Tommy in Wilton
ArboristSite Member
1965 McCulloch 250, 80 cc's, engine re-worked by Mastermind.
-How much power does this actually have?
My saw has a bad recoil starter. I bought another one on eBay, but I find that I can start it if I remove the cover of the starter and simply wrap the cord around the pulley. On the third pull, it started tonight.
My Ultimate Home Appliance [UHA] decided yesterday that she wanted a Spanish bayonet plant removed from the back yard. I used a chainsaw attachment for my 4 stroke Troy-Built weed whip to take it down. Much against my will. If I want anything for the next week, it had to go. BYE! Anyway, the stump was still there. She decided tonight to put on boots and try to dig up the stump with a maddox. She actually did a good job, but these are stubborn plants, and she only removed a little bit.
Guilt. BAD emotion...it will get you in trouble EVERY time!
She knows how much I've spent on that saw lately, and simply said nothing. Just LOOKED at me.
Dammit!
"OK, I think I can get it to start" I said to her. I have to wind the rope around the crankshaft pulley each time, but guess what- It started. And it ran good too!
OK. So I carry the 24 pound saw with its 24 inch blade down to a plant which is fairly soft. If you grab a Spanish bayonet by the stalk and bend it over, it usually breaks. This stalk was about 18 inches wide at the base, and the plant was probably about 20 feet tall. I put "sawzilla" to it...and it went to work.
-I figured that a saw that had spent 47 years in Vermont taking down 100 foot tall oak trees would cut through this weed in seconds....but it didn't. In fact, it's clutch kept slipping. I had to take it totally easy if I wanted it to cut through the soft plant. It took me a few minutes to cut through soft wood with a brand new chain and me pumping the oiler like my heartbeat. And It wasn't just the clutch slipping; The soft wood caused it to bog down! What the hell~
What gives? The videos on eBay of Mac 250's going through oak logs in 10-15 seconds make me wonder about the power of this saw. I can tell it is running a little rich, it just barely goes to a "two stroke" sound under load. Are Spanish bayonet plants that tough? Is the saw running weak?
Thoughts-
Thanx!
-How much power does this actually have?
My saw has a bad recoil starter. I bought another one on eBay, but I find that I can start it if I remove the cover of the starter and simply wrap the cord around the pulley. On the third pull, it started tonight.
My Ultimate Home Appliance [UHA] decided yesterday that she wanted a Spanish bayonet plant removed from the back yard. I used a chainsaw attachment for my 4 stroke Troy-Built weed whip to take it down. Much against my will. If I want anything for the next week, it had to go. BYE! Anyway, the stump was still there. She decided tonight to put on boots and try to dig up the stump with a maddox. She actually did a good job, but these are stubborn plants, and she only removed a little bit.
Guilt. BAD emotion...it will get you in trouble EVERY time!
She knows how much I've spent on that saw lately, and simply said nothing. Just LOOKED at me.
Dammit!
"OK, I think I can get it to start" I said to her. I have to wind the rope around the crankshaft pulley each time, but guess what- It started. And it ran good too!
OK. So I carry the 24 pound saw with its 24 inch blade down to a plant which is fairly soft. If you grab a Spanish bayonet by the stalk and bend it over, it usually breaks. This stalk was about 18 inches wide at the base, and the plant was probably about 20 feet tall. I put "sawzilla" to it...and it went to work.
-I figured that a saw that had spent 47 years in Vermont taking down 100 foot tall oak trees would cut through this weed in seconds....but it didn't. In fact, it's clutch kept slipping. I had to take it totally easy if I wanted it to cut through the soft plant. It took me a few minutes to cut through soft wood with a brand new chain and me pumping the oiler like my heartbeat. And It wasn't just the clutch slipping; The soft wood caused it to bog down! What the hell~
What gives? The videos on eBay of Mac 250's going through oak logs in 10-15 seconds make me wonder about the power of this saw. I can tell it is running a little rich, it just barely goes to a "two stroke" sound under load. Are Spanish bayonet plants that tough? Is the saw running weak?
Thoughts-
Thanx!