Thread: McCulloch Chain Saw

Just been through STC Yasi here in townsville and having had to clean up 5 trees from my neighbours that ended up in my yard including 4 mongrel African Mahogany trees about 90cm in diametre I looked at my ridulous Ozito 305mm chain saw my wife bought me a couple of years ago (Heres a tip - never let your wife buy you a chainsaw for your birthday without discussing it with you first) I laughingly called it the Rose Bush pruner and shrugged. I had nothing else so nothing ventured nothing gained. Two pulls and away it went, and went and went and went. 8 hours and 5 resharpens later I have retired my $99.00 Mosquito and it will now be mounted in a place of honour on my shed wall.

It never missed a beat and handled anything I could chuck at it. Bunnings and every shop that sells mowrers etc was out of stock of everything excluding some dodgy looking Ryobi 14 inchers I wouldn't touch with a barge pole.

I have no idea who actually built the Ozito but I dips me lid to them even if it is some dodgy Chinese Factory. The only down side is that Bunnings sell the chain saws but no replacement blades to suit so i might just have a look at something bigger and better quality that what Bunnies sell.

Good result.

Would be interested in some of that African Mahogany.

Too late all trees where mulched with a great deal of satisfaction.


By sirboabtree at 2011-02-11

Wind speeds at my home measured by my home weather station peaked at 119kph before my anemometer crapped itself and the damn things just snapped about 2 metres above ground level. Stripped leaves and bark clogged 3 gutters causing my ceiling to be flooded and causing several thousands of dollars damage so not my favourite timber now and the owner of the rental property (nextdoor) who planted them is going to be hit with a hefty bill. There is a reason that they have been banned from being grown in Townsville by the council. I have NO trees in my yard.

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Ozito in action.

Originally Posted by BobL

I strongly recommend starting from scratch with the mix if its more than a month or so old.

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Had a post here before on this particular part of the topic, where My brother who has only just sold his Stihl Chainsaw shop was often ranting & raving about people who don't read their operating manuals & consequently showing me the scoring of the pistons & cylinders to prove his point of ill mixed fuel.These same people expected miracles from their local chainsaw shop. His workshop was laden with useless junk that people had had misfortunes with and were only good for spares if that.

I have one of those little McCullochs but a lecky job for doing small trimmings within reach of a GPO. I also have a large Stihl for major work that I got with brothers largess and also an old homelite small 18'' bar for those other small jobs outside the reach of the lecky.

I did'nt look at the petrol version of the McCulloch but my choice in buying the lecky version has so far served me reasonably well .

Cheers

I looked at getting an electric one but having to wait 10 days and 9 hours before my power was switched back on made the choice simple. No power, no chainsaw, no cleanup. Bunnings had heaps of these sitting on the shelf .

Originally Posted by Ozkaban

Fair enough, but you'd have a hard time pushing it any further. If the numpty behind the desk stonewalls you (and so does their manager, etc), the only recourse you've got is expensive legal issues. Sod all else you can do. Small claims, etc are no value here.

Cheers,
Dabe

That's not quite so.

A while ago, I got tired of leaking milk bottles. Fifteen years or so, they had fairly course threads with a long pitch and, as I recall, held fairly well.

The some bright spark chose a finer thread, also with a long pitch: I think there were actually two parallel threads.

A little over a year ago, it got to me to the point that I took it up with Woolworths via its corporate website (WOW has at least two, one wouldn't accept my email address due to a bug in its javascript, the site linked from asx.com.au was okay), and I showed them a picture with nearly a quarter of the milk lost from a 3l bottle.
Interestingly, though the milk was labelled "Woolworths," in our correspondence WOW described it as "Home Brand."

Following the discussion, the threads of all milk bottles from WOW, Brownes/Peters, Masters (National Foods) and Coles reverted to the older thread.

The point of the course thread is that it's deeper, and so the plastic has to stretch more before the thread slips.

I imagine the most my wife would have got, complaining at the local shop, was a replacement bottle of milk and the problem would have continued.

If you take your problem to Bunning's head office, you should reach someone with the discretion to ensure your problem is fixed, and to "educate" the local store.

I thought I would report a good experience with a Bunnings "McCulloch" saw. model 2818AV. This saw is sold in the US as a Poulan Pro PP4620AVX (with a 20inch bar and tooless chain tension). Bunnings still sell the saw but now with a 20 inch bar model M4620. It is the 46cc saw complained about earlier.

Anyway I have now had about 3 1/2 years service and it has been OK for domestic use. I have sharpened a couple of chains to death, the bar and chain sprocket is looking a bit worn. The only problem has been a broken spring on the clutch. You need a special tool to remove the clutch but the local repair man had that and he had a clutch in stock (off a Husky, same clutch) so no big drama.

The only real design problem is the air filter is too small for dead wood use - I have to clean it every tankfull sometimes. The saw has reasonable power and antivibration handles. Overall it has been good value for me.

I had a McCullock that had done about 20 hours over 3 years when it siezed. I was running with the correct fuel / oil mixture. My advice is if you are wanting to chop down something small in the back yard just buy an Ozito cheapy and if you want something more with a bit of longevity go for a stihl or husky.
Cheers
Pete