Well, somewhere around 15 or so years ago I bought a BIG 'Ole saw from a friend of mine who really didn't know what he had (nor did I). I thought that for the price it would be nice to have it, just to tinker with. He said it would fire up but not stay running, most probably due to the need of a carb rebuild because of stale fuel deposits. I bought it, squirreled it away and never gave it a second thought.
Fast forward till now .....
Seeing as though my love of the outdoors, the desire to get the woodstove going, and that being a good excuse to build my own log splitter all got me back into using my McCulloch 610 to buck some trees I removed to create and access path. This reminded me of that old beast I had acquired years back, so I dug it out this past weekend. Although I didn't have time to really get into it, at this point all I did was drool over it. I have to really check it out to see how good a shape it's in. What is it you ask?
Turns out it's a McCulloch 895 Gear Drive Saw, :ahhh: with a 36" bar, if I remember correctly. I took the bar off it whan I packed it away, and have not dug that out yet, but I'll be doing so soon, and will verify if it's only a 36 incher, or it's actually longer! This monster has a 103cc engine, and supposedly handled bars up to 60 freakin inches! I can't wait to get into it and pretty it up! Probably gonna be a while yet before I can do it justice though - too many other projects ahead of it.
Here's a good You Tube link with some info on these saws: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oli1H1bSo5E There's some other vids listed there of the 895 in action as well.
Thing is, I don't know if I should restore it to pristine condition, just to keep around as a collector's item, or I should actually attempt to use the darn thing. That's probably not a good idea, because I would imagine that parts are hard to come by, but it sure would be nice to let 'er rip at least once or twice, just to see what she's like!
Wadda Ya think? Anyone out there have any experience with one of these babies? :-/
Fast forward till now .....
Seeing as though my love of the outdoors, the desire to get the woodstove going, and that being a good excuse to build my own log splitter all got me back into using my McCulloch 610 to buck some trees I removed to create and access path. This reminded me of that old beast I had acquired years back, so I dug it out this past weekend. Although I didn't have time to really get into it, at this point all I did was drool over it. I have to really check it out to see how good a shape it's in. What is it you ask?
Turns out it's a McCulloch 895 Gear Drive Saw, :ahhh: with a 36" bar, if I remember correctly. I took the bar off it whan I packed it away, and have not dug that out yet, but I'll be doing so soon, and will verify if it's only a 36 incher, or it's actually longer! This monster has a 103cc engine, and supposedly handled bars up to 60 freakin inches! I can't wait to get into it and pretty it up! Probably gonna be a while yet before I can do it justice though - too many other projects ahead of it.
Here's a good You Tube link with some info on these saws: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oli1H1bSo5E There's some other vids listed there of the 895 in action as well.
Thing is, I don't know if I should restore it to pristine condition, just to keep around as a collector's item, or I should actually attempt to use the darn thing. That's probably not a good idea, because I would imagine that parts are hard to come by, but it sure would be nice to let 'er rip at least once or twice, just to see what she's like!
Wadda Ya think? Anyone out there have any experience with one of these babies? :-/