Has anybody ever head of these chainsaws? Where are they made and sold? I never heard of these saws before.
Oleo Mac Chainsaws?
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Que# 1. Yes
Que # 2. They were made in Italy, they are no longer sold under that name or so I have been told, they are now mjade and sold under the EFFCO. brand of saws.
Pioneerguy600
Thanks Pioneerguy600. Now that you said that they are made in Italy. And sold under the Efco name they do look familiar
eyolf
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OLympyk.
There's a story the int'l olympik committee made a stink about use of the name; so for a while they called them Oleo-macs.
I had a 254; pretty average European saw, meaning well-made. Dealer support wasn't the best, here...back in the 80's nobody seemed to want to invest money in product they couldn't make a profit on very quickly.
As mentioned, EFCO is current name in N. America, EMAK in Europe.
There's a story the int'l olympik committee made a stink about use of the name; so for a while they called them Oleo-macs.
I had a 254; pretty average European saw, meaning well-made. Dealer support wasn't the best, here...back in the 80's nobody seemed to want to invest money in product they couldn't make a profit on very quickly.
As mentioned, EFCO is current name in N. America, EMAK in Europe.
I have had a couple of the Olympik 950 AFF `s for a long while now, they are well made and can sure take a beating. We carried them on snow sleds and ATV`s for trail work for years and they still work real well. Only part we ever managed to break was the chainbrake handle on one of them caused by a rollover on a Artic Cat, those saws cut so many miles of trails it makes my head spin. LOL. Oh ,sorry for the typo error on the EFCO name above, one too many F`s . LOL.
Pioneerguy600
Pioneerguy600
first it was ole-mac--then olympic,then olympik,then olympyk, now efco--ive sold them for some time--and yes, the name change was because of the stoooopid olympic committee--why in h anyone would associate a chainsaw with the olympics is beyond be--must have had toooo much edumakashun---
not the same engine r's as other saws--but exceeding long lasting--
not the same engine r's as other saws--but exceeding long lasting--
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Little Al
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Saws are apearing in FRANCE made by OLEO-MAC badged as OLEO-MAC, CASTOR, NAUDER,with different colour schemes & different model#`s good part though most if not all the expenable parts are interchangable
i have two of them, both with different names. one is an olympik 261 and one is an olympyk 264. they are rugged, powerful saws. i would considered them professional saws from back in the day. you can get pistons for them still but i had to order direct from greece....
in your sig--where is carmi----
splitpost
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Been in oz for awhile now,dad s had one since the early 90's good little saw,the local stihl guy here has one on the shelf new ,still badged as oleomac
size???
now that you say that--ive been thru there--bout two years ago--
SawTroll
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Also, the last generation of John Deere branded saws were the same as the Oleo-Mac and Efco ones - the parent company is EMAK in Italy, and the saws are/were made there.
Btw, the only Dolmar dealer I knew of in Norway (and they also claimed to be the importer) now sell Efco saws instead......
Btw, the only Dolmar dealer I knew of in Norway (and they also claimed to be the importer) now sell Efco saws instead......
gmax
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Yes Oleo Mac are still sold here, they were also sold as "Blitz" and I noticed some "MTD" chainsaws are built by "Efco" very good chainsaws but poor dealer support.
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Ordered a 165 Efco from Baileys yesterday. Will let you know what I think of it in a week.
Someone told me it would have cutting performance similar to a 116si Dolmar. If so its a winner in my book.
Someone told me it would have cutting performance similar to a 116si Dolmar. If so its a winner in my book.
was after a 1655 massey l&g tractor--then up to chitcago--then to indiana to daughter--then back home
98 that day---and the air on the car quit!!!!! and didnt have time to fix it--schedule--
splitpost
Nothing but 32:1
don't know the size ,every time i ring the old bloke and ask he goes down to the shed and comes back asking me what was the question:deadhorse::deadhorse:so i give up ,next time i go to bundy i'll take some snaps for future ref
