Legendary old Power Saw, puts New chainsaws to shame

this Mcculloch 125 is the best big wood saw ever made .

[@CBX1980]

Absolutely loved seeing the vintage Homelite and Mcculloch in their natural environment.

[@WhiteOak09]

When I was young you'd see those saws everywhere but now they're unicorns 🦄.

[@aspergeblanche9502]

@@WhiteOak09 today is so cheap, i just have got one PM 55, looks indestructible

[@WhiteOak09]

@@aspergeblanche9502 they're little tuffies .

[@hillbilly4christ638]

The plume of chips coming off that Mac is insane. That is what I am talking about right there.

[@rmhdsn284]

I don't think I've ever seen so much sawdust exit the back of a saw as we've seen here. Clearly a powerful saw and a real sharp chain and just the right amount of pressure on the bar. You are the Master, sir!

[@taftamick54]

I love watchin you run a saw but boy that pains my heart to see that big Cedar bucked up into firewood.... I need that delivered to my sawmill in 12 foot lenghts!!

[@harleyhawk7959]

bucked up bolts for cedar shakes. unless they are close to a road. probally air lifted out.

[@timothysullivan4130]

Yeah same here,if I didn’t enjoy Billy’s video’s so much I’d be cry’n 🥴

[@Huntinghogs]

The amount of chips that old Mac puts it is crazy. By the way, when I was 13, my first job was at a hardware store. We sold and repaired Mac’s. I built several 10-10’s out of wore out saws that where under the bench in a box. Oh how I wish I had them today. Love the channel by the way.

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

thx

[@davidwhitehouse8920]

Those arnt chips those are 🪵 logs it’s spitting out

[@jeffharper7579]

Back in the 70s my dad had a mac 10-10, I remember it had a 16" bar and one time he got it pinched in a tree he was cutting down and only about 6-8" of the bar tip was in it and as we were trying to figure out what to do the weight of the saw bent the bar, yeah it was that heavy of a saw but powerful.

[@davenhla]

I grew up with an old Homelite saw, not nearly that big. Used it around our farm for clearing fallen trees and keeping the edges of the fields in check. We also had a pair of vintage Pioneer saws. Didn't use them much, they were huge for what we needed most of the time, but they came out for big stuff. Those old saws could be tempermental to get tuned in and start sometimes. but when they went, they just didn't give a hoot what was in front of them. We used one of those Pioneers to cut up a building. A building. Into 3' by 8' sections we could load on the old farm truck to haul to the local dump. i was too young to handle it at that time, my older brother got to do it. he has the saw running in his hands standing next to this old youngstock building, laughs and asks my Pa "how am I supposed to do this?" to which my Pa told him" just start cutting, that saw won't care. make some squares or somthing. Don't let it kick back on you." So my brother wound it up and plunged it into the wall and was laughing the whole time as he sawed a line down towards the ground. Old pro grade saws were raw power. EPA has interfered with new ones. Because you know, running a chainsaw will destroy the ozone or something. Can't wait until they tell us we can only have electric ones.

[@Iam_Yu627]

As soon as I saw that yellow, I knew it was a McCulloch. Good memories with that gear driven monster! Thx

[@coachesmagic2886]

That McColloch is so impressive, a beast without as much as a hiccup. They just don’t make stuff like this anymore

[@bobbyscott8024]

Now that's what you call everything working together( bar and chain, fuel mixture, etc.) and when you have that, the saw does all the work, not the other way around! The ''sweet sound of the '70's''....Buckin', I remember it well! That is one nice saw my friend!!!

[@mikahakkinen5651]

loving to hear this old saws running so good,its like music to my ears.

[@wchowells]

Hey buckin, i grow up around logging and ranching, my step dad was a logger, in the past 6 or 7 years, i got back into the wood, firewood mostly, but watching your videos has ignited a forgotten passion for power saws, thank you brother for all you share, i love watching your videos. God bless and be safe brother.

