Now this was after the era of the legendary xl12's, both red and blue. For what they were, they were good. From then on they were basically junk per everyone in my family, friends I know, people I speak to. They all agree, homelite is/was a crapbox.
Take 1980's and 90's with this little old widow that had a few sons that cut her firewood. Money was tight. Everything she got, she got on credit and paid bills monthly out of her pension. Every spring she would go to town and buy a saw at the local hardware store that gave credit. All they had to offer were homelite's. Now the reason she had to buy a new saw every year wasn't because of the quality of the saws DIRECTLY. Let me explain:
She would buy a new homelite saw and give it to her sons. When they grew tired of the saw not starting, running like crap, or any other problem, they would trade it off for something else, usually a worn out sthl or husky that was 10 years old, along with a couple cases of beer to boot, which to them was way better than a new homelite. They succeeded every year cutting enough wood to get them through. After they cut up enough wood for the winter, they would trade the worn out sthl or husky for another couple cases of beer and wait until spring for the brand new homelite chainsaw. For the first few years these guys would wait for the homelite to give them problems but soon discovered it was no use. They could get a little better trade on a clean, new, never used saw so they ended up not even giving the saws a chance. Their mother would raise such a fit when she discovered the new saw was gone, but the guys always reassured her that they was the ones having to use the saw, don't worry we will get the wood in, and they always did....... as long as she got the brand new homelite for them every spring.
Take 1980's and 90's with this little old widow that had a few sons that cut her firewood. Money was tight. Everything she got, she got on credit and paid bills monthly out of her pension. Every spring she would go to town and buy a saw at the local hardware store that gave credit. All they had to offer were homelite's. Now the reason she had to buy a new saw every year wasn't because of the quality of the saws DIRECTLY. Let me explain:
She would buy a new homelite saw and give it to her sons. When they grew tired of the saw not starting, running like crap, or any other problem, they would trade it off for something else, usually a worn out sthl or husky that was 10 years old, along with a couple cases of beer to boot, which to them was way better than a new homelite. They succeeded every year cutting enough wood to get them through. After they cut up enough wood for the winter, they would trade the worn out sthl or husky for another couple cases of beer and wait until spring for the brand new homelite chainsaw. For the first few years these guys would wait for the homelite to give them problems but soon discovered it was no use. They could get a little better trade on a clean, new, never used saw so they ended up not even giving the saws a chance. Their mother would raise such a fit when she discovered the new saw was gone, but the guys always reassured her that they was the ones having to use the saw, don't worry we will get the wood in, and they always did....... as long as she got the brand new homelite for them every spring.
