Only the 3rd known copy!
What was the model on this one?
What was the model on this one?
NW Indiana GTG
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PhilMcWoody
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Looked like a dadgum snowthrower.
Tall dude in the blue plaid shirt with the camo cap looked familiar, nickname bigfoot?
GMT's very own?
Great day at the GTG! A huge thank you to Chris and Mark who did an AWESOME job hosting. Many thanks too to their friends and family who helped as well. They made it all possible.
Here's what I got in the photo department:
Gary's (Guido's) saws in the foreground and the generally awesome dining set-up in the back left, the check-in tent in the middle, and a hint of Mark's Traveling Saw Empire on the right. (And yes, that is my attractive blue water bottle.)
Tim (all the way from Ontario) bottle feeding a slightly recalcitrant Homelite of Gary's.
Brad's (bsnelling's) Bevy of Beauties
(Thanks for checking the CS-590's tune, man!)
Chris running a handsome Pioneer
Brad chuckin' chips with some 3/4 wrap action!
The bottle feeding worked! Gary setting the dogs.
Brad and Mark. New tech, old tech. (The saws not the sawyers!)
Tim and a sweet running Mac.
Roger has chips flying...perhaps at 3000FPS?! And wins the furthest drive (Wyoming)!
Brad with the Homelite 750 buried.
(Sorry about the angle, buddy. I have a lot of practice saying, "Those jeans do NOT make your butt look big.")
Wankel/Rotary!
Mark running The-Saw-That-Shouldn't-Exist!
Solo Twin!
Some beauties of Tom Erwin's
The next three shots are a few favorites of mine from Modified Mark's unbelievable collection.
MM setting up for cant racing.
Wish I could have stayed all day, guys. It was a pleasure meeting all of you.
Gratefully,
Jeff
Great stuff Jeff!
Warped5
WingNut
That was 3000FPS ...
What a great time!
A huge thanks to Chris and Mark and their families for a super GTG. I logged 1,046 miles return and it was worth every foot of it. Roger logged (or will have when he gets home), twice that.
Thanks to the two Marks, Chris and Gary for making part of their collections available to run. Marks's Poulan 82 gear drive and Mark H's Mac 77 gear drive were very memorable and both pulled like freight trains. Mark's Poulan 744 gear drive bow and Gary's Poulan 5200 bow were fun to run. I don't see bow saws up here. Thanks to Gary for bringing the P65 for me to run and Chris for his beautifully restored Pioneer gear drive, (I was the one who threw the chain), 750 Pioneer and a big PM. All were great!
Roger's Poulan 445 blew my socks off. The most powerful 70cc I've seen and bone stock to boot.
Thanks to all the guys who let me try their saws. I even participated in a few cant races and managed to come in second in all of them (read that as loser).
I'll get some pics and a few vids up tomorrow some time.
It was good to see some friends I made at the last GTG I attended and meet a bunch more great saw buffs.
A huge thanks to Chris and Mark and their families for a super GTG. I logged 1,046 miles return and it was worth every foot of it. Roger logged (or will have when he gets home), twice that.
Thanks to the two Marks, Chris and Gary for making part of their collections available to run. Marks's Poulan 82 gear drive and Mark H's Mac 77 gear drive were very memorable and both pulled like freight trains. Mark's Poulan 744 gear drive bow and Gary's Poulan 5200 bow were fun to run. I don't see bow saws up here. Thanks to Gary for bringing the P65 for me to run and Chris for his beautifully restored Pioneer gear drive, (I was the one who threw the chain), 750 Pioneer and a big PM. All were great!
Roger's Poulan 445 blew my socks off. The most powerful 70cc I've seen and bone stock to boot.
Thanks to all the guys who let me try their saws. I even participated in a few cant races and managed to come in second in all of them (read that as loser).
I'll get some pics and a few vids up tomorrow some time.
It was good to see some friends I made at the last GTG I attended and meet a bunch more great saw buffs.
Clean up's done.
Glad to see the other pictures and videos.
I forgot to thank Brad for bringing my saw up to the GTG from Andre's.
It runs good! That is after I replaced the NGK plug that died. It run real well with the old standby Champion plug.
Wish I would have have grabbed the good chain for it though...
Glad to see the other pictures and videos.
I forgot to thank Brad for bringing my saw up to the GTG from Andre's.
It runs good! That is after I replaced the NGK plug that died. It run real well with the old standby Champion plug.
Wish I would have have grabbed the good chain for it though...
Icehouse
ArboristSite MVP
Want to thank everyone involved for all the work at the gathering and all the fine video that you provided, not as good as being there, but sure was fun watching. Thanks a million
Guido Salvage
Supreme Saw Whoreder
I feel like a slacker, only drove 660 miles.
Finally, I can get on here and make a few comments. Mark came over and we got everything cleaned. The cookie fire has been burning for about 6 hours--not much evidence left of the GTG.
It was great to see everybody. Lots of familiar faces and some new ones. Mark already said everything I would like to say, and said it better.
