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jeff

04-14-2004 14:43:57




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Just got back from cuttin wood in the rain for the neighbor. I'm glad it is starting to get warm out. Here in NJ it was about 60d and the rain was gentle. I was runnig two saws and one needs the oil pump rebuit. It is a McCulloch 650 with full chisel chain and it just houls. The oiler will not pump enough so it could be the screen or adjustment or diaphram. I will look her over. The BIG baby is a model 1-40 and at about 41/2hp it is a BEAST. I just rebuilt the old tiltson carb on it and found that this saw has not worked correctly for years! It would run out of gas about 1/3 from the bottom. I did the carb and it STILL would run out. This saw had the old style pancake carb and the new one fits differently. The pulse hole on the old carb is at the 5 o'clock where the new is at the 4 o'clock position. you need to cut a little slit in the gasket between the carb and manifold. Now this baby just GROWLS with a 24 inch bar and 404 full chisel chain at 8000rpm. No wood chips, it make wood CHUNKS! Fun cutting in the rain. Jeff

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Farmered

04-16-2004 06:34:00




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 Re: BIG saws in reply to jeff, 04-14-2004 14:43:57  
Talk about a beast! When I was young Dad bought a used Mall saw. No one knew how old it was, then. It had a two cylinder engine that you started by winding up a rope on a drum. It had handle bars like a motorcycle and a helper handle on the other end of the 48" blade. The chain had 4 rows of cutters and rakers and cut a curf about a half inch wide. The clutch was lever operated. The chain was tightened by twisting the grip on the helper handle. It had a float type carb. so to fell a tree you loosened a clamp and turned the blade flat. It weighed about 70 lbs and was a killer to use even with a helper. Boy! would it cut. You had to keep movin' or it would bury you in sawdust. Just some more nostalgia from the "good old days" Ed

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john d

04-17-2004 08:15:54




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 Re: Re: BIG saws in reply to Farmered, 04-16-2004 06:34:00  
I was only about 6 years old when my Dad and a neighbor rented one of those 2-man monsters to cut down some large hickory and oak trees to clear the ends of a couple of fields. I watched the show from about 40' away with my Grandpa, and can still remember how that thing would cut!



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LesWV

04-15-2004 18:17:48




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 Re: BIG saws in reply to jeff, 04-14-2004 14:43:57  
Beast?

How would the Mac stand up to a 500cc Husqvarna?

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KEG

04-14-2004 22:18:23




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 Re: BIG saws in reply to jeff, 04-14-2004 14:43:57  
Remember Crocodile Dundee when he pulled out his huge buckknife and said "Now this is a knife!" Well, I have a Stihl 064 and when a friend needs help and he is using a Farm Boss or some other smaller saw I pull out my 064 and say "Now this is a chainsaw!". It cuts like a demon and runs like a champ. It's great to chew through wood like butter.

KEG



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glenshoe

04-16-2004 10:56:49




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 Re: Re: BIG saws in reply to KEG, 04-14-2004 22:18:23  
Well, since we're talking 'bout BIG chainsaws, I bought a Stihl 090 back in the seventies. It has a compression release just so you can pull the starter cord and it doesn't sound like a chainsaw--more like a motorcycle. It weighs about 45 pounds and I rarely use it anymore--too hard on the back. Glenn



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John A

04-14-2004 20:02:48




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 Re: BIG saws in reply to jeff, 04-14-2004 14:43:57  
jeff, I was raised on an ol Mac 1-40. My dad got his sometime after I was born In 1957. They are sureenough a HOSS! But the wt of the 1-40 will kill a man, If you can stay with it all day long. The saw I got to replace my ol beast is a Stilh 036 with a 24 in bar....3/8 chain, ....guides ground off! Yes I get chunks too. Got to stay alert for if the chain hangs up it can pull itself from your hands. It will work side by side with the 1-40 but the operator is handling less wt.
Keep your ol girl going!
Later,
John A.

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Rob

04-14-2004 17:45:07




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 Re: BIG saws in reply to jeff, 04-14-2004 14:43:57  
Good God, chunks instead of chips? thats one BIG SAW. Check out www.acresinternet.com/cscc theres a whole wealth of info on chainsaws of ALL makes and models there.



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