is right on this saw as long as its decent shape. Thanks again


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[joeymt33]

Did the 125 saws come with thick and thin rings? This one has thin rings.


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[rwoods]

Joey, congrats! I have bought a lot of bars and NOS items from this guy. He has always treated me right. I hope you enjoy the saw. Ron

 

[RandyMac]

Ron, I looked at the SP tank assembly, it has a field expedient JBweld repair, kinda ugly.

 

[rwoods]

Other than with a band saw, I assume it doesn't come apart. Ron

 

[promac850]

Hi, I have something for you guys to look at... anyone happen to know what beast of a saw this bar and chain came off of? The chain is 3/4" pitch, Oregon brand... the bar nose was pinched, and the chain was ruined, thus the logger hung it up on a tree, where it stayed for years and years and years... well, the tree was starting to grow around it, so to prevent someone from dealing with the pain of hitting something like this with their saw, my neighbor cut it out of the tree and gave it to me. It will reside in either the barn, or pending some clean up/a light sandblasting if enough of you here think that's a good idea, in my bedroom.

My neighbor pulled this off of a tree that was deep in the swamps way up in the UP...

Yep, that's a yardstick there for size comparison... it's a real heavy bar, about 20 pounds according to my not perfectly (but usually pretty close) calibrated arm scale.

3/4" pitch chain, Oregon, we all can clearly tell this is from way back in the day, maybe to the times before the Emperor himself even picked a saw up. (no disrespect here, your Highness)



Ron, sorry to hear about your favorite saw. I hope the damage is far less than we all think it is. If there is anything I can do to help, just holler.



Keep your eyes open, I hope to be getting onto the 790 again once the barn is cleaned up and the VW is put away for the winter. I know, I am not doing very well in terms of saws right now, but Lady Luck will swing around to hit me on the back of my thick noggin, or so I hope...

 

[Warped5]

Heya Kyle!

Good to see you back!

Cannot even guess as to what that bar is from .... WHAT VW?

What happened to the 'danger Ranger?'

 

[rwoods]

Kyle, I actually went to the Ranger site today to see if you were still with us - I saw that you were but figured the Ford was keeping you occupied. I also checked up to see where Jacob was; it seems he has his own thread just to follow the moving van.

My favorite PM800 will be repaired as well as my box PM800 - I'm just waiting on an "A" piston to arrive for the box 800 then both pistons will be sent for ceramic caps and slick sides before the reinstallation. One day I'll take it to heart that haste truly does make waste - I can't blame the meltdown on anyone but myself and my impatience.

Ron

 

[promac850]

Heya Kyle!

Good to see you back!

Cannot even guess as to what that bar is from .... WHAT VW?

What happened to the 'danger Ranger?'

Whaddya mean "what VW"... same one I've ever had. Still got the Maxima as well. Danger Ranger is the current DD. The old Maxima is solid enough to drive, but inside the cabin it's louder than hell... it's like running a Pro Mac 850 at WFO in a small shed... with the doors closed... I don't think people really like that thing cruising through town making so much noise all that much, lol. The glasspack burned out, it's pretty much an open header now... Also getting a little concerned about those pieces of rust that keep falling off... what if a big chunk were to fall off, impale someone's chintzy little donut spare tire, causing them to careen into the cement wall on the overpass, launching them into the air, and down into oncoming traffic, causing a 183 car pile up in the middle of winter... okay, you get the idea. Even so, I will continue to have it, getting it out every now and then to ensure it still runs and drives, and then someday I hope to stumble upon a rust free donor to do a swap and some sweet work to...

So far, the Danger Ranger has been interesting... oh, I did replace the serpentine belt, idler pulley, and tensioner pulley assembly, and the plugs on it. It now needs either a DPFE sensor or an EGR valve, or maybe just a thorough cleaning.

Also, there is a thread in the Off Topic forum regarding the John Deere 317... for those that happen to be interested in tractors and yellow/green stuff...