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

good stuff

[@KevinsDisobedience]

I think it’s cool you still run those old saws and have so much love for them. Bit heavy but man they had power.

[@robertetter1773]

Hey Buckin’ I’m from Virginia & I love your channel. I’ve learned so much from you & enjoy watching everything you put out here for us all. Thank you for being such a great person spreading the wealth of knowledge & passion you have inside of you for the timber cutting life. Be kind!

[@okami9811]

@@MATT.MAN-PEACE-LOVE 🐝✌️❤️🌲🪓🐝

[@kevinduff3797]

Welcome to the channel! I'm from Virginia too 😁👍

[@MitzvosGolem1]

Lexington VA here

[@r1ckgrimes97]

Orange va here

[@jeffkiser6551]

Staunton Va here! Learning so much from Buckin'.

[@peaceofmindfarming]

A ported 044 was the saw we used on the landing for bucking, back in the late 80's. Just like that Mac, Stihl saws from that era were built to last.

[@bcrusher1979]

Man that thing EATS!! And fuel consumption is mind blowing!! My Gramp had a couple old McCullochs he would always rave about.

[@mikecook2714]

Buckin I had a 125 back in the early 80's, dang I miss that saw, thanks for sharing yours, best saw I ever owned !!!

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

you bet

[@farmerkevin]

There's no replacement for displacement. That big dog really knows how to eat. Deadly. Love it.

[@travishendrix7026]

I was a boy in the 70's. My Grand daddy had a Mac and I was afraid of it. Big, yellow,long bar and sounded like a monster. When I was big enough to run it. I knew I was somebody. You are spot on with that saw. They are just fantastic.

[@williamwalter4882]

Oh hell yeah! My grandfather had one too - it was huge, it was angry and scared the hell outta me! I was just a little guy in the early 70s but remember him struggling just to pull the damn thing over. Once that beast fired I just wanted to escape with my arms and legs intact. It would idle its way across the driveway if you let it and man, that thing was heavy.

[@parolajd]

I had a Super 610 for firewood for 20 years it never missed a beat and always cut more wood than i could haul in one day.

[@kenbarbret6632]

Yeah, that 125 pro definitely eats that wood like soft candy. Love it! Thank you for your continued tutelage.

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

you bet

[@tinmanssaws]

That ol 125 makes quick work out of anything!!

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

I like it in the fir actually

[@snoozinglion8596]

The Super Pro 125 was my father's favorite saw... he used to work for Fedje and Gunderson back in the day... big wood up and down the coast... ;) Cheers Billy!

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

Bearclaw ended up with alot of those macs, got a few myself

[@TheFiremanJoe]

I love the sound of the old Homelite saws!

[@johnvelas70]

the new stuff is lawyer approved, the old stuff was made to work

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

thats a nice way of puttin it 😜

[@dcrog69]

I just love the sound of the old saws.

[@dieselmechanicsam]

I just witnessed the most awesome thing i believe I have ever experienced... a Mcculloch Super Pro 125C, a 50 year old power saw, getting ran harder than I've ever seen anywhere else on the Tube. One cut after the other after the other, at a super rapid pace, just like the men who used them when they were brand new, and came back asking for more!! That is impressive!! A new ms881 would get walked on by that thing! Love it!! Hey Buckin, if you read this, we the peoples need more videos like this! Big wood, big saws, getting run on the ragged edge! Keep it coming

[@AndyH-13]

Those two old saws sound, run and cut great. Loved it when you blew the chips away with the Homelite exhaust.

[@robertdancho9671]

That was the mac

[@AndyH-13]

@@robertdancho9671 I was referring to the big red Homelite being used to blow the chips away at about the 1.30min in the video before he changed over to the Mac.

[@scottyellis3442]

Love watching those old saws run, I have a old 1971 Homelite SXL in perfect condition out in the barn, I'll run it a little about once a year.

[@justinweaver8107]

Keep runin her they are great saws

[@garyholladay9476]

Wow buckin! that old mcculloch is one hungry saw awesome to see old school saws still chewing the wood up! Thanks for the great video!

