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[dfkrug]

I was given this saw. I am interested in bringing it back to life and turning it into a debarker for my sawmill. What do you all know about these saws? Are parts still available?

I have had a bunch of those small tophandle Homelite XLs. I do like them, and the parts you are likely to need are available new (carb kit, bars, bearings) or used on eBay. Give it away if bad piston/cyl. I still have one runner left.

That said, are you considering a LogWizard for this saw? If so, don't use a tophandle; use a small rear handle saw. I installed a LogWizard on an Echo 330T tophandle for a friend, and it is hard on the wrist.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

That said, are you considering a LogWizard for this saw? If so, don't use a tophandle; use a small rear handle saw. I installed a LogWizard on an Echo 330T tophandle for a friend, and it is hard on the wrist.

Good to know, thanks!

 

[dfkrug]

Good to know, thanks!

Did you get a LogWizard? There are also de-barking chainsaw attachments that utilize a V-belt, rather than a chain.

Here is a Homelite XL-powered chainsaw winch I bought years ago. It worked flawlessly hauling building materials up my mountainside. This is the later final vintage of these saws, from the mid-90s. Marketed as "Walt's Game Reel", for big game hunters I gather.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

I have not bought the log peeler yet. I am trying to figure out what saw I want to put it on. That winch is cool. Love those things, so handy looking.

 

[dfkrug]

What is the model of that old McCulloch saw you want to fix?

 

[Sonny580]

To start with it wont pull a debarker!!!!!!!!!! I use a sthil ms 250 on mine and can kill it dead!!! These things take power PLUS weight! You do NOT want a light saw on them.
The ms 250 is actually WAY too light but that was all I had at the time. It will skin a log as fast as you can walk with it.