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As a one time small engine mechanic i was so happy to here that McCulloch went bust.
Serves them right for all the agony they have caused mechanics over the decades.

Justice is done !! Good rittence to them horrid things !!They are pure garbage

I dont't know why we should even acknowledge your comment about McCulloch.
As a once leading manufacturer of Chain Saws McCulloch had as many "firsts" as anyone in the industry. They tried lots of new ideas and some of them worked very well and some not so well. When Black and Decker took over the company all development of professional product ceased and the saws that were developed from that time on are in the consumer category and some of them were a nightmare to work on. That should not detract from all the terriffic models that McCulloch built or diminish their place in the history of chain saw manufacture.

I quite aggree with Mike regarding MCculloch saws
They had agood range of Saws in the days when Bob was making them and there must still be hundreds of them still in use. Lets hope the dissenting person is a better mechanic than he is a speller Joe

it is my understanding that the first saws McCulloch made were about 6 or 7 pounds lighter than their nearest competitor, also as a proud owner of an old McCulloch 1-76, I find no truth in your comments, the saw is by far one of the simplest things I have ever worked on. I have no manuals for the saw yet I have no problem working on it. Oh yeah almost forgot to mention the saw still runs save a bad gasket in the tank and need of a new chain.

"The factory was completed in 1946 , costing around $1 million, and McCulloch Aviation became McCulloch Motors Corporation, and after evaluation of the product line Bob McCulloch dropped the heaters and development work for the Kaiser-Frazer two-cycle opposed piston engine, and decided to concentrate on the lawn mower and chainsaw engine product lines. These were built by McCulloch Motors Corp. and were supplied to Sears, Roebuck and Reed-Prentice respectively, and after extensive research by McCullochs engineers (and Vice-presidents) John Ryde and Gerald Robechaud, McCulloch found that he would could produce a better and lighter chainsaw by himself. As a result of this development McCulloch produced his first chainsaw the 5-49, which was 5Hp and weighed 49 pounds, was two-thirds the weight of it?s nearest rival, and cost $50 less, and sold in such volumes that McCulloch Motors 1947 sales of $4 million increased to $40 million by 1951,"


here is a link to that info: http://www.vs57.com/history.htm

I stumbled upon this by accident after hearing of McCulloch super chargers so I followed the link to see if it was the same company.