[@fuelmanjoe8639]

Great video, you never let us down. The Fuelman said that. Today was cutting and splitting, always fun but tomorrow is back to driving truck, never as much fun

[@richyough3605]

Those old homelites are great powersaws, loved the video .

[@anttivonheikkinen2558]

Love that ending "Its a gentleman"

[@wheelie63]

just came to see the Big Mac eat. got my Dad's Mac 110 in the barn............beast of a saw.............other saws cower when it starts. Men were Men. wb

[@vanderpoolfarmsl.l.c.9983]

Years ago I worked in the woods with a guy that had one of these. He called our saws, "Motorized fingernail files"!

[@matthewknight5641]

I rebuilt some old homelite saws 20 years ago that were truly amazing just like th9s old mac Something to be said about older saws... Their awesome

[@jasonhaney108]

That saw falls through that log like nobody's business. Very impressive older saw.

[@chesterfield7770]

Hey,the sound of the Mcculloch brings me good memories . Thank you !

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

kool

[@terrywhite9017]

Good morning Buckin, really sad they quit making those beast of saws. Tree cutters where I live loved them. Love to all.

[@dyer2cycle]

..Yes..but the EPA/CARB didn't like them...

[@kyleree6757]

My word. That is an impressive machine.They just don't make stuff like that anymore, and it's a shame.

[@dwizzleusa4202]

Everything now is built by the Chinese..

[@washnon]

Yes sir watch this with close caption Billy.....when you tuned your saw and started cutting it said applause music. Indeed it was

[@wesleyfisher2995]

I do know that my fingers hurt just watching and listening to that homelite run.

[@robcole332]

It’s so fun watching you cut and learning. God bless you brother

[@haywire17]

Those ferns behind you look like they're being hit by the discharge of a 2 stage snow-thrower! That thing is a beast!

[@Witschor]

For me as a Saw lovin Mechanic and Sawbuilder , it is a pleasure to see your Connectin to your Saws. Most Fellers are just droppin Trees and need Autotune Saws. You know that Fuel cools your Engine. You will never frie a Piston because you can Feel whats going on with your Powersaw. Thats a Gift you own Man in every Time of your Life with or without a Saw in your Hand. Kind Regards from Germany.

[@RICHIE_RICH89]

That saw has balls. Never lost any power. Just kept going and man it wheels the chips.

[@clrd4tkoff]

Yes Absolutely the sweet sound of the 70s!! Brings back so many memories!! This was an amazing video!! Buckin please do another video on how to process large rounds! Rippin and splitting!! Please 🤗🤗

[@whatsthebuzz1]

That is the single most impressive saw I have ever seen cut!!! I don’t care how old it is that saw is a beast! 👍

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

they are a glorious experience to operate

[@Firearms_united]

Man. That Homelite runs smooth!

[@NothingButChainsaws]

Am I the only one that loves the sound of a older saw exhaust? Just sound so mean.

[@joshuajohnson4396]

Can't wait to see the next saw you get from Ironhorse. It'll be in great hand. Thanks for the safety advice. It just may save someone's life. Thanks Buckin

[@cagrowin1962]

I have access to a bunch of old saws, mcculloch and homelite and husky, big ones and tree climbers, the BBR experience is making me want to go dig into them, mechanically restore them and put to use some fine vintage machinery in the almond orchards. Love your work BBR

[@justinweaver8107]

Go for it they are definitely worth the effort.

[@clarencetrice4442]

HI BUCKIN I can remember those old school chainsaws when I was a kid years ago growing they cut and pull just like tractor I ran 1 not long ago U could feel it pulling when it was cutting pulling your arms out U had 2 hold on 2 it a cutting ,pulling machine cutting trees and stove wood 😊😊 TLC/OMG 4 6 2O23

[@jamesjgill]

This man knows his way around a saw, and big timber. I was worried when he was on the low side but he managed the danger appropriately.

