CrystalRiver1
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Who remembers Mac88?
How about Calvin Meadows? I saw him post on Facebook yesterday, who remembers him?
Still asking for handouts?How about Calvin Meadows? I saw him post on Facebook yesterday, who remembers him?
I had his digits years ago, I tried to call him when he went mia from sawhawgz, but no answer no reply.
Going back a ways on AS there was some discussion on the timeframe of when the xl12 came out and whether it was really was the first of that pivotal design/style saw. The competing 'copies' came out so quickly that it sort of blurred the timeline in history just a bit.
Joyce chimed in and pretty much put that one to rest, in concisely dated detail.
An amazing window into an amazing time in chainsaw history...
"Your question brings back memories. In August 1963 our salesman Fats Herbert from the Cincinnati branch brought a prototype of the XL-12. We were dealers from 1951 to 2004. My husband was so impressed he said he would take 50 by the first of October and if they didn't get them by then to take off one saw every day. On Oct. 3, they called and had the order at Cincy. All the serial numbers started with 150 and as yet I haven't seen a number any lower. We had a blue Buick station wagon and somehow we got all of them loaded into that vehicle. Had to remove a few from the box.
I remember him explaining to us that an engineer of Homelite worked on this in his basement so other companies couldn't spy on what they were doing. When it appeared most of the other manufacturers stopped everything and spent there time trying to copy it as much as they could.
Lombard did a real good job and Remington also. Hope this is of interest to the younger generation."
chainsawlady
I think everybody here is all set on that assclown.Cracker Boy
Hmm...what did he do or not do if you don't mind elaborating for enlightenment purposes?I think everybody here is all set on that assclown.
The MS170 is opposite, cuts down great, but goes to near idle cutting up unless you try puhsing the handles together at the same time. It was almost a 50/50 chance of getting such a flawed 170, the throttle linkage wasn't bent quite right or something.Don't play with s**t. My BIL bought one. Plenty of power that you can't use. Cuts upward great. Cutting down or using the spikes and the throttle goes to idle. Stupid av system.
Just prior to his dad passing on I did buy a bunch of his NOS parts and just one order after his passing Calvin went into a tailspin, shortly after that he couldn`t put two and two together. Sad.How about Calvin Meadows? I saw him post on Facebook yesterday, who remembers him?
Still asking for handouts?
I had his digits years ago, I tried to call him when he went mia from sawhawgz, but no answer no reply.
How about 04ultra from AS?that guy had some interesting stuff to talk about.
I cant honestly remember what it was that got him banned, but he sure was a mouthy know-itHmm...what did he do or not do if you don't mind elaborating for enlightenment purposes?![]()
Like i said, brian was a mouthy punk who just wore out his welcome.Hmm...what did he do or not do if you don't mind elaborating for enlightenment purposes?![]()
Just saw old BillG paid his debt to society and is back on AS. I'm sure he was greatly missed by lots of you guys.