Vintage Chainsaw Collectors Lounge

[Marine-piper]

Boy do I love the C-Series Homelites.
I've been lucky to get very clean saws and a freebie C-7 from a HoH member with a starter issue (turned out to be assembled wrong). I buy the OEM RK88HL kits in bulk because the saws I gravitate towards all use them! I do believe it's time to take a nice family picture.

 

[2broke2ride]

Boy do I love the C-Series Homelites.
I've been lucky to get very clean saws and a freebie C-7 from a HoH member with a starter issue (turned out to be assembled wrong). I buy the OEM RK88HL kits in bulk because the saws I gravitate towards all use them! I do believe it's time to take a nice family picture.

I probably should too, between the Homelites and large frame Macs in the collection, I have quite a few using them at this point. I'm actually restoring a pioneer 600 with a Tilly HL right now as well.

 

[JW51]

Is a Homelite C-5 worth owning? One for sale nearby.

 

[Kensie1988]

Is a Homelite C-5 worth owning? One for sale nearby.

They are a pretty cool saw, sound like a dirt bike lol

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[Marine-piper]

They are great big ole' saws that cut real nice with a. 404 chain.

http://acresinternet.com/cscc.nsf/e...592716a853be739788256b7c0017d9ba?OpenDocument

Homelite collector in training [emoji879]

 

[Marine-piper]

Oh by the way I'm just a little biased when it comes to the C-series saws.

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[merc_man]

pair of old macs.

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[Marine-piper]

I have a 1-43 & 250 both run a .404 chain. Very fun saws.

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[merc_man]

I got a 1-41 think its similar to yours. I gotta get it running yet but have to finishbup a couple other half torn apart saws i just got the parts in for.
I really like the old macs.

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[JW51]

They are great big ole' saws that cut real nice with a. 404 chain.

http://acresinternet.com/cscc.nsf/e...592716a853be739788256b7c0017d9ba?OpenDocument

Homelite collector in training [emoji879]

I’m trying (hard) to resist the urge to become a collector. My (made up) reason for looking at a saw like this would be wearing a longer bar than my ms362cm for the few times I might actually need it.

The saw itself is not pretty in the pics. Quite a bit of missing paint. Nice looking sprocket nose 30” Homelite bar. Seller says it “runs when it wants to” so I’m figuring some carb and/or ignition work would need to be done.

Go for it? Or wait for another big Homelite or Mac to come along?

 

[Kensie1988]

They are great big ole' saws that cut real nice with a. 404 chain.

http://acresinternet.com/cscc.nsf/e...592716a853be739788256b7c0017d9ba?OpenDocument

Homelite collector in training [emoji879]

I'm digging the cold weather muffler!

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[Marine-piper]

I have 2 C-52's so I outfitted one with the cold weather muffler the other saw has a stack muffler.

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[Kensie1988]

I have 2 C-52's so I outfitted one with the cold weather muffler the other saw has a stack muffler.

Homelite collector in training [emoji879]

The stack will make your ears ring, I have one on my C-5

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[Marine-piper]

I’m trying (hard) to resist the urge to become a collector. My (made up) reason for looking at a saw like this would be wearing a longer bar than my ms362cm for the few times I might actually need it.

The saw itself is not pretty in the pics. Quite a bit of missing paint. Nice looking sprocket nose 30” Homelite bar. Seller says it “runs when it wants to” so I’m figuring some carb and/or ignition work would need to be done.

Go for it? Or wait for another big Homelite or Mac to come along?

Never worry about paint! White death isn't a deal breaker for me as long as its not in the case. Easy to work on carb and fuel lines (best to remove the 5 bolts on fuel tank, 3 along the bar and 1 behind recoil and the handle ) to get at tank nipple, use caution when trying to remove the nipple as it may have some buildup around it and it will shear at the 5/16 nut. Besides removing the tank exposes the area where plenty of junk likes to hide.

Homelite collector in training [emoji879]

 

[JW51]

This one happens to say, “convertible drive” on the tank, and “direct drive” on the clutch cover. If I understand correctly, these could be converted to gear drive?

Does that make it any more or less desirable?

 

[Kensie1988]

This one happens to say, “convertible drive” on the tank, and “direct drive” on the clutch cover. If I understand correctly, these could be converted to gear drive?

Does that make it any more or less desirable?

Only if it has the actual planetary gear drive clutch cover

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[Marine-piper]

The saw is convertable but finding the part is the issue, that part alone is worth more. I've never spent over $50 on a C-series saw.

Homelite collector in training [emoji879]

 

[RandyMac]

550 and 790

 

[RandyMac]

I'm working at relocating to another area, only a dozen or so out of 50 saws will be making the move, most are yellow.

 

[Marine-piper]

Any Homelites need a new home?

Homelite collector in training [emoji879]