Pictures of the Homelite XL-123

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The guy had it advertised on Chicago craigslist as a Homelite EZ Start, that's what the saw shop told him. Of course they also told him it was worth more than what it was, a lot more. He wouldn't come off 150 and I was really worried about sending someone that kind of money without having done a proper background check. He seemed to have almost no records, which told me that he was either using an alias or just wasn't someone that got into trouble, which I found hard to believe. In the end the saw got here and it was in the shape he said and it ran right off. I called and thanked him for coming through with the saw. Any idea how to decode the serial number? Thanks

[sweepleader]

Great, another sn with a T in the middle.

houseofhomelite.proboards.com/thread/6123/read-serial-numbers-year-built

So is that just a placeholder instead of a zero? If so this one was built on January 17, 1975, saw # 182.

Does anyone know if that is correct? Daniel72 would like to know too.

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Nov 10, 2017 20:33:24 GMT -5 sweepleader said:

Great, another sn with a T in the middle.

houseofhomelite.proboards.com/thread/6123/read-serial-numbers-year-built

So is that just a placeholder instead of a zero? If so this one was built on January 17, 1975, saw # 182.

Does anyone know if that is correct? Daniel72 would like to know too.

I'm not sure of that date, Mike Acres site says this saw was built between 1971 and 1974

[sweepleader]

I am not sure of it either...

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Nov 10, 2017 22:22:10 GMT -5 sweepleader said:

I am not sure of it either...

It sure is possible, I know Mike's site isn't always complete, it sure is close enough to take into consideration

[onlyhomelites]

I'd go with Dan's interpretation...I certainly have nothing better!

[undee70ss]

Nov 10, 2017 20:33:24 GMT -5 sweepleader said:

If so this one was built on January 17, 1975, saw # 182.

Does anyone know if that is correct? Daniel72 would like to know too.

I would say correct. If you look at Chainsawlady’s sales records, serial numbers close to that were sold that year.

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I found several other saws with the T in the middle that were documented dated saws and I believe Dan's interpretation of the the production dates is correct. Thank you Dan!