I take it that most here don't miss me all that much. I guess I let them down by not getting the 790 done fast enough. Yes, I still have the 790, as well as the Super 44A and all of the other saws that I picked up/was given/bought.

Yes, I'm still an idiot, but thankfully not as much as I used to be...

Eccentric, how goes the IHC stuff? Find anything new in that department?

 

[promac850]

Kyle, I actually went to the Ranger site today to see if you were still with us - I saw that you were but figured the Ford was keeping you occupied. I also checked up to see where Jacob was; it seems he has his own thread just to follow the moving van.

My favorite PM800 will be repaired as well as my box PM800 - I'm just waiting on an "A" piston to arrive for the box 800 then both pistons will be sent for ceramic caps and slick sides before the reinstallation. One day I'll take it to heart that haste truly does make waste - I can't blame the meltdown on anyone but myself and my impatience.

Ron

Ceramic caps and slick sides? Where do I sign up? How much would it be to have the 790 piston done? Sounds like a great way to keep carbon off of the top of the piston.

Just remember you're not the only one that deals with impatience... that's something I've always had a problem with. I can be patient for quite some time, but once it reaches that limit, I'm outta there, lol. I've also broken lots of good stuff due to impatience. That's why when you said to take your time on the 850, that's exactly what I did. Same for the 317 that I finished the engine swap on just a couple of weeks ago.

Lots of stuff is keeping me occupied... but I promise all of you right here and now that I will get the 790 done, hopefully before spring. If I don't get it done, say before summer, RandyMac has my permission to visit my house and hit me over the head with as big a chainsaw bar as he wants to use...

I'll have to go visit Jacob's thread... been a while since I've actually trolled through these forums. I got a lot of catching up to do.

 

[rwoods]

???? PM800 & .404 chain ????

I spent a couple of hours at the woodlot today. It was really humming with five splitters going each with a crew of two. I ran 4 tanks* through a PM800 before dulling the chain completely. I bought two new chains this morning for it but got my drive link count mixed up so I had no spare. I also grabbed the wrong 125 this morning (36” bar) which was just too long for the stack of logs I was bucking. It all worked out: a fellow came in at lunch and asked if we could take care of a big walnut tree that was down; the 36” bar was just the ticket. It made short work of most of the 18” and over portions of the tree (including the over-the-head cutting of the main stem) but the constant running through the red clay smattered all over the trunk by a dozer eventually took its toll on the chain with only two or three cuts left. Just as well as I was getting pretty tired and I can no longer afford to simply press through.

We are getting more and more logs delivered to the woodlot, that are offloaded in piles. Bucking these log piles has got me thinking. I have experimented with the 125s with their longer bars but I find that this is not very practical unless the pile is really neat and straight. On the average pile, a 20” bar is about the best length. The piled logs also seem to have a lot of dirt and gravel on them. Since I get more mileage out of .404 chains, I am thinking of setting one of my 800s to run .404. I feel comfortable that it will pull .404 with a 7 pin sprocket and a 20” bar in our hardwoods, but how about a 24” bar? A 28” bar? Also in the absence of a bar shop, how hard is it to grind a .058” bar to run .063” chain?

Thanks, Ron

* Although a PM800 is a thirsty beast, one of the reasons I like them so much as opposed to my PM700 is the AV allows me to run them longer. A tank of mix through my PM700 is all my left hand can take.

 

[Eccentric]

Shop Monkey-Where have you been hiding? Nevermind, don't answer that. You on the RangerStation board? I've checked it out a few times and have an account there. Not very active on it yet. No new IHC finds lately. Gotta get back to what I already have wasting away around the shop. Never any time or money...


Ron- I've seen NOS .404-7 "attached rim" and spur sprockets for SP80/81 and the later PM 82cc saws. Somebody must've been running .404 on them. Based on my experience with 80cc Homelites and Macs, I'd say you could run a 20-28" bar of .404 with a 7 pin rim just fine. There are even some .404 sprocket nose 10-series bars on feebay now...

