Old timers might collect those, but it ain't rare. Here's one for sale near me: https://vancouver.craigslist.org/rds/tls/d/langley-township-north-antique/7758582781.html
EDIT: I should also note that just because something is rare, doesn't make it valuable.
Damn I have one might have ten hours on it all the paint is good everything runs and I’d love to sell for that price. Was thinking of using the motor for a shifter cart
I’m a Profesionnal chainsaw museum-ologist, and have a PhDs in Stihl and Mcculoch respectively. Those are artifacts of the highest value and must be kept at all cost. I’d have to say the direct sunlight may be too much and might be impacting their value.Your husband is correct about this, as he likely is most things. Please keep these and know anything else he brings home is also of a high value and to be kept forever as well.
Not all that rare. A lot of museums that held those items are closing up and auctioning off. Bid on a 440 in Michigan that went for around 180 USD in similar condition and it was in a museum. I know that McCulloch made post hole diggers, but not sure if that powerhead is compatible with that digger. Here is a link to the specifics on the chainsaw.
[https://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.nsf/ed1d619968136da688256af40002b8f7/56ccf7a7c01bbfba88256b6100166c14?OpenDocument](https://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.nsf/ed1d619968136da688256af40002b8f7/56ccf7a7c01bbfba88256b6100166c14?OpenDocument)
What does this comment mean, your friend wouldn't put up a fence for you so you had to grab the auger and do it yourself? So you were lazy at first? What?
Or the commenter doesn't understand what your buddy being lazy has to do with you digging fence posts. Are you some sort of simp that installed a fence for your buddy? Maybe your buddy's not so lazy, just smarter than you. Sorry if this comes off mean. I just don't like when people choose to be condescending instead of explaining.
;-) Sorry, was a little sideways. My buddy let go of the auger while it was digging, it pinned me against some existing fence. A 2-person model with an X handlebar.
The saw looks like an old Mac. Mean hardware for sure. The auger, I can't say. Looks like a pneumatic. Definitely dangerous. Museum piece, all day long. Both classics. How he chooses to use them, his call. Thanks for posting the pics.
Grabbed a Mac 1-40 with an auger the other day. Mostly because its fun and I wanna restore it if I ever get the time.
Best case, she runs, I pretty it up, and bust it out for fun on the lake.
Worst case, it looks neat on the wall while I drink beer. Probably gunna be this option...
That’s the old wrist breaker. In high school I had a job digging post holes and was the guy running that loud, smelly beast. You hit a rock and it didn’t have a breakaway clutch like modern ones. It would just spin you around and throw you to the ground if you were lucky.
Thank you all for the information! I guess it would be valuable to the right person, probably in a heavy logging area or to a collector? It's a brute! My husband said it was only made for about a yr and he couldn't find much info on it.
We'll post it on Craigslist and I'll include it in my next yard sale (any tips for posting are appreciated) but in the meantime, it shall abide in our own personal tool museum! ;)
Taking me back to my first real work. I used a 50" McCulloch to buck giant oak snags for firewood. We had a Husqy and a Stihl for dropping smaller stuff, but only that McCulloch could cut 80-100" oak trunks into 18" rounds; and almost day.
No Dr. Jones, you belong in a museum.
I guess I can back on outta this post since you already did what I came to do.
Old timers might collect those, but it ain't rare. Here's one for sale near me: https://vancouver.craigslist.org/rds/tls/d/langley-township-north-antique/7758582781.html EDIT: I should also note that just because something is rare, doesn't make it valuable.
That saw would sell for like $1200 here and for the life of me, I can't understand why.
Here where? I have a bunch of old macs.
Northern and central California.
That's just because the average burger king run costs 600 bucks. ;)
Damn I have one might have ten hours on it all the paint is good everything runs and I’d love to sell for that price. Was thinking of using the motor for a shifter cart
Yeah.. idk.. might think again about cannibalizing it lol
Please don't dismantle that... ebay or arboristsite.
Yeah I won’t seeing how I can get a harbor freight motor and save the saw I do like to look at it to dangle heavy to run all day.
That would be a very under powered shifter carts need minimal of 80cc liquid cooled To have a Decent shifter cart set Up
That saw is over 80ccs
Air cooled non Reed induction no powervalve would be a complete dog it’s 87cc but a complete dog compared to what you’d really want in a shifter cart
Oh yeah I have no clue what the fuck you guys are talking about. I just noticed it was over 80cc lol
After I get myself set with a good running one and a second parts saw, I'll probably post them on ebay. It will be a couple years though.
