The last of the good macs went out in the early 60's when they used to
be a popular engine on go karts......until west nbend came out with
their super bee's and whipped their yellow asses.........Mac in
regards to saws were always heavy and a pain to work on as compaarted
to others.....
I tend to view macs as the 5.7 general motors diesel engine. Some
worked fine, others never worked at all and over all it was basically
junk waiting for a sucker to buy pricewise.....


..On Sat, 20 May 2006 19:30:15 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:
On Sat, 20 May 2006 21:24:27 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm,
Wayne Cook quickly quoth:

Actually McCulloch isn't made by MTD. They just source the parts for
the overseas manufacturer who bought the rights to the name. When that
manufacturer first started selling them they said they didn't need a
parts source. Then when they got everyone mad do to no parts
availability they made a agreement with MTD to be there parts supplier
for the US so that maybe someone would by there saws.

OK. So how does that affect their reliability (or lack thereof),
which was the main thread here?

Well personally I wouldn't have one (or any of the other low end
chain saws) even if I can get parts for it now days.

I have a little 14" McC electric which has served me well (and
infrequently) for a decade or so now, so I'm not too down on them.