Mini Mac 32cc with a 16" bar. My wife bought it for me for an anniversary over 20 years ago. She picked it out herself( i'm impressed, she is clueless when it comes to mechanical stuff). the saw still runs great! I have cut sooo many cords with it. It starts 3rd pull every time(no kidding, every time) in any weather, and its seen it all, classic noreasters, ice storms, hurricanes, thunderstorms, twisters, heat waves( I won't do that again if I can help it).It was my best saw until,,,,,,, the end of last November I went to my cousins shop to clear out the back yard, he's into snowmobile racing and anything with a motor so I brought another mac,3516, to see if he could get it runnin right, anyway, I'm cuttin through 20" pine logs and the saw was struggling bad. He tapped me on the shoulder and says "try this one", He hands me a stihl 290. I could not believe how fast this thing was, man, you can really get some work done with this! I never ran a stihl before.
The next day I was using my favorite Mac(3rd pull) in my back yard and it was so slow I could stand it no more, I put it away and went on ebay and bought an 031AV and an 017 mini woodboss, won them both, didn't expect to. I got the 031 first, didn't start, plug wire broke, the 017 showed up the next day and started right up so I put it to work. It's a great saw, already faster than the mac, but I still wanted a bigger saw. It's kinda hard with a low budget. My wife would be so pissed off if she new how many saws I bought. I kept looking on ebay and finally won an 028 Super Woodboss in great shape. Now my Mini Mac just sits in it's case in the back of the shed. It will still start 3rd pull,,,no kidding.
That's my story and i'm stickin to it.