[@richardcooke9948]

Had an old David-Bradley with 2 position bar geared down for more power. What a machine.

[@MrRmh3481]

Big Mac cuts quick and just doesnt stop. Good show Buck.

[@petermccuskey1832]

Love the old saws. Been thinking of sending my Pro Mac 700 that I have had since 1972 to the Tinman for an upgrade. I had a 125 Mac until I needed money for school in 1973. Wish I had never sold it.

[@Bigmike3406E]

Thanks Billy that saw is a beast and a pleasure to watch you work it right .

[@tealtazmanian966]

I'll bet that 90% of people don't know what you did at 11:38 in this video.....OIL THE BAR...Done that for years with the old Homelite's and Mac's. Looks like you have some thick Oil in that thing as hard as you had to push it. I JUST found your videos and will be watching more.....yes, I Subscribed too. Thanks and keep them coming for this Ol' Sawyer. Started in the mid 60's at 15yrs old (No LABOR LAWS back then allowed me work while STILL in school.) Those were "THE DAYS"...Good or Bad, just "THE DAYS"...LOL

[@Oldjohn52]

I used a Homelite just like that when I worked on a utility tree removal crew. That thing vibrated like crazy but it had the grunt.

[@charleswilson577]

Tinman hit a home run with this. Both yall got it going on.

[@roberttrimble9712]

great exercise. love the smell of a hot saw, wood and the great outdoors.

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

lovely

[@GaryMiller-ki9xd]

Back in the 60's I had an old Blue colored Homelite. It cut like nothing made today.

[@bluethunderplayz2666]

Hey buckin I was in a block we call the fir block and I fell a huge fir and I found my self doing the buckin dance after 🤘🏽

[@fabzacres-blackcat]

Endless torque with that 125 super pro! Doesn’t turn the Rpms like the modern saws but shovels chips like a champ !

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

you might be surprise Fabulous... on the revs

[@fabzacres-blackcat]

@@BuckinBillyRaySmith That super pro 125 is a reed valve saw iirc … McCullough has very good cylinder flow right from the factory! - but can be improved - my mentor is a McCullough wizard ( fell timber in BC in the 70’s) do me a small fava Buckin - I only need a few hundred subs to get 1000 - send the Buckin army and I’ll buy that wicked axe or donate to your cause thanks 🙏

[@HunterSmith641]

My dad has an old cp125. Hasnt run in a few years, starts hard, but once its running; holy crap. We also have a stihl 090, and a homelite 1130g. All the same story.

[@Jlow67WV]

4:28. BBR and the saw smokin a little!. Awesome stuff. Super appreciate the info! Please keep teaching.

[@OhioRiverFisherman]

Loyal ol chainsaw!!! Sounds amazing!!!! I'm glad she landed in ur care!!!!

[@stevengamsby8376]

My father, Robert Gamsby worked for McCulloch from 1962 1987 from Long Beach California where he started to Lake Havasu Arizona where he ended he was the one who engineered the power max six he has a McCulloch 125 still in the box that was given to him when he retired and the number one in a box power max six that the engineer great video enjoy them very much. I have a pro Mac 8200 only cut with a three times works great for a newer. McCulloch reminds me of my 850 that I use more than I do the 8200.

[@Rooiseun]

That thing cuts like a hot knife through butter.....amazing....

[@brucecochran8297]

I agree about it's ability, a true beast. A day on the end of one of those got a lot done!

[@adamcook5433]

Keep running that 125.. one day I'll have one of my own

[@urbanlumberjack]

Awesome video. Those cedars are beautiful trees and make very nice wood. Those saws just sounds great too

[@imodm14]

Love it! Thank you my friend, can’t beat vintage powersaws!

[@bubbaray575]

Love those old muscle saws; bit by the Homelite bug a few years back........ My brother calls it my obsession; he's right. There's something about hearing that deep metallic ping when she's idling.