I passed along the compliments to my parents. My dad thought you were great group of guys. (He's used to dealing with surly steelworkers [myself included], so he likes to see people enjoy each other's company and conversation.) He mentioned tagging along to a GTG, if I ever give him his saw back.
Mark's wife Kelly did a tremendous amount of work to help get this right and Paige, too, helping sign everyone in.
Without Mark, none of this of wood would have even been onsite. He spent a lot of time and gas gathering this stuff up. And Mark thought up the little details I never even considered. Truly, this is his GTG just at my place.
Chris B.
It was great to see everybody. Lots of familiar faces and some new ones. Mark already said everything I would like to say, and said it better.
I passed along the compliments to my parents. My dad thought you were great group of guys. (He's used to dealing with surly steelworkers [myself included], so he likes to see people enjoy each other's company and conversation.) He mentioned tagging along to a GTG, if I ever give him his saw back.
Mark's wife Kelly did a tremendous amount of work to help get this right and Paige, too, helping sign everyone in.
Without Mark, none of this of wood would have even been onsite. He spent a lot of time and gas gathering this stuff up. And Mark thought up the little details I never even considered. Truly, this is his GTG just at my place.
Chris B.
That's a Canadien 270. A very respectable saw for the mid 60s.
You just had to post a video of the M running out of gas.
You just had to post a video of the M running out of gas.
Twas a great time ! All every one has said and more... Enjoyed meeting in person those ( most) I hadn't, and hope and sorry if I missed talking to any one.
Many thanks to Chris , Mark and all their friends and relatives and all the members that made it such a great happening. The video's and pics capture the day very well. Enjoyed running Brad's ported saws ( very nice power bands with that extra umph and speed at top), Mark's older 50-60cc Poulans (which were right with later model Stihl- Husky saws in power, speed and comfort) and the older saws I got to run still are far from useless. Saw a lot of saws besides Stihl and Husky most older with very notable performance with may be a few old slow boats mixed in but still cutting wood..
I don't know if there was much buying - selling-trading that happened, some at least. I didn't get a lot of interest in my sale items but noticed others sold and traded a bit.
I definitely would like to go to another, every body was friendly Chris and his bunch fantastic host.
Many thanks to Chris , Mark and all their friends and relatives and all the members that made it such a great happening. The video's and pics capture the day very well. Enjoyed running Brad's ported saws ( very nice power bands with that extra umph and speed at top), Mark's older 50-60cc Poulans (which were right with later model Stihl- Husky saws in power, speed and comfort) and the older saws I got to run still are far from useless. Saw a lot of saws besides Stihl and Husky most older with very notable performance with may be a few old slow boats mixed in but still cutting wood..
I don't know if there was much buying - selling-trading that happened, some at least. I didn't get a lot of interest in my sale items but noticed others sold and traded a bit.
I definitely would like to go to another, every body was friendly Chris and his bunch fantastic host.
I forgot I had this picture on my phone.
He waited till real late in the day when most folks had left to try it out. Said he kept hearing about 5200's so he had to try one.
He muttered something about now having to find one. I hope he don't, he'll probably paint it yellow. LOL
He waited till real late in the day when most folks had left to try it out. Said he kept hearing about 5200's so he had to try one.
He muttered something about now having to find one. I hope he don't, he'll probably paint it yellow. LOL
rms61moparman
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That wouldn't be SO bad Mark!
If they had stayed in the lineup for one more generation, they would have been yellow and black like the other Poulan Pro saws.
Thanks to all you folks that posted pics & vids!!!! Makes it better or worse, depending on how you look at it, for us dolts, that couldn't make it. Was sure looking forward to seeing some familiar faces again, and meeting some new ones. Like Roger (3000fps). And the rest of the old Poulan clan. Chris & Mark put on a great GTG by the looks of it! Hope its not the last. Believe me I know what it takes to put one on.
Its a shame too, that I couldn't get Tim's (Fossil) chair back to him.
I'll just keep it in storage awhile longer.
My favorite pic is that one of Mark H. running that 5200!! LOL I think the yellow blood runs pretty deep in his veins. Probably won't have to compete with him for them green saws.
Gregg,
Its a shame too, that I couldn't get Tim's (Fossil) chair back to him.
I'll just keep it in storage awhile longer.My favorite pic is that one of Mark H. running that 5200!! LOL I think the yellow blood runs pretty deep in his veins. Probably won't have to compete with him for them green saws.
Gregg,
lawnboy
ArboristSite Lurker
I also would like to Thank Chris, Mark and all involved in putting this together and wish I would have felt better so Mike and I could have stayed longer. Been battling some kind of stomach bug and it made it a little rough but was happy to get my GTG cherry popped-
You Guy's REALLY did a fabulous job-Thank You.
Curious since we bailed early-who was deemed "Winner" of the racing portion and what were they running? Just wanting to know so I have an idea who/what I will be up against next year-LOL.
It was a pleasure meeting all that I met and again Thanks Guys!! Bill Kraft
You Guy's REALLY did a fabulous job-Thank You.
Curious since we bailed early-who was deemed "Winner" of the racing