choices on used McC

[Oregon_Native]

i was at my local saw shop today and was itchen for a new saw to play with got looking through the piles of old stuff and narrowed it down to two saws.

first is: SP125
it has a 22" hard nose bar running semi-chisel .404" pitch chain
Big, Heavy, A lottttttt of power.

second is: Pro Mac 850
it has a 32" Oregon power match bar ( .375" X .050")
smaller, lighter, don't know how how much power.


i am leaning towards the SP125 but i will have to swap out bar and chain so i can afford ripping chain for it

both saws are same price. and have working comp releases.

any opinions?

 

[heviarti]

hey, bud, of you've mailed me i haven't got it. i have been evicted from my house for asking for repairs... so I'm netless. see pics of the old house at http://puresimplicity.net/~heviarti/house

so, i'm borderline incommunicado until i find an open wap.

 

[Oregon_Native]

that really sucks when you get a place pm me will setup saw deal.

 

[ozflea]

Yes grab the 125 it has bags of torque compared to the 850 but both will have similier problems with bits and pieces (spares) i sold and demo-ed heaps of these two saws years ago now but my favourite has always been the 125 with a 24" bar and 404 pitch chain especially for ripping, just keep an eye on the fastners of the saw as there prone to shake loose other than that grab it.

Mc Bob

http://www.users.bigpond.com/ozflea/saws.html

 

[Bills Oak]

Used Mac

I agree with ozflea---Go with the 125, my 125SP is heavy but will cut through anything, I have a 32 inch roller tip on mine, great saw...BILL

 

[Al Smith]

And my 2 usually wear 36" bars,but will pull a 48" on rare occasions.It pulls a .404 full comp,with an 8 tooth rim,power to spare.

 

[heviarti]

still alive, thought i'd give a short message. as usual everything is moving from bad to worse.

happy cutting

 

[ozflea]

Good to see your back old mate.

Mc Bob.

http://www.users.bigpond.com/ozflea/saws.html