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Post by tangobravo on Jan 19, 2021 10:32:37 GMT -5
Seems that there is some charm and interest in owning some of the Terry built Canadian saws in the states. These saws were originally sold in Canada only as I understand. How is it that so many seem to end up on our side of the border? Are these being bought by resellers and brought over the border? Just curious on the path they ttake getting here.
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Post by ronaldt on Jan 19, 2021 16:27:21 GMT -5
Good question! I have acquired a few Terry saws and wondered how they got here
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Post by onlyhomelites on Jan 19, 2021 23:50:14 GMT -5
Almost all of mine have come from Ebay; sellers either in Canada or near the Canadian border.
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Post by edju1958 on Jan 20, 2021 10:00:34 GMT -5
Let's stop & think about this for a minute.Some Homelite saws were made only in the Terry plant in Canada & I don't believe they were exclusively made for Canadian folks.I think it's possible that they were imported here by the U.S.Homelite co.
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Post by ronaldt on Jan 20, 2021 13:03:58 GMT -5
Let's stop & think about this for a minute.Some Homelite saws were made only in the Terry plant in Canada & I don't believe they were exclusively made for Canadian folks.I think it's possible that they were imported here by the U.S.Homelite co. I think you're probably right on that Ed. The Terry saws that I've acquired had been laying around locally for quite a while. I would guess they were purchased new in the Midwest.
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Post by kurgano on Feb 12, 2021 3:45:57 GMT -5
Homelite had a plant in Peterborough Ontario that made several hundred saws per day. These saws were shipped to locations with demand and, yes, that included into the U.S. The opposite is also true, there are a lot of U.S. made Homelites in Canada for the same reason.
If you're looking for Terry saws in Canada your best bet would be in the Quebec region. Not only was there a strong demand but it was served exclusively by the Scarborough plant for a time. reason: French language demands were met only from Scarborough.
Set your facebook marketplace location to 100 miles from Quebec City and you'll find plenty of homelite saws for sale, many(most?) being Terry saws.
Hope that helps.
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Post by tangobravo on Feb 12, 2021 8:43:49 GMT -5
Interesting the Homelite plants made different models, and traded/sold them regularly over the border.
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Post by kurgano on Feb 12, 2021 10:32:10 GMT -5
Import laws and tax rates were strict on some things at the time and it made more sense to put a factory in the country than to import so they made the same models at times. Times have changed!
Peterborough Ont was a manufacturing hub. I'm not certain but didn't Outboard Marine have a plant out there too? Outboard Marine bought out chainsaw maker Industrial Engineering Limited (IEL) in the 50s right after IEL introduced the Pioneer model *I think*.
Ontario and Quebec are good for sourcing specific saws "locally"online, logging in the area has always been strong.
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Post by fossil on Feb 12, 2021 12:20:08 GMT -5
Import laws and tax rates were strict on some things at the time and it made more sense to put a factory in the country than to import so they made the same models at times. Times have changed!
Peterborough Ont was a manufacturing hub. I'm not certain but didn't Outboard Marine have a plant out there too? Outboard Marine bought out chainsaw maker Industrial Engineering Limited (IEL) in the 50s right after IEL introduced the Pioneer model *I think*.
Ontario and Quebec are good for sourcing specific saws "locally"online, logging in the area has always been strong.
I don't think Homelite ever had a plant in Peterborough. The only manufacturing they did in Canada was at the Homelite - Terry Machinery plant in Pointe Claire, Quebec which ran from 1963 until it's closure in 1986. Pioneer Saws Ltd. was located in Peterborough.
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Post by kurgano on Feb 13, 2021 1:41:04 GMT -5
You're probably right Tim, I know some chainsaws came from there but I'm no expert on Homelite history.
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