paccity
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yup , my 2100cd in 84 was almost 700 with a 36. my first new work saw. that hurt back then.
McCulloch Chain Saws
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I paid right at $450 (including tax) for my PM700 with a 20" bar in January 1981. I could have had a V-8, I mean a PM800. MAC dealer/regional distributor talked me out of it. The PM1000 had no appeal to me given its non-MAC heritage. Ron
RandyMac
Stiff Member
My Super 250 cost me $525 set up with a 36" Cannon roller tip.
I may be wrong but I believe that in the mid-sixties, a large frame gear drive MAC would set a working man (in the South) back at least a couple of months' wages. Ron
OldDeadWood
ArboristSite Operative
Bp-1
OK guys, a little update on my BP-1 project.
Above is the pic of the BP-1 as I received it.
This is the starter handle I received from chainsawwhisperer. It came along with a bunch of other partswhich I'll try to post as there ready to go.
I did spend three days cleaning, painting and reworking it, befor the photos. This handle is a mock up. There aren't any points, condenser, point cam, cam driveshaft, or starter drum assembly inside. Parts I'm still looking for. Hint Hint
Notice the point cover. This was fabricated by chainsawwhisperer. I think its a great item and it looks like it belongs there.
Chainsawwhisperer has been a great help and I consider him a friend. I have also had help from other AS members who will be thanked as I go along.
ODW
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OK guys, a little update on my BP-1 project.
Above is the pic of the BP-1 as I received it.
This is the starter handle I received from chainsawwhisperer. It came along with a bunch of other partswhich I'll try to post as there ready to go.
I did spend three days cleaning, painting and reworking it, befor the photos. This handle is a mock up. There aren't any points, condenser, point cam, cam driveshaft, or starter drum assembly inside. Parts I'm still looking for. Hint Hint
Notice the point cover. This was fabricated by chainsawwhisperer. I think its a great item and it looks like it belongs there.
Chainsawwhisperer has been a great help and I consider him a friend. I have also had help from other AS members who will be thanked as I go along.
ODW
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joeymt33
I bleed YELLOW!
Those BP-1's are sweet! I hope to get a chance to run one again.
RandyMac
Stiff Member
was just over at the Homelite thread, enforcing the 24 hour rule. :hmm3grin2orange:
I'm sure they need all the help they can get. :biggrin: Ron
promac850
formerly promac610
If they still made them 850's, I'd buy one of those at full retail of 950 over a similar cc furrin' saw any day.
Yes, I have been looking at furrin' saws... one happens to be the last NOS 70cc class of its kind. And as far as I know, I am one of a very few that know exactly where it's at...
But I gotta put a decent tank on my PM 700 first. I think I may like that one more than the furrin' saw.
Eccentric
Mister Wizard
At least you got the PM700. My Dad bought a PM320 around the same time (1980 IIRC). I still have it. Was the first saw I ran as a lad. The safety nazis would #### a brick if they saw me running that little Mac at age 8.
The first chainsaw I saw ran was an old 1-40series/1-50series/200/250/whatever front tank Mac. Dad borrowed an 'old McCulloch' from a friend at work to cut up an apple tree in the back yard. I still remember watching him mix up the gas for it in a glass jar. Think I was 4-5 at the time (so that'd be around 1977 or so). Dad got the PM320 a few years later.
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Cut my teeth on a PM6A; 13 to 15 at the time. My usual job was toting the geardrive and holding limbs and small stems just so. Ron
homelitejim
Full of Scrap
I picked up another yellow saw, pics to follow, to dark for my phone/camera, it runs on a prime.
joeymt33
I bleed YELLOW!
I picked up another yellow saw, pics to follow, to dark for my phone/camera, it runs on a prime.
It's daylight now, we're impatient.
Overtrained
Not crazy, Stoopid!
What are the odds of me piecing together a SP125? Tracking down all the parts, rotating assembly straight through to the handle wrap etc. It may not be economical but there is none of these saws in the vicinity I live in and they go for stupid money whole online. Thoughts?opcorn:
opcorn:
joeymt33
I bleed YELLOW!
What are the odds of me piecing together a SP125? Tracking down all the parts, rotating assembly straight through to the handle wrap etc. It may not be economical but there is none of these saws in the vicinity I live in and they go for stupid money whole online. Thoughts?
I bought a running sp125C for $300 during the summer. Wait until the the summer when things aren't crazy stupid.
Overtrained
Not crazy, Stoopid!
Everything is crazy stupid on ebay:bang:
What are the odds of me piecing together a SP125? Tracking down all the parts, rotating assembly straight through to the handle wrap etc. It may not be economical but there is none of these saws in the vicinity I live in and they go for stupid money whole online. Thoughts?
Didn't Johnny Cash sing a song about that?
cpr
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You'd spend an astronomical sum building it from parts.
OldDeadWood
ArboristSite Operative
I'm confused, Johnny Cash sang a song about crazy high bidders on fleabay:msp_wink:.
ODW
, Johnny Cash sang a song about crazy high bidders on fleabay:msp_wink:.ODW
homelitejim
Full of Scrap
Well boys here it is.
She's a beaut Clark! I am looking forward to getting her running, NOT, into the pile of mini's it goes. It has been slow here, only been able to find little saws, I hope that it is not dried up.
She's a beaut Clark! I am looking forward to getting her running, NOT, into the pile of mini's it goes. It has been slow here, only been able to find little saws, I hope that it is not dried up.