 

[rwoods]

Thanks. I noticed the .404 bars, but the shorter ones are all .058 - thus my grinding question. Actually with the log pile I was bucking today a 22" bar would have been perfect but I don't see any 22" MAC bars for sale. Ron

 

[RandyMac]

I have two 82cc remnants that had 404 sprockets, should be good on shorter bars.
Ron, you thinking of a short bar for the 125? The bars meant for the smaller saws work, but the extra width on the full size bars helps keep the chain on. The old standard "long" length was a 30" cut, lots of direct drives came that way. The CP I bought came with a 24", never had a use for it. I might have a hardnose or two in the 24" to 30" cut range, the 125 won't notice the difference. A nice roller would be cool though.

 

[rwoods]

Randy, candidly I was toying with the idea of putting a 28" on one of the 125s. I must say that the 32/33" MAC sprocket nose bar looks good and balances well on the 125 and it is amazing how the extra 3 to 4" of a 36" seems like an extra foot when you're loading them in the truck. I have a 28" .058 roller nose. I like the extra width it has but locally I can only get H###y chain in .058 and I have not been pleased with it. I was curious about the 800 with .404 at 28" as this is the bar size I use the most. If I was going down to 20" to stay, I would try an 8 pin .404 combination. Ron

 

[promac850]

Shop Monkey-Where have you been hiding? Nevermind, don't answer that. You on the RangerStation board? I've checked it out a few times and have an account there. Not very active on it yet. No new IHC finds lately. Gotta get back to what I already have wasting away around the shop. Never any time or money...

I'm on the Ranger Forum... I had I feeling that I might get my ass into some trouble over on that Ranger Station... so I found the other Ranger site.

Never any time or money... that's a very persistent problem these days.

You're not alone in that department, it drove many over the edge and they ended up committing armed robberies of banks, and others committed burglaries on a road about a mile away from me. Also, just a few days ago, a guy killed his wife just outside of their house, and the little kids were inside the house playing. Then the guy killed himself after he locked the basement door, leaving the kids alone for three hours. About then, the SWAT team went in and found the kids, and the guy in the basement.

Things are getting kinda strange around here these days. Not necessarily a great thing... Especially when your take into account how this stuff is unheard of around here as of just a couple of years ago.

When I go to pick up some CB radios from the guy that lives right down the road from me, I'll see if he still has those Case IH tractor lights (think Christmas lights, or like those little lantern lights that some people would put around the awning of their camper) if you're interested in those.



How's the Emperor doing these days?

 

[little possum]

Randy, candidly I was toying with the idea of putting a 28" on one of the 125s. I must say that the 32/33" MAC sprocket nose bar looks good and balances well on the 125 and it is amazing how the extra 3 to 4" of a 36" seems like an extra foot when you're loading them in the truck. I have a 28" .058 roller nose. I like the extra width it has but locally I can only get H###y chain in .058 and I have not been pleased with it. I was curious about the 800 with .404 at 28" as this is the bar size I use the most. If I was going down to 20" to stay, I would try an 8 pin .404 combination. Ron

Ron, the piped 084 was running Husky .058 gauge at the TN GTG. Its actually Oregon chain that has been rebranded. I need to find a big loop for a 28" roller nose as well one day. Really wanted Stihl chain though.

 

[rwoods]

I knew it was made by some other manufacturer but didn't know which one. I have had good success with Carleton but my favorite is S###l although it is pricely here at $1 per bar inch plus $4 for pre-made loops. Ron

 

[homelitejim]

I got to play with the SP 81 a little this last week in elk camp cutting up some red fir for the camp stove. Every one in camp is or was a logger, with the exception of myself, and really enjoyed watching and listening to the old McCulloch work. Funny thing was I was the main source of firewood for the camp cutting 95% of the wood used and also filling my neighbors little ford truck with logs every day for his wood stove at home, here is a pic of a average load sorry I didn't get a pic of the SP 81 the saw in the pic did most of the cutting so it got featured and only because of the weight issue and the fact I was tired at the end of the day from chasing elk up and down the mountain.

 

[rwoods]

How did the elk fare? Ron