Griffdog1
ArboristSite Operative
My old mate next door Jack, is 90. He has an old plum tree in the backyard that had dropped a big branch and had a split right down the guts of the trunk. It was going to go – just a matter of when.
Last weekend I went in and cut up the branch that had fallen and I offered to come back this weekend and cut the rest of the tree down. It was a mangled up old thing so there was a bit of work to do. It was also on a bit of an odd lean so getting it to fall straight was going to be a bit of a challenge but when there was a gap in the weather today I nicked in and started sawing. Took me a couple of hours of going hard but have all the wood cut up (it was hard –reckon it will burn well), and I will take the rest to my mates bonfire tomorrow.
Jack helped out like a champ and at the end he started telling me that he had a chainsaw in the shed but that he had not used it for 25 years. Of course this pricked the old ears up and I asked if I could have a look. He had it sitting in a box with a towel over it and when he took that off I was a little disappointed as it looked like some sort of 90’s cheapie initially with its shiny yellow and black paint. It wasn’t until I had a good look that I realised that it was much older and that it was just that it was in such good condition that it looked so new.
It was a Mcculloch Pro Mac 60. I told Jack that I would be pretty keen on that saw! We finished up for the day and Jack grabs me by the arm and says “I would like you to have that saw for all the help you have given me”. And I tell you what – that’s going to be a good memento of old Jack. He said it had only ever had one chain and that he had not used it since he had been in the new house which was built in the early 80’s.
I took it home and poured out the old fuel and then swished some new fuel around and dumped that. Cleaned the plug and the air filter and then after 5 pulls she was away. It is at least twice as loud as my other saws – it’s a beast.
Cheers Jack.
Last weekend I went in and cut up the branch that had fallen and I offered to come back this weekend and cut the rest of the tree down. It was a mangled up old thing so there was a bit of work to do. It was also on a bit of an odd lean so getting it to fall straight was going to be a bit of a challenge but when there was a gap in the weather today I nicked in and started sawing. Took me a couple of hours of going hard but have all the wood cut up (it was hard –reckon it will burn well), and I will take the rest to my mates bonfire tomorrow.
Jack helped out like a champ and at the end he started telling me that he had a chainsaw in the shed but that he had not used it for 25 years. Of course this pricked the old ears up and I asked if I could have a look. He had it sitting in a box with a towel over it and when he took that off I was a little disappointed as it looked like some sort of 90’s cheapie initially with its shiny yellow and black paint. It wasn’t until I had a good look that I realised that it was much older and that it was just that it was in such good condition that it looked so new.
It was a Mcculloch Pro Mac 60. I told Jack that I would be pretty keen on that saw! We finished up for the day and Jack grabs me by the arm and says “I would like you to have that saw for all the help you have given me”. And I tell you what – that’s going to be a good memento of old Jack. He said it had only ever had one chain and that he had not used it since he had been in the new house which was built in the early 80’s.
I took it home and poured out the old fuel and then swished some new fuel around and dumped that. Cleaned the plug and the air filter and then after 5 pulls she was away. It is at least twice as loud as my other saws – it’s a beast.
Cheers Jack.