Let's Cut Wood With A Giant Of Old - Homelite Super XL Automatic Chainsaw 

I don't mean to sound like a know it all, but I do own 135 chainsaws and I am pretty good at dialing them in! So, if you don't mind me saying? You're chain is way too tight brother! With as high of idle as you're saw is turned up that chain should have been spinning at a pretty good clip! You're clutch is already engaged at that fast of idle so you're cooking the clutch! You need to have it droop in the middle but not enough to where you can see the point on the drive links. The chain is going to tighten up about 10 seconds after dipping it into the wood, so start out with it a little bit loose and cut for about 20 seconds and stop and then check the slack in the chain, your slack you started out with will be gone! I promise you it will. Your saw was laboring in the cut and creating unwanted heat doing that. 😉

I bought 25 chainsaws at a estate auction last Sunday. One is a XL automatic. Fresh gas and it started and ran great. Already used it to cut firewood.

My father just passed away leaving me 4 never used homelite chainsaws. They are old . 1 eletric. 1 xl. 1 sxl. 4050 20 inch bar. Can't wait to cut the winter fire wood.

Old Homelite for ever!!

The xl 12 no load runs around 9,000 rpm. Under load 6,000 rpm. Slow and Very loud! But also very dependable!

Awesome. I just picked up one of these for $30. Fired right up and runs perfectly. Came with a smoked 24" bar, but I'm gonna put a 20" on it. I don't see any major deficiency with these old saws except for maybe power/weight ratio and fuel economy.

Last Monday I scored several saws and two boat motors. One Saw I really wanted. Its a 64 Super XL 12. A 58 CC saw no auto oiling. Originally had a wick fuel system that been converted. It has the early wierd spark plug.

Heavy,loud,and slow.But still beats a misery whip.

Sounds like an air leak..

Was running mine today. Nothing comes close to the homelite sound

Great video, I love these old saws, I think they are still competitive with today's market as old as they are. This guy I respect for how well he treats his equipment.😁👍

Wow. Awesome. I have that exact saw in my shop, my dad left it to me. I remember him telling me the story of how he bought it new 50 something almost 60 years ago, brand new for $500 bucks. That must have been a lot of money back in the 60s or 70s.

Homelite made great saws, some model like xl76 and xl925 are legendary. Honestly I don't rank them at the same level with old mcculloch saws (models before 1978) which for me were by far the best chainsaws ever made but homelites were in 2nd place no doubt.

Cool vid! Gotta love the Super XL, solid firewood chainsaw. I have a few myself..

I just picked one up today for $80 with a gallon of chain/bar oil and some mix. Thing runs like a top and almost completely original paint intact, cant wait to put it through some logs!

I have the same...though it has little different colors. Great saw amd I also have the 660 XL that is bigger, but looks very similar. Both runs good and will for the next hundreds of years he he. Enviromental friends as we are ! :-) Nice made clip ! .-)

Hard to beat a xl-12 classic well made--I have a few!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had a few of those that got passed onto me from my grandfather. I decided to take it with me one summer in my early 20s to cut a whole days worth of firewood up and man did I regret that. Reason being the saw is so damn heavy after an hour of use lol other than that it’s the most indestructible chainsaw I’ve ever used in my life. I only use it for camp fire type stuff now. I’ve learned my lesson using it as a primary number one saw to go and not bringing a backup

I just rebuilt a Homelite XP 1020 100cc baby.

Big log for a 60cc class saw to get through quick. Kind of a lot to ask of it.