MCCULLOCH The official McCulloch thread

[PogoInTheWoods]

The 82cc series rock, @heimannm has pretty much all of them. I've only got a pm800 pm850 and a pm8200

Only?

 

[astnmacgto]

Only?

True lol the 10 series are my favorite but the 82cc saws aren't very common around my parts

 

[joeymt33]

I haven't been posting in a while but when you guys start talking about the 82cc saws, I'll come out.

I don't have my pictures on the phone but I've got everyone of them except for the DX and the 850 super.

At one time I had a new old stock p.m. 8200! I just had to let it go because I use my saws and that was worth too much money.

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

What type of chain setup do you use for the milling?

 

[joeymt33]

What type of chain setup do you use for the milling?

3/8 with 10° angle. Cuts pretty good. Haven't done any projects lately but the last thing I did was make the wife an oak dining room table. She wanted a rough looking "rustic" table. Good thing because it would look rough even if I tried to make it look good.

 

[joeymt33]

What type of chain setup do you use for the milling?

Oh, it cuts about a foot a minute in the bigger hard woods. It will rip pine and cedar pretty quick.

This is the beginnings of the table top. It may be cutting more than a foot a minute but it's still slow.

The only issues I have is the air filters getting dirty quickly and the cut in the video above takes a full tank of fuel for one pass. I set the saw a little rich and I use 32:1 which is no different than any other two stroke I have. I rotate the saws often so I don't wear one out too quick. My father just got a 15hp woodmiser so my chainsaw milling days have just about completely stopped.

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

Wow. That's nice.

Do you just use basic 3/8's ground to 10° or ripping chain with the narrower cutters?

 

[joeymt33]

On the 38" bar it's a milling chain specific chain. On the 20" it a refilled 72lgx

 

[Al Smith]

If you are getting a foot a minute that's not bad especially blowing sawdust .I can only get about that in oak on a Mac 125 using standard 30 degree chisel chain which is a lot faster than rip chain .My milling days were very short lived after I found out how much work it was .

 

[Steve]

I haven't been posting in a while but when you guys start talking about the 82cc saws, I'll come out.

I don't have my pictures on the phone but I've got everyone of them except for the DX and the 850 super.

At one time I had a new old stock p.m. 8200! I just had to let it go because I use my saws and that was worth too much money.

Hey Joe, how's thing been?

I'm jealous of your grey limestone gravel. Out here it's all soft white limestone. Unless it rains a half inch a day there is always a dust storm behind the car on the driveway!

 

[joeymt33]

Hey Joe, how's thing been?

I'm jealous of your grey limestone gravel. Out here it's all soft white limestone. Unless it rains a half inch a day there is always a dust storm behind the car on the driveway!

Going good steve. Found other hobbies....family and atv riding. The Macs treat me well and I use them often. Is either milling or fire wood. We heat the home with two fireplaces which doesn't require much in Alabama.

This is my new hobby...

 

[joeymt33]

If you are getting a foot a minute that's not bad especially blowing sawdust .I can only get about that in oak on a Mac 125 using standard 30 degree chisel chain which is a lot faster than rip chain .My milling days were very short lived after I found out how much work it was .

A lot of the time my job keeps me in doors working and often in other countries like somewhere in Central America or another foreign country like New Jersey. It's nice to come home and build a wood shed with out hardly buying anything. It's a good release.

 

[Steve]

Going good steve. Found other hobbies....family and atv riding. The Macs treat me well and I use them often. Is either milling or fire wood. We heat the home with two fireplaces which doesn't require much in Alabama.

This is my new hobby...

I see three Joes and your wife in that first pic! You can't deny they are your boys. I've been following your YouTube channel and it looks like you guys are having a blast. We have been getting into powersports with the youngins too. Been starting off low cost with some second hand chinese stuff. We just picked up that blue atv last week. My daughter loves it!

 

[joeymt33]

Did anyone notice the Super 2-10 that hangs in the woodshed?

 

[Steve]

Well, ya...

 

[Stihlsmoking]

Can anyone tell me what model this is from this picture? Thanks in advance.

 

[Sleeper]

Can anyone tell me what model this is from this picture? Thanks in advance.
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Mac 15. Earlier saw, but not as old as the watering can series.

 

[Stihlsmoking]

Mac 15. Earlier saw, but not as old as the watering can series.

Thanks, Sleeper my buddy in PA is getting it he's just starting in saws he's getting the CAD. Lol

 

[Sleeper]

Thanks, Sleeper my buddy in PA is getting it he's just starting in saws he's getting the CAD. Lol

It's a good saw. Not super fast, but reliable. Easy to work on. Parts can be found.

CAD is a PITA. I just bought another saw last weekend. Flared up again and someone had a little saw that had been on the list for over a year. Now to find a good running 60cc Husky or Jonsered to fill in the space between the 372 and 2152.

Reason for newer saws, to keep hours on the older ones lower. Can't get parts for older ones as easily.

 

[Frank bierce]

Picked up my first Macs. Pretty nice condition pm10-10...and what I think is a 1-63