Anyone got old chainsaws?

[Burnerman 758]

I forgot about this one I had stored in the crawl space. 
 
I have a David Bradly and another older, bigger better McCulloch in the shed that I need to dig out. 

[ebinmaine 67,277]

The past I had an old Mini Mac. 10 or 12 inch bar Maybe? Tiny little thing.

 

Ran great but I needed something just a touch bigger.

 

Up until a few months ago I had a 1987 Sachs Dolmar. 60 cc. 20 inch bar. The thing was a genuine monster but it was so heavy I could only handle it for maybe 15 to 30 minutes at a time.

 

[wallfish 16,985]

Some chainsaws and a collection of these tools powered by the XL-12 chainsaw engine

https://myoldmachine.com/topic/429-homelite-xl-tool-collection/?tab=comments#comment-3388

[ebinmaine 67,277]

5 minutes ago, wallfish said:

Some chainsaws and a collection of these tools powered by the XL-12 chainsaw engine

https://myoldmachine.com/topic/429-homelite-xl-tool-collection/?tab=comments#comment-3388

Cool stuff John

[Burnerman 758]

@wallfish is this forum part of RedSquare?

Cool saws. I need to get my big McCulloch out and running again! I had a McCulloch rep ask me if I would donate it to their museum 30 some yrs ago. 

[wallfish 16,985]

1 minute ago, Burnerman said:

@wallfish is this forum part of RedSquare?

Cool saws. I need to get my big McCulloch out and running again! I had a McCulloch rep ask me if I would donate it to their museum 30 some yrs ago. 

It's a RS sister site which Karl started a while ago. There's a button for it up on the banner here. Lots of guys from across the pond post stuff there. And Karl was kind enough to let me move my Ohlsson & Rice forum on there too. Lots of different 2 stroke powered tools

https://myoldmachine.com/forum/74-ohlsson-and-rice/

[Stepney 2,325]

I've got an early Remington Bantam, and a Wright reciprocating saw. 

Also an old Ottawa dragsaw.. but thats a little bigger then a chainsaw. 

[briankd 817]

I have an early 70's homelite super xl automatic got it from my dad he bought it new it sure cut alot of wood spent many weekends with him when I 

Was little in the woods cutting wood just had it running to cut tree down at my house still runs great they sure don't make them like that anymore. my dad in his mid eighties now was gonna get rid of it not being able to use it so I got it now lot of  sentimental  days being in the woods when I was a young en

 

 

 

[roadapples 6,983]

I've had an xl12 for over 40 years. Only chain saw I've ever owned. Bought it from a friend for $75. They had recently changed the color to red but mine is blue and white like Johns. Still runs great although I try not to use it any more than I have to...

[WVHillbilly520H 10,373]

15 hours ago, Burnerman said:

I forgot about this one I had stored in the crawl space. 
 
I have a David Bradly and another older, bigger better McCulloch in the shed that I need to dig out. 

That is the only brand my dad (now 82) would use... I'll have to get some pics of his when I go back home... I'm a Dolmar/Makita fan now.

[Burnerman 758]

So I dug out my other 2 saws. The McMulloch is a 3-25 made from 1950-53. The David Bradley I have to look up yet. It has the logo stamped into the bar. It’s so cool how it’s built. I’m going to try and get it running again. 
The David Bradley is also very cool  

 

I wish I stored them better. ☹️ The Aluminum and magnesium cases lost a lot of paint.  

[WVHillbilly520H 10,373]

As promised the oldest and biggest one my dad used to cut pulp wood back in the mid 60s ... Has been 7 or so since it was last started till today enjoy.

[bc.gold 3,403]

My father used one of these two man McCollock saws if memory serves me the file used to sharpen the chain was a 3/8 round. That chain hogged out some pretty mean chips.

 

The McCollock 99 engine was one of the first to use counter balance gears to keep vibration to a minimum.

 

As a kid used a McCollock Supper 44 to cut firewood.

 

Below the saw pictures one of my metal castings.

 

If any of you collectors may have purchased a saw from a seller in BC ( gustavus1 ) you would have bought a saw  from me.

 

Edited October 27, 2019 by bcgold

[Dakota8338 115]

Back in the late 50's to early 60's dad had a big McCoulloch with a bar he used for cutting down large trees to become firewood, along with sawing the first few larger joints into firewood lengths.  When he got into the smaller diameter wood, he would switch to a Homelite Wiz, possibly a Super Wiz with a bow.  Dad always preferred a bow to a bar, but for the heavy larger wood he used a bar.  I think both are still around the place, but they haven't ran in 30 - 40 years or more.  Out of curiosity, I will see if I can locate them, next time I am there.  

 

Dad had a fairly new 044 Stihl when he died, which I still have.  It is so large and heavy, I use it very sparingly since suffering a heart-attack in '12, but it will still spit out the chips with a sharp chain.   

[Digger 66 3,478]

Not really old .

1976 so my research shows .

 

[Burnerman 758]

My son got to run the David Bradley today. 

[C-85 681]

We used to sell all kinds of chain saws, we started out selling Remmington and then Poulan (back when they were green) Partner, Pioneer, Daram, and Sachs Dolmar.  We serviced anything that came through the door, so we 'saw' most everything for saws.

 

We even sold Wright Saws, which Poulan ended up buying -

 

 

 

C-85

[Burnerman 758]

7 hours ago, C-85 said:

We used to sell all kinds of chain saws, we started out selling Remmington and then Poulan (back when they were green) Partner, Pioneer, Daram, and Sachs Dolmar.  We serviced anything that came through the door, so we 'saw' most everything for saws.

That’s how I got the DB and the big McCulloch. Guys brought them into the shop and offer them up. I paid $25 for the McCulloch and $30 for the DB back in 85. 
my dad had Remmingtons. The gas tanks on them would leak because of the 2 piece design. I worked on all sorts of chainsaws also and hated most of them! So small and bad crank seals drove me nuts!

[Burnerman 758]

You know how you start a Poulan? You Poulan it and Poulan it...,

old stupid chainsaw joke. 

[WVHillbilly520H 10,373]

9 minutes ago, Burnerman said:

You know how you start a Poulan? You Poulan it and Poulan it...,

old stupid chainsaw joke. 

Thats more like dad's McCs , my Wildthing starts rather easily with the primer bulb.

[C-85 681]

We were a long time big Poulan dealer and I'd never heard of the Pullan Pullan joke before that's a good one!

 

I made this up a long time ago for old times sake -

 

I told many people not to buy stihl chain saw, because they weren't made of steel, they're aluminum!

 

C-85