Customer Reviews

McCulloch 10-Inch 8-AMP 1.5 HP Electric Pole Saw 41BZ015Q077

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Purchased this product. The saw works great, This product has a weak link and could cause injury or death. While using the pole chainsaw the coupling nut on the pole cracked. The now running chain saw pole collapsed and twisted downward toward my body. I released the switch and was spared injury or death. Should you purchase this product be aware of the coupling nut on the pole and be aware it could crack and cause injury. I have contacted the manufacturer and sent photos of the defective coupling. To try and get service on this product also is a hassle. I was sent to a repair dealer Arizona Air Cooled Engines who stated he has not repaired Mcculloch product for several years because of poor working relationships. I have notified Mcculoch of this safty problem and have received no reply. Should you buy this product use EXTREME CAUTION!!!!!!!!!!

The saw worked very well. Hoewever, the second time I used it the saftey button failed to return to to off position. the result was that when i picked up the saw by the handle it started. Fortunately, the blade was not in contact with my leg but sure scared the hell out of me. I am returning the product and recommend you look elsewhere

Home Depot stocks the Remington electric pole saw, which is almost identical to the McCulloch and which I used for price/specification comparison. I found the Remington too heavy ... the McCulloch is almost 4 pounds lighter, a big difference, especially when you have the pole fully extended. They were priced pretty close, with the Remington being $10 more plus tax. Ordering the McCulloch was a breeze through Amazon.com. I chose the free shipping, and of course there was no tax. It arrived in 7 days via Fed X. Assembly wasn't too difficult ... four screws to attach the saw to the pole. The clamping mechanism at the end of the pole holds down the saw's safety button and trigger. Seems to have plenty of power. I've used it a couple of times and it works great. No problems with what I presume is a fiberglas pole ... ie, flexing, etc. No problem with the pole's locking nut. I would recommend wearing safety glasses while using it, the fully enclosed kind that keep flying chips out of your eyes. All in all, what appears to be a good tool for thinning out all those lower limbs and branches. My only complaint is that it didn't come with a sleeve to cover the saw blade, so guess I'll have to make one.

Extension pole is round, so when you extend and tighten it the switch rotates to wrong position unless you concentrate on aligning it with the blade. This does allow for lefties to operate it though. The saw is heavy after cutting for a while and the motor interferes with seeing your cut. So far I find no manufacturers wise enough to put the motor at the bottom of the pole.

A saw on a pole can be dangerous, yes, but nothing else performs like this. Sturdy pole to saw connection if you remember to let the saw do the work and not force it too much. Looks like some people expect a piece of heavy equipment by the comments, but this is for trimming, and it will trim a good size branch if you let the saw do the work and pay attention to your angle. Read the instructions if you don't know how to run a chain saw instead of trying to give this great tool a bad reputation.

This saw sure makes light work of cutting branches off your trees. Best investment, I have ever made.

bought this little sucker at Costco. did the job of taking down a tree that was buckling my concrete walkway. loaned it to my nephew to trim a tree. came back with it chain off. reattached it came back again. found the chain bar was held by 2 bolts he had lost one of the bolts. no wonder the bar kept slipping. replace the othe bolt and tried to tighten the nuts, bolt head kept slipping in the plastic recess. milled off the plastic to get wrench on both the bolt head and nut. got it back weeks later tried to trim a tree with it, a dull butter knife would have been faster. he swore chain never touch dirt. now looking for a replacement 10 inch chain so far no luck at Lowe's, Home Depot, not even Mclendon.

I don't care so much about the few bucks. But it just doesn't feel good, when having waited for several weeks, you give the next guy a better deal.

my package was dropped off at a vacant lot several miles from my house, thank heavens for an honest man who called me and said he found my delivery at a vacant lot near his home.. I think the delivery man could not finds my home so he just dropped it off and went home. get rid of fedex and go brown thanks Denns