What is, a "muscle saw"

[jrr344]

Try running this crank in your chainsaw,...LOL

Pioneerguy600

That is a little smaller crank then the 2 stroke engines I work on.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Not one of the bigger cranks that are out there,nothing like a Deutz BV16 at 7000+ hp.
Pioneerguy600

 

[jrr344]

Not one of the bigger cranks that are out there,nothing like a Deutz BV16 at 7000+ hp.
Pioneerguy600

I work on cooper v250's, gmv, gmw, clark tla, tcv, and we have wartsila's. I have worked on wortington's too.

 

[pioneerguy600]

I work on cooper v250's, gmv, gmw, clark tla, tcv, and we have wartsila's. I have worked on wortington's too.

Power plant generators?
Pioneerguy600

 

[a. palmer jr.]

My Homelite Zip and McCulloch 1-42 take lots of muscle!

 

[jrr344]

Power plant generators?
Pioneerguy600

Natural Gas compressors.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Natural Gas compressors.

Yep,.. ok,..guess we derailed this thread so back to the original topic.

Pioneerguy600

 

[sachsmo]

So,


What would be the minimum cc to get in the club?

Them old Huskys at 99cc were Muscle saws in my book.

 

[Brian13]

I would consider the Super 250, Super 44A and other saws in that class muscle saws.

 

[pioneerguy600]

May have to break the saws up into weight classes, light weight, middle weight and heavy weight muscle saws.

Pioneerguy600

 

[jrr344]

The wild thing is a real MUSCLE SAW, some one had to say it.

 

[o8f150]

what about my wifes cs-310:laughn::laughn::laughn:

 

[MechanicMatt]

I can't believe no one else said Stihl Contra

 

[CM76]

The mighty Homelite 900 series geardrive saws are pure old school muscle. 112 cc's of old growth mauling power in these units.

Here is the 900G

 

[Eccentric]

Try running this crank in your chainsaw,...LOL

Pioneerguy600

No ,that is a museum in Fort Nelson along the Alaska Highway, they have a slew of old equipment that was used to build that highway, I took picts of it all. In the 13,000. klms I drove I came across a lot of old machines. Funny thing is that I have operated and worked on ones like them, started at 9 years of age on TD 15`s.

Pioneerguy600

Do I spy the front end of an IHC truck (red) on the far right of that photo? Gotta love the Old Iron. A TD15 fits into that category too. My friend (who owns several Homelite "Muscle Saws" including 750's, 2000's and 2100's......there's the on-topic portion of my post....LOL) rebuilt the finals in his TD18A and fired it up without mufflers for me recently. Just two six inch long pipes stickin' out of the hood. Sounded beefy when he fired it up on gasoline, then became downright nasty once he switched over to diesel. Just shy of 700ci of Old Diesel Iron. Not in the same league as the engines you fellows were talking about earlier though...

 

[hanniedog]

Eccentric could you get a vid of that TD18 would be neat to hear and see.

 

[Yoopermike]

I like my homie 26lcs at 109cc and about 40lbs : thats actually light compared to most. but the dow takes the cake. or one of these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9x8rBKC4BE cant find a decent pic of the dow, I know it was on wheels and had a v twin indian motor

 

[pioneerguy600]

Do I spy the front end of an IHC truck (red) on the far right of that photo? Gotta love the Old Iron. A TD15 fits into that category too. My friend (who owns several Homelite "Muscle Saws" including 750's, 2000's and 2100's......there's the on-topic portion of my post....LOL) rebuilt the finals in his TD18A and fired it up without mufflers for me recently. Just two six inch long pipes stickin' out of the hood. Sounded beefy when he fired it up on gasoline, then became downright nasty once he switched over to diesel. Just shy of 700ci of Old Diesel Iron. Not in the same league as the engines you fellows were talking about earlier though...

Sorry that one is a Mercury ,sitting next to an oldie;

Pioneerguy600

 

[Ambull]

Can't comment much on the old school stuff, but today's muscle saws IMO are the MS880 and the 3120xp.

 

[Eccentric]

Sorry that one is a Mercury ,sitting next to an oldie;

Pioneerguy600

I've never seen a Mercury badged Ford truck like that before. Cool. I'm really digging the yellow IHC next to it. There's an IHC fire truck being restored about 2 miles from my house (looks like they just shot paint). Looks to be about the same year/model as that yellow rig. I'm not too savvy on the pre-1955 IHC trucks. I believe that's a KB-8, but I could be mistaken. I love the "Tripple Diamond" emblem on those rigs.

I'll bet a fellow could haul many "Muscle Saws" with those rigs. On Topic again!

The IHC looks to be close to McCulloch Yellow as well. The Mercury is close to some of the shades of red that Homelite used on their saws too!