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Post by kingwillie1111 on Jan 28, 2022 19:41:44 GMT -5
I have a NEW 1050 and I'm curious as to a selling price. Never been started.
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Post by ronaldt on Jan 28, 2022 20:29:12 GMT -5
I have a NEW 1050 and I'm curious as to a selling price. Never been started. Good question? We would love to see pictures of it! I know it's worth pretty good money. I would love to have a chance at it but I have to be honest. eBay will probably bring you the most money.. |
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Post by jselden78 on Jan 28, 2022 22:25:42 GMT -5
What are you looking to get for it?
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Post by kevinm1980 on Jan 30, 2022 19:09:29 GMT -5
Like others said pictures..cool to have.. Keep it!
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Post by Jarhead ☠ on Jan 31, 2022 19:53:52 GMT -5
I'm wondering if it's the guy who found a NIB 1050 at his grandfather's house last year?
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Post by lesorubcheek on Feb 1, 2022 20:43:57 GMT -5
Just me, but if I had a NOS 1050, unless they were foreclosing on the farm, it'd be sitting on a mantle in the house and definitely not for sale. Again, just my opinion. If it also just happened to have belonged to a parent or grandparent, then it sure wouldn't be going anywhere until after I'm dead and buried.
Dan
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Post by w30bob on Feb 17, 2022 12:02:07 GMT -5
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Post by rarefish383 on Feb 17, 2022 19:19:25 GMT -5
One of our members found an NOS 1050 at an old hardware store. I think he told me he got $600 for it. That was at least 6-8 years ago, maybe more.
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Post by rarefish383 on Feb 17, 2022 19:21:50 GMT -5
I had 4 Super 1050's, sold 3 of them, all runners. I must be too nice, didn't get anything like that much for them. |
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Post by w30bob on Feb 17, 2022 22:22:37 GMT -5
Well.........he didn't get that much either......yet. But if he does I'm quitting my day job and going to farm sales and equipment auctions all day to find some of these big Homelites to sell on eBay!!
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bob
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Post by lesorubcheek on Feb 18, 2022 10:20:07 GMT -5
Bob, That saw in the feebay link is a 3100. It's considered by many to be the most powerful Homelite ever produced. It's got the displacement of a 2000/2100, so it's bigger than a 1050, and it also is a gear drive, so it can pull big chains on crazy long bars. Couple that with it's rarity since it was only sold for a couple of years, and you can see how it's priced not cheap. Dan |
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Post by rarefish383 on Feb 18, 2022 17:34:11 GMT -5
I saw that. When Dad was in business he was helping a friend get started in tree work. He let his friend borrow one of our Super 1050's if he had big stuff. One morning he was telling us about this big tree he had that day. Dad asked if he wanted a 1050? He said no, I've got it covered, and lowered his tailgate. Pulled out a brand new 2100 with 48-50" bar. I've lusted for one ever since.
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Post by w30bob on Feb 18, 2022 22:36:11 GMT -5
Hi Dan,
Thanks for the info........I didn't know. Too bad there aren't any trees that big left to cut down! Had anyone told me any Homelite saw was worth 3 Grand I'd have told them they were nuts. Seems I'd be eating my words again. I really am going to start paying attention at garage sales!!!
thanks again,
bob
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Post by lesorubcheek on Feb 19, 2022 11:22:17 GMT -5
Hi Dan, Thanks for the info........I didn't know. Too bad there aren't any trees that big left to cut down! Had anyone told me any Homelite saw was worth 3 Grand I'd have told them they were nuts. Seems I'd be eating my words again. I really am going to start paying attention at garage sales!!! thanks again, bob Bob, don't know if it's lunch time for those words yet. Like you said, nobody has been willing to buy it so far. Until someone actually forks over the money, ya can't say it's worth that much. I'd never pay that much for one, but then again, I wouldn't sell the one I have for that either. It's been said many times, something is worth what a buyer and a seller agree on. feebay auction history is a good gauge of worth, but many times the high bids come down to between a couple bidders. Saws like this rarely come up, so you can't find much bidding history, but 1050s are fairly common, so they're easier to have some value fixed to them. Who's to say what this 3100 is really worth.... I know if it was $500, I'd try to snap it up, but so would at least 100 other people. If it was $1000, I'd pass, but bet it would still sell quickly. $1500, my guess is someone would want it for that, but who really knows. More than that, it's anybody's guess whether someone really wants one bad enough. Another measuring stick is what new saws are selling at. I haven't been keeping up on the big Husqvarna's and stihls, but their biggest saw prices are sort of a measuring stick for what a comparative vintage saw may be worth, but it's really comparing apples and oranges. Still it's ball park, you just have to weigh that with collectability vs. practicality and mix in the bank account size of the potential buyer. Dan |
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Post by blythkd on Feb 19, 2022 12:32:27 GMT -5
