2 Homelite 909G's up and running

[leeha]

I have had these 2 909G's for a couple years and since
i'm a little more familar with them i decided to get them running.
The blue one "not the prettiest" had a broken case in the gear
box. There are 2 locations for the idler gear depending on which
gear ratio you have. This saw was set up with 3.5 ratio. The idler
gear shaft boss was broken so i found a set of gears out of a parts
saw and converted to 2.8 ratio. You have to swap the clutch drum
and the large drive gear.
The other saw gave me a fit with carb rebuilds, fuel lines and new
points and condenser. Now both are great runners. The blue saw has
a 36 inch bar with 1/2 inch chisel chain and the other has a 30 inch
with 9/16 inch chipper. Both chains need some help in the sharpening department. The chisel cut better.

Lee





And here is a group photo of all my 900 series geardrive drives.
9-26, 900G, 2 909G's, 990G
I just need the 995G to complete the set.

 

[hoss]

Nice rebuilds on a couple of cool saws Lee.

 

[Jacob J.]

That looks like the line-up straight out of Weyerhauser's saw shack in Gearhart, OR., circa 1965.

 

[Sprintcar]

Very nice Lee. Gotta love the old Homies.

 

[hoss]

Whatcha got there with the red fenders in the background of the group saw photo? Looks to be in nice shape.

 

[leeha]

Whatcha got there with the red fenders in the background of the group saw photo? Looks to be in nice shape.

Red fenders are on a 2006 379 Peterbilt triaxle tracktor.
Took everthing off the frame up to the nose and had the frame painted. Now it's going back together. Belongs to
my best customers son who moves heavy equipment.
And i mean heavy. he moved a transformer up into Maine
that weighed near 200 thou gross


Lee

 

[heimannm]

Nice stuff Lee as usual, the old Homelites have a sound of their own.

Now if you could just find a few big logs to whittle on you could give all those big saws a good work out.

Mark

 

[Sprintcar]

Red fenders are on a 2006 379 Peterbilt triaxle tracktor.
Took everthing off the frame up to the nose and had the frame painted. Now it's going back together. Belongs to
my best customers son who moves heavy equipment.
And i mean heavy. he moved a transformer up into Maine
that weighed near 200 thou gross


Lee

Pack of permits a foot thick! I'll bet he still got :censored:grief in every small town he went through.

 

[cbfarmall]

Nice saws. Nothing like the old 9-series. I sort of wished I had taken one to cut with ModifiedMark, but the 900G would probably have given everybody apoplectic fits. I'm working on a deal to acquire a 9-26, can't wait for that to pan out.


Chris B.

 

[leeha]

Thanks for the kind comments guys.
Chris good luck with the 9-26, Hope
you get it.



Lee

 

[cbfarmall]

After a phone call this morning, the 9-26 is mine. Plus, Sugar Creek just finished the 990G decals, so I think I'm getting one of the first sets.

I have a sales brochure from July 1960 covering the entire Homelite line, starting with the 900G. Next time I'm at ModifiedMark's, I'll try to get it scanned and posted in the 900G thread. Makes for interesting reading.

Gotta love these 9 series. When you think about what other companies offered at the time, Homelite (and McCulloch) were way ahead of the curve.

Chris B.

 

[cbfarmall]

Lee, you have to do something about that blue 909. It's just not right.

Chris B.

 

[Bill G]

Lee, you have to do something about that blue 909. It's just not right.

Chris B.

Well since I DO NOT have a 909G and Lee has two I guess I could find a home for it

Bill

 

[Jacob J.]

Gotta love these 9 series. When you think about what other companies offered at the time, Homelite (and McCulloch) were way ahead of the curve.

Chris B.

I agree. Homelite and McCulloch brought "Pro" saws to a whole new level at the time. The gear-drives especially were saws that elevated logging operations around the world at that time.

 

[belgian]

Gotta love these 9 series. When you think about what other companies offered at the time, Homelite (and McCulloch) were way ahead of the curve.

Chris B.

As a noble defender of the european brands, I sure have to disagree with that statement....:hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:


Nice bunch of old goodies, Lee. I wouldn't mind having one of these in the collection myself...

 

[leeha]

Lee, you have to do something about that blue 909. It's just not right.

Chris B.

It's good runner Chris,
but i suppose it will get a good restoration
sometime it's future.


Lee

 

[leeha]

Well since I DO NOT have a 909G and Lee has two I guess I could find a home for it

Bill

Oh Bill, you know you will be first on the list,
If i ever do decide to part with any.


Lee

 

[Teddy.Scout]

Nice vids Lee!
Homelite sure had a good amount of the large size saw!
Cool to see a series like that all lined up!!!

 

[cbfarmall]

Nice bunch of old goodies, Lee. I wouldn't mind having one of these in the collection myself...

To be fair, I didn't say they were the only ones ahead of the curve. And don't get started with Husky. In 1959 they were only a dream.

Chris B.

 

[CM76]

Lee - I missed this thread whilst on holiday in Egypt. What a wonderful lineup of 900 series Homelites you have. They are all solid examples of the series - I really like the 9-26 with that unique muffler design. Really really nice!

Regards,

Chris.