Anybody hear of Lumberjack chainsaws ???

[Arrowhead]

A friend of mine called me today from a yard sale 1 mile from my house. He said they had an old chainsaw there. I asked what kind and he said the only name on it was Lumberjack, and it had no price on it. I jumped in the truck to go look at it only to see a guy handing the lady $5.00 for the saw as soon as I got there. I did not get to see it up-close. It was red and looked 1950/60 ish. It had a full wrap and a Clinton looking engine. It looked complete and original. I never heard of a Lumberjack. I'm assuming is a model name and not a manufacturer name. Has anybody heard of these or have any pictures of one? I'm just wondering what I lost out on by 1 minute.

 

[no longer collecting]

made by "Root manufacturing".......Lumberjack is a model 50 ...Chrysler/WestBend engine.
You see them often on "flyby"

Alain,

As per Mike's site:
http://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.n...7e8286ed7ae4572088256d310053141d?OpenDocument

 

[REJ2]

If its like the one pictured I'd sure have liked it for $5,a conversation piece if nothing else. REJ2.

 

[Arrowhead]

Thats the one, thanks a bunch. For $5.00 that would have been a nice saw to play with.

 

[maico490]

Never heard of a Lumberjack chainsaw but here is a Lumberjack song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zey8567bcg

 

[jerryw66]

I've never seen the root lumberjack in person, but did see a different model one time. That company made interesting machines. Back in the late 60's, my dad bought our first riding lawn mower, it was a root, still got the owners man. for it. That was the heaviest mowing machine I have ever ran, rear engine, 6 hp and it could barely pull itself without the blade running. It caught on fire one time and that was the end of that old boat anchor.

 

[The Burning Rom]

More than likely it was a Wen Lumberjack....not the antique posted in this thread. You can find them at Menard's....or anywhere else that sells consumer grade throw-a-way saws. They've made electric saws for a long time...their gassers are a more recent development.....no doubt built by Poulan or Mcculloch (or whoever owns Mcculloch now).

 

[rarefish383]

That gives me another name to keep an eye out for. I'd like to find a clean saw with a chrysler engine on it. I just want the Pentastar logo to put with all of my other chrysler stuff, Joe.

 

[Old Mac Guy]

Root Manufacturing of Baxter Springs, KS put the Lumberjack name of several different models of their chainsaws. All collectible. Doubt that this one was a Wen, since the original post saws "old" and "1950-1960-ish looking". Sounds like you just missed a good deal on an old Root.