Chainsaw made in the USA

[bc.gold 3,403]

Hundreds of thousands perhaps millions of these little saws sold all over the world, would not surprise me if many of the forum members at one time owned one or have one tucked away somewhere on the homestead.

 

 

 

 

Edited July 22, 2020 by bcgold

[ZXT 2,401]

I have one and still use it. Good little saws.

[Achto 27,505]

I have 2 old Homlite XL's that still sport the blue & white paint scheme. They are no frills saws, no kick back safety, no anti vibration handle, and a hand pump chain oiler. At least once a year I will fire them up & run a tank or two of gas through them. They both still cut very well.

 

Both of mine look like the picture below.

 

Edited July 22, 2020 by Achto

[roadapples 6,983]

Me too. Blue XL12. Bought it used. Only saw I've ever owned..

[C-85 681]

We sold a lot of what I believe were also American made chain saws, we sold Poulan's like this -

 

I believe these were made in Shreveport Louisiana and became part of Emerson Electric until '84. We sold a lot of Poulan's when they were still green, but later also sold some foreign ones too like Partner, Sachs Dolmar, and I'm not sure where the Pioneer's we had were made.  Oh, and early on we also had Remington saws, and all I can remember about them is they were always hard to start.  Back in the 60s and 70s our main competitors were McCullough and Homelite, that's before most of the newer foreign ones came in.

 

C-85

[Skwerl58 702]

I have had McCulloughs and Homelites. A Pro Mac 10-10 that was a great saw and sold it to get a Homelte 360 Professional. The Homelite was a great saw that I loaned out with a container of pre-mixed gas and told them to use my 16:1 gas and they used another can of 32:1 and scorched it. I loved that saw, a little heavy but it would cut like crazy. Now have a couple of Huskys, 350 and 445. 

[gwest_ca-(File Mod) 11,033]

In 1981 I bought a new XL-76 that was only sold in Canada but also made in Quebec Canada. Still a great saw.

Last year I got a new Stihl MS 362 C-M that is fuel injected and considered superior but the XL-76 still out cuts it.

 

Garry

[lynnmor 7,302]

Last week I picked up my 7th Homelite 150 for 10 bucks.  It will take some work and a little money but it appears to be the newest and lowest hour saw I have.  Yes, I have an addiction.  My Homelite 330 is about the most miserable saw ever made, but I got it running well after considerable work.

 

[Lee1977 6,647]

Super XL the only picture I have unless I go did it out.

[wallfish 16,985]

And here's something a little off beat to collecting the chainsaws. My collection of Homelite engine powered tools other than a chainsaw. All powered with the Homelite XL-12 engine. There's also a Brush cutter XLBC and a super XL-12 not pictured.

 

Don't be afraid to poke around on the MoM site. I have another collection, Ohlsson & Rice 2 stroke powered tools. Plus those guys across pond have some very interesting stuff as well

Edited July 23, 2020 by wallfish