[@gmcman355crazy]

That old McCulloch was just eating that bar for dinner . Wasnt even breaking a sweat

[@ocsplc]

BBR: with you 100%. While these new saws have fancy gizmos, computer controlled carburetion etc, they also have debilitating EPA and state controlled emissions limits which cut power. That’s pretty much why I started only buying vintage Huskies and ensuring they work and then doing any necessary refurbishing. After that when you start your muffler mods, custom air filters , etc, they really start screaming unlike anything you can buy now. Just MHO

[@gnaedigerfels]

no EPA in any brand new chainsaws from stihl or husqvarna, just spark arrestors

[@ocsplc]

…. I’d also add that within 20 years the sales of gas powered two stroke engines will either be banned or made so cost prohibitive that manufacturers will just do battery powered. I’m not for it. I hate it. But as an attorney I know that the general public is mostly unaware of the tens of thousands of pages of environmental regulations in the federal register and state regs. Manufacturers are being strangled and coerced into limiting emissions which lessens power generally. There are even regs which regulate rebuilding two strokes. Ridiculous

[@gnaedigerfels]

@@ocsplc I am not from the US, fine Sir, therefore i cannot fathom what you are talking about, but I do appreciate the effort. have a nice day

[@ocsplc]

@@gnaedigerfels be glad you’re not from the US my friend. If you’re a fan of good power machines and saws the Greenies, technocrats and bureaucrats are coming after our fun two stroke machines. They hide behind gray buildings surrounded by Jersey barriers and rent a cops and conjure ways to our cold water on all the World’s fun. They make no distinction between conservation and over regulation. There are those of us here in the States who do not depend on the largesse of these nameless, faceless bureaucrats who not only reap our tax dollars like Stalin did to the Kulaks, but also make their living on them, taking their vacations to the US Virgin Islands. They and their corporate confederates come up with schemes like “carbon credits “, which reminds me of the way in which royals and Lords could buy penance and Grace from Rome by making exorbitant donations to the Church as compensation for Sin. Personally I’d prefer to be left alone, but now even people like me are being made to care. It’s in your face. I know you his seems off topic but it isn’t. The end user never knows or sees the hidden regulatory impact on their products. Sometimes they’re apparent like limiter caps. But our Code of Federal Regulations is so thick that if you lined each page up end to end you could walk to the Moon on them. Boy our Framers were brilliant men of Classics, but they blew it by believing in the postulate that good men will always act with Virtue. Well, that went out the window long ago, especially when Nixon took us off the Gold Standard to use fiat funny money to fund our Phantom Fourth Branch of Government, the Bureaucracy. Their promulgations have the force of law despite nary a citizen voting for one damn word of their environmental regulations. What they want is to drive us back to the Stone Age. Use windmills, water power etc. All sounds great until one realizes that’s how Civilization lived until the Industrial Age which, with the aid of Free Enterprise and the Rule of Law and Private Property, has lifted more humans out of poverty worldwide than anything these idiots could ever dream up. Yet, despite advances in technology in some quarters, they want to drive us into large cities, get rid of our cars, ATV’s, boats and take public transportation like some urban hamster wheel. Hell with that. The States are a great place to visit, but don’t live on the Coasts.

[@rodeleon2875]

back in the 70's my dad traded one of his little 13" remington saws for a mac. not sure which one but it was huuuge and weighed about as much as my skinny butt. once you got it started, it would cut like nothing i have used since. it was so heavy, all you did was sit it on the log and let it eat. most of the trees we cut were way too small for it but too big for his other saws. it quit running sometime and sat for decades until he gave it away to someone. wish i still had that old bugger, i need a serious saw about once a year.

[@kennethjackson7574]

Ahhh, Remington. Thanks for mentioning them. I don’t recall the model, but about fifty years ago I was using a second-hand one with 30” bar cutting oak for firewood, a Sears chainsaw with 12 or 14” bar for limbing, and a machete for very small stuff. The Remington really built up my right thumb pumping that manual chain oiler nearly continuously.

