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Post by sawnami on May 5, 2018 15:17:11 GMT -5
Traded for this sight unseen about a month ago and got around to picking it up. I'm told that it was a backpack mosquito fogger used during the Vietnam War. Also picked up another XL-400 and an EZ-10.    |
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Post by sweepleader on May 5, 2018 15:27:18 GMT -5
Wow, that has to be about as rare as Homelite gets. I wonder if Homelite made it or if a company called London Fog might have. My garage was across the street from them. They made a lot of different foggers, starting with the pulse jet one that was a long tube about 3 inches in diameter and 6 feet long, running through a bread box. It hung over the shoulder and fogged drive in movies and the like.
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Post by jerseyhighlander on May 5, 2018 18:13:57 GMT -5
That is a very cool piece! I'd be afraid to even touch it knowing the kind of cancer causing stuff the military was fond of having everyone else spray around. But still very cool.
Clean it up and get it working, could be some great fun on Halloween!
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Post by jerseyhighlander on May 5, 2018 18:15:20 GMT -5
Wow, that has to be about as rare as Homelite gets. I wonder if Homelite made it or if a company called London Fog might have. My garage was across the street from them. They made a lot of different foggers, starting with the pulse jet one that was a long tube about 3 inches in diameter and 6 feet long, running through a bread box. It hung over the shoulder and fogged drive in movies and the like. Fogged drive in movies? |
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2018 22:18:50 GMT -5
Wow, that has to be about as rare as Homelite gets. I wonder if Homelite made it or if a company called London Fog might have. My garage was across the street from them. They made a lot of different foggers, starting with the pulse jet one that was a long tube about 3 inches in diameter and 6 feet long, running through a bread box. It hung over the shoulder and fogged drive in movies and the like. Fogged drive in movies? They used to have a guy spray DDT at the drive-in before the movies to rid the place of mosquitos, best to roll down your windows the said so the stuff would get in your car, lol |
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Post by rowdy235 on May 5, 2018 22:28:31 GMT -5
Sweet find! You planning to get it going?
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2018 22:37:08 GMT -5
I like that XL-400 beside it too
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Post by sawnami on May 6, 2018 1:07:06 GMT -5
Sweet find! You planning to get it going? Thanks! Yeah, it's added to the "to-do" pile. |
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Post by sweepleader on May 6, 2018 6:32:38 GMT -5
I remember a video of a Homelite blower that did not seem to blow much a while back. I would bet it was the guts of this thing, designed for pressure not volume and needing the rest of the duct work to really do the job. Anyone else remember that one?
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2018 6:59:08 GMT -5
Wow, that has to be about as rare as Homelite gets. I wonder if Homelite made it or if a company called London Fog might have. My garage was across the street from them. They made a lot of different foggers, starting with the pulse jet one that was a long tube about 3 inches in diameter and 6 feet long, running through a bread box. It hung over the shoulder and fogged drive in movies and the like. Thats always a tough one some military equipment, many have a military tag and ID on the item, but not a manufacture tag, looks like a XL-12 power plant, but man that is one big ol backback to lug around. |
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Post by sawnami on May 6, 2018 9:16:24 GMT -5
Wow, that has to be about as rare as Homelite gets. I wonder if Homelite made it or if a company called London Fog might have. My garage was across the street from them. They made a lot of different foggers, starting with the pulse jet one that was a long tube about 3 inches in diameter and 6 feet long, running through a bread box. It hung over the shoulder and fogged drive in movies and the like. Thats always a tough one some military equipment, many have a military tag and ID on the item, but not a manufacture tag, looks like a XL-12 power plant, but man that is one big ol backback to lug around. That's what I thought. When it was described to me, I had a hard time envisioning an XL-12 powered anything on a backpack. That's why I chanced a blind trade. |
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Post by tjthechainsawmech on May 6, 2018 10:34:03 GMT -5
Now That is cool!
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Post by sawsandbeer on Oct 20, 2021 18:21:43 GMT -5
picked up at auction today!   |
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Post by sweepleader on Oct 20, 2021 19:55:28 GMT -5
That looks like it might be NOS but robbed for parts. The straps look like they have never been used. Does the skid look new? Nice.
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Post by gregomatic on Oct 22, 2021 0:35:45 GMT -5
Hey sawsandbeer, what a cool auction find!
Is the hopper tank missing or did you remove it for photos?
(I was kinda wondering of it got disposed of for fear of trace DDT residual)
Don't you just wish that fogger could talk??
Man, the stories it'd have...
Great find and good luck with it!
Grego-
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Post by sawsandbeer on Oct 24, 2021 16:19:34 GMT -5
The tank is missing. Everything else seems to be present and it runs on prime. Cleaned shellac out of tank but needs a carb clean or kit. Recoil spring is broken also.
Likely will be for sale as soon as I get running reliably
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Post by sawsandbeer on Oct 24, 2021 16:21:35 GMT -5
I would say it has been used , not NOS. Very good shape
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