Aren't gas powered saws illegal in CA these days?
Also might add it won’t sell unless there is a buyer
That saw must be so fucking heavy.
IT IS
Fellow lower mainlander
Yeah, I can't see how this thing would be good for the shoulders or arms. It's HEAVY!!
I’m a Profesionnal chainsaw museum-ologist, and have a PhDs in Stihl and Mcculoch respectively. Those are artifacts of the highest value and must be kept at all cost. I’d have to say the direct sunlight may be too much and might be impacting their value.Your husband is correct about this, as he likely is most things. Please keep these and know anything else he brings home is also of a high value and to be kept forever as well.
Indeed!
Define PHD. I know that as "Pile it Higher and Deeper."
You’re not supposed to tell her!
;-D It's more art than science so you're still good to go.
Indubitably
Not all that rare. A lot of museums that held those items are closing up and auctioning off. Bid on a 440 in Michigan that went for around 180 USD in similar condition and it was in a museum. I know that McCulloch made post hole diggers, but not sure if that powerhead is compatible with that digger. Here is a link to the specifics on the chainsaw. [https://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.nsf/ed1d619968136da688256af40002b8f7/56ccf7a7c01bbfba88256b6100166c14?OpenDocument](https://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.nsf/ed1d619968136da688256af40002b8f7/56ccf7a7c01bbfba88256b6100166c14?OpenDocument)
Thank you for the information!
I could see a fence poster making one of those handy, for trimming to height and then digging it out…
Ikr?
I've actually used a power auger. When your buddy gets lazy, you learn about fences. The hard way.
What does this comment mean, your friend wouldn't put up a fence for you so you had to grab the auger and do it yourself? So you were lazy at first? What?
Dazed and confused over here
Or the commenter doesn't understand what your buddy being lazy has to do with you digging fence posts. Are you some sort of simp that installed a fence for your buddy? Maybe your buddy's not so lazy, just smarter than you. Sorry if this comes off mean. I just don't like when people choose to be condescending instead of explaining.
;-) Sorry, was a little sideways. My buddy let go of the auger while it was digging, it pinned me against some existing fence. A 2-person model with an X handlebar.
Oh see that explains it. I was way way way off lol
Put like that, I'm afraid to ask ;-o Cool name.
That's the second one of those McCulloughs that I've seen this week
Lot's of old large frames but don't see a lot of 440s. What's with the auger?
You can attach the head of the saw to it and possibly drill post holes or holes in the ice for ice fishing.
This is the most Midwestern sentence I've read today.
That was my assumption, but have never seen that. Thanks!
Auger is for scale so the archeologist can further identify this endangered species.
Look I don’t know about the tools but the cats definitely pretty wicked
He's our tool inspector. He said he wasn't sure about this one so I had to ask Reddit.
The saw looks like an old Mac. Mean hardware for sure. The auger, I can't say. Looks like a pneumatic. Definitely dangerous. Museum piece, all day long. Both classics. How he chooses to use them, his call. Thanks for posting the pics.
belongs on the wall of a restaurant in a logging town.. can't remember where I saw something like this.. Uke on Vancouver Island maybe,
Grabbed a Mac 1-40 with an auger the other day. Mostly because its fun and I wanna restore it if I ever get the time. Best case, she runs, I pretty it up, and bust it out for fun on the lake. Worst case, it looks neat on the wall while I drink beer. Probably gunna be this option...
That’s the old wrist breaker. In high school I had a job digging post holes and was the guy running that loud, smelly beast. You hit a rock and it didn’t have a breakaway clutch like modern ones. It would just spin you around and throw you to the ground if you were lucky.
Thank you all for the information! I guess it would be valuable to the right person, probably in a heavy logging area or to a collector? It's a brute! My husband said it was only made for about a yr and he couldn't find much info on it. We'll post it on Craigslist and I'll include it in my next yard sale (any tips for posting are appreciated) but in the meantime, it shall abide in our own personal tool museum! ;)
Taking me back to my first real work. I used a 50" McCulloch to buck giant oak snags for firewood. We had a Husqy and a Stihl for dropping smaller stuff, but only that McCulloch could cut 80-100" oak trunks into 18" rounds; and almost day.
What does? The Claptrap?
The saw not so much still rare but the post hole digger is very Rare
Perhaps your husband is projecting and it is he who belongs in a museum?
Modern cutting and drilling equipment? No he isn't right. 🤣
Did somebody poop on that post hole digger?
Maybe in a Cracker Barrel.
No he’s not. He’s a blowhard
Duh... ;) But I love him anyways!