Last Year of Manufacture

[tommyhnavix]

Looking through the information Dewayne at Parkin Lube has graciously shared with us at this link.

www.parkinlube.com/pdfs.aspx

Homelite Service Bulletin H00A-012 UT List Model Last Year Built Product ID.pdf

www.parkinlube.com/pdfs/Homelite%20Service%20Bulletin%20H00A-012%20UT%20List%20Model%20Last%20Year%20Built%20Product%20ID.pdf

Chainsaws start on page 11

I found this interesting bulletin that lists the last year Homelite models were built by UT numbers and the actual Homelite model designation. It lists chainsaws and other things also. May be a good asset to see what era your chainsaw if from if you are interested in researching it.

Just scroll down the list till you come to it and open it or download it to look at it
Tom

Homelite Service Bulletin H00A-012 UT List Model Last Year Built Product ID.pdf

There is some great and amazing info available here to look through!! LOTS OF IT!! LOL I am looking for some specific information and would like to share some of the other info I find along the way in the parts of the forum that would be easy to find it. Some of this info and bulletins will save a lot of frustraton and head aches

Thanks again Dewayne for sharing!!

Update!!
Found a Homelite last year built Memo #654 dated April 1976
To look at it scroll down at above link to

Homelite Service Memos 649-681 1976 ALL.pdf closer to bottom of list
Then find bulletin #654

[lesorubcheek]

Great to know. I'd been pondering putting together a histogram of certain saw models. Can't fully trust the information on Mr. Acres' site, even though it is a nice resource. Data straight from Homelite would be more trustworthy. Dewayne has provided some incredible literature without doubt, in addition to the parts he's made available for these wonderful saws.

Dan

[karla48]

Dan I have been kind of thinking about the histogram too, and have started to collect some of the Information too! It could be a fun project for the "House of Homelite" site to put one together, If someone took the lead, and then everyone fed the info and of course the source/ documentation to validate the histogram to that one person. Any interrested lead takers ?

[lesorubcheek]

Sounds like a great idea! I started one for the C series evolution through the 2100 series. Used Open Office to enter data and then generated a graph. Not sure all the dates are correct, but hopefully it's ballpark. Here's what the graph is looking like as of last fiddling with it:



There's so many ways ya could look at this. One would be to show something like year by year what models were being sold. Another sorta like I started is to look at a series' evolution over time. Thought it'd be nice to embed images of models also.... so many fun things to try and so little time.

Dan

[karla48]

Dan, Wow you are way ahead of me on your timeline. I will try and get mine together for the 330's and maybe you can add them, I agree it would be neat with pictures too!

[lesorubcheek]

Wish I could post the spreadsheet.... I can certainly email it if anybody wants to use this approach... Its easy to just add a row, enter a saw name, begin date, end date, and then let the tool generate the graph. Really want to add pics on the graph as well. Just need time to play. Right now gotta get back on the roof and do a little more patching before rain starts up again.

Dan