Hi Dan, Thanks for the info........I didn't know. Too bad there aren't any trees that big left to cut down! Had anyone told me any Homelite saw was worth 3 Grand I'd have told them they were nuts. Seems I'd be eating my words again. I really am going to start paying attention at garage sales!!! thanks again, bob Bob, don't know if it's lunch time for those words yet. Like you said, nobody has been willing to buy it so far. Until someone actually forks over the money, ya can't say it's worth that much. I'd never pay that much for one, but then again, I wouldn't sell the one I have for that either. It's been said many times, something is worth what a buyer and a seller agree on. feebay auction history is a good gauge of worth, but many times the high bids come down to between a couple bidders. Saws like this rarely come up, so you can't find much bidding history, but 1050s are fairly common, so they're easier to have some value fixed to them. Who's to say what this 3100 is really worth.... I know if it was $500, I'd try to snap it up, but so would at least 100 other people. If it was $1000, I'd pass, but bet it would still sell quickly. $1500, my guess is someone would want it for that, but who really knows. More than that, it's anybody's guess whether someone really wants one bad enough. Another measuring stick is what new saws are selling at. I haven't been keeping up on the big Husqvarna's and stihls, but their biggest saw prices are sort of a measuring stick for what a comparative vintage saw may be worth, but it's really comparing apples and oranges. Still it's ball park, you just have to weigh that with collectability vs. practicality and mix in the bank account size of the potential buyer. Dan That's interesting, I'd never thought of comparing large vintage saws to comparable new saw prices. I'm not sure you can buy the largest saws with a big bar now for $1500 though. I'm guessing it's closer to the $2k price range. We never did sell 1050's back when I was dealing and repairing saws. We stocked and sold 550's and 925's and that was the largest for us. Just for grins I just picked up my 1986 product catalog and see that we could order a 60" Super 1050 for $624, even cheaper if we were buying any qty. Is it just me or does that seem like an outright steal? Back then we thought they were out of sight and nobody would buy them. Oh, and for what it's worth, if I saw that 3100 offered for a grand, I'd probably tear up my keyboard trying to click "buy it now." Probably no worries there though. |
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Post by rarefish383 on Feb 19, 2022 16:11:06 GMT -5
Hi Dan, Thanks for the info........I didn't know. Too bad there aren't any trees that big left to cut down! Had anyone told me any Homelite saw was worth 3 Grand I'd have told them they were nuts. Seems I'd be eating my words again. I really am going to start paying attention at garage sales!!! thanks again, bob About 3 years ago I was coming home and passed a yard sale. It was full of Little Tykes stuff. On top of the sliding board was a Super 1050 with a 36” bar. Guy said he wanted $200 and it ran great, but the tank gasket leaked. Asked if I was interested. I said I had 3 of them or I would take it. He said he paid $60 for it, rebuilt the carb, used it to flush a big stump and didn’t need it. I offered $100 and he passed so I left. All the way home I thought I screwed up. I got home and posted here if anyone wanted it I’d go get it. A member here that got banned said he would take it. I came back and the guy said a 14 year old boy offered him $180 and would be back at 4. He said if the kid didn’t show, I could have it. Four sharp the kid showed up with his dad. The dad pulled out a wad of twenties and started counting, and said, will you take. I stepped forward and said, no he won’t. He offered it to me this morning for $200. I’m not going to try and steal it from your son after he made a hand shake deal. So, you give him $180, or it’s mine for $200. He looked at me then laughed and paid up. I deciphered the serial for him, and we all left on good terms. So, when you see them, buy them. That one was nice. |
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Post by lesorubcheek on Feb 19, 2022 16:12:18 GMT -5
Started thinking about the similarities of the C,XP,1050,2000/2100, 3100s so thought it may be helpful for a pic with a few next to each other for comparison. Some needed dusting off anyway. So here's a 3100, 2100, 1130, 1050 and a C91.
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Post by ronaldt on Feb 19, 2022 17:04:19 GMT -5
All this 1050 talk is a cool coincidence because I'm going to purchase one from a friend/fellow collector next week. It's a nice running saw. It will fit in well with my other C series saws.
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Post by rarefish383 on Feb 19, 2022 19:48:40 GMT -5
I've got a running C51 and C72. I need a C9 series. I love the color scheme on them.
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Post by jjock on Nov 28, 2022 0:50:14 GMT -5
Man, those are pretty saws.
I have a friend that was a west coast faller, I know he had a Homelite saw in his garage, about 25 years ago, but don't remember the size of the saw. He acquired the saw after he had moved on from falling. He was working as a faller in the 1960s, and into the early 1970s, so at least, he should know things like what size Homelites were most common, and how common they were.
Most of the saws used on the BC Coast back then, were in the 100cc range, although I have a Pioneer 1720, that is a 120cc saw. The 100 cc Huskys and the Stihl saws flooded the market from the late 1970s on. I have four running Husky 2100s, and parts (minus plastic) to build approximately 3 more. That is how common the European saws became.
Bob
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