What in the world is wrong with me?

[Modifiedmark]

Went to a consignment sale today and wouldn't you know it another saw followed me home.

A poor ole dirty McCulloch Eager Beaver. Rope was broken on it and they had a hard time getting a bid on it.

I don't even like these things, I had a mint PM605 and got rid of it. It has a good bar and chain on it so it's worth what I gave for it.

Going to look it over later.

 

[Jacob J.]

What in the world is wrong with me?

You spend too much time here?

 

[brokenbudget]

i always get the 'you've inhaled too much exhaust fumes throughout you life' response when i do something like that cool! i wanna inhale more!
they're not a terrible saw.

 

[trimmmed]

You spend too much time here?

That's not a reason, it's another symptom.

well ok, it might be a reason ;-)

 

[flyboy]

Went to a consignment sale today and wouldn't you know it another saw followed me home.

It's your magnetic personality.

 

[Modifiedmark]

That's not a reason, it's another symptom.

well ok, it might be a reason ;-)

How about this rash, is it a symptom too?

Went out and put a rope in it, refueled it after dumping the smelly old gas out and it fired in 6 pulls.

Smoothed out after a minute or two and acutally runs like new. Made a mess on the floor with all the crud that came falling out and off of it. LOL

The crappy impulse oiler works too.

Good thing I didn't try it out in any wood yet as I noticed one tie stap on the chain had only 1 rivet spun on it.

All in all not a bad deal, I guess it can keep the couple other yellow ones company till I figure out what to do with it. (I still don't care for these much)

How come everytime I look at it, the song, "Fat Bottom Girls" goes through my head.........

 

[andrethegiant70]

Mark, the loopy firewood haulers around believe in that saw like a religion. I say that there's nothing wrong with you, you just have good "instincts." You'll prolly make a little coin off that saw if you sell it to the right fellow.

 

[RiverRat2]

That's not a reason, it's another symptom.

well ok, it might be a reason ;-)

Not!!!!!!

It is an aspect of his behavior!!!!!!

 

[Modifiedmark]

I got some time to look into the fat bottomed Mac a little closer. I'll say one thing for this series of saws, there good easy starters.

Crappy impulse oiler that I thought was working didn't as good as first thought. . It had a newer line on it but it was too big a dia, and they had a Oregon style FUEL filter on it for a strainer! No wonder it wouldn't put out much.

Of course when I went to fish out the filter the oversized line pulled right off the nipple. It took a hour and 4 beers to disassemble it to put a new line and a brass strainer on it. It's all good to go now.

Anyone know where to find some loopy firewood haulers, looking for there fat bottomed dream saw?

 

[Saw Dr.]

I'm sure I'll take some crap for it, but have you run the saw yet? These things run surprisingly well for their age, a bit heavy, though.

.....And ugly, so don't let your buddies see you!

 

[Modifiedmark]

I'm sure I'll take some crap for it, but have you run the saw yet? These things run surprisingly well for their age, a bit heavy, though.

.....And ugly, so don't let your buddies see you!

Fat and ugly!

Yep I ran it today, ran my uncles 610 last winter , used to have a 605. Never said there not good saws, there some of the best starters I have seen. Slow cutters though.

When checking spark on it today with my tester I was surprised how slow you could pull it over and still get a spark out of it.

Probably why they start so well besides the fact that it has about 170 psi comp. I'm sure there dependable and can cut alot of firewood.

 

[volks-man]

mod-mark. my dad used to have one of those saws. from the early-mid eighties. is that round bout the era yours is from? never let him down, and heated the house with it.

i think they re-used that name later on a worse version, did they not?

 

[Modifiedmark]

If I had to guess I'd say the 3.7 Eager Beaver was mid to late 80's.

Mac had a 33cc Eager Beaver also and when I seen Eager Beaver on the sale bill thats what I was expecting to see. Had it been one of them theres no way I would have brought it home.

McCulloch as far as I know renamed the same saw more then once or they made a small change and called it a new model name.

Did your dads saw look like this?

 

[volks-man]

pretty sure it was a top handle. that would make it one of the little beavers i guess. i used that saw once (supervised) when i was 9 or 10 years old. bucked a good size oak with it. i think it had a 16"bar. acres site showed one like that. hard to say if that was it. fuzzy memories, too much beer/wine in my youth!

the old man had to go out and buy another saw. he got a used homey xl-somethin. before he left my mom reminded him he already had a saw. his response: "i can't go in to the woods with that little thing, they will all laugh at me".