[@coopershistorygarage2804]

I think Robert Paxton McCulloch would smile knowing a 50-year-old saw of his company's design is still out in the timber. He would smile further knowing that that same saw was filleting that big timber in less than 20 seconds per log round 😳! Talk about a design way ahead of its time - thanks Robert for the awesome legacy!

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

he was a master

[@fabzacres-blackcat]

@@BuckinBillyRaySmith He also purchased the London bridge and had it shipped from England piece by piece and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City Arizona ! An all around genius … hey do me a small fava Buckin - I need 420 subs to hit 1000 to $ tize … send the army over and I’ll buy an axe / donate to your fund thanks 🙏 Once the 🥬 starts rolling in from the channel I’m getting a small milling machine and then I’ll build the millennium falcon (won’t last long but will cut like a mofo , eat up the 125 super sir ! )

[@verteup]

Only reason McCulloch doesn't rule the saw market now is because of emissions. When emissions got tougher the company decided to call it quits. Pro mac 700 and Pro mac 800 are very good saws as well. They have the automatic oiler with the addition of the manual oil button. Really nice design. They just needed automotive style air filter. They got the suspension really good as well. They will vibrate your hands though.

[@corybiltz2461]

Wow that 125 just absolutely freakin RIPS! Thats Big wood!!!!

[@CabinRidge]

That homelite is a beast !

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

yeah

[@MW-xm1rc]

BUT, pollutes more than a new truck today. That is why on alert days, I mow my lawn with a 1973 Sears mower and drive my Oldsmobile 442 around town!!

[@inilegnam]

Watching this with my 6 week old son strapped on my chest. He was fussing until he heard that saw start up, now he's calm as a clam...

[@tazman-kennyfuller]

Old school big bores are rockin. Man that 125 just eats and eats. Lovin it. 🌲❤️🌲👊🪓

[@chrismuncey3861]

I felt you pain pumping that oiler lol my 790 is the same way exptley when the oil is cold love the old McCullough's I'll take torque over crazy rpm any day.

[@MrThenry1988]

I remember when my dad got a saw with an auto oiler. Everyone thought it was dumb. Lol

[@jimthomas1989]

Bought a Pouland 42cc that had been rebuilt for $50 cash 5 years ago, I cut 12 to 14 cords each and every year , 2 bars and about 8 saw chains later it still cuts just fine , I spent more on bars and saw chains than I paid for the chainsaw to start with

[@Mr781943]

I have 2 McCullough pro Mac 700 45 years old still running after many cords of fire wood cut one with a bow and bar on the other

[@cameronjanda4880]

Haha that 125sp gota cut twice a 592 👍 super cool Buckin thanks man

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

you betcha

[@lukesole7203]

Hey buckin love those old homelites aye .thanks for sharing....

[@Rooiseun]

Things that Billy`s forgotten about chainsaws other still need to hear of and learn...

[@jeffpiatt3879]

I had a MAC 10 and also a Timber Bear. The Mac 10 had great power but was really, really, loud, even with ear muffs. I usually wore ear plugs and ear muffs with that one.

[@mytmouse57]

That saw is a monster. Love it!

[@BWreSlippySlope]

When I see a tree like that being cut to firewood I just tear a little. All that Georgous lumbers being just burned. Plenty of trees I know but still would love to build something with all that wood.

[@edwinladshow5791]

The ol 125 Never dissapoint!!

[@howarddeheer8295]

I am picking up an 056 Stihl chainsaw this weekend with the 36-in bar

[@donnywalker4691]

Nice buck buckin homelites have great torque reeds rule

[@paulwakefield9133]

That is some healthy sounds with the Chainsaw, thing is Tearing!

[@THEBIGKUSH420]

Watching BBR with a powersaw is like watching Picasso .

[@user-kk9st9do5z]

I love that noise

[@darinhill9760]

My boss just picked up an old chainsaw that the whole motor rotates on it. I told him to get it running but he just likes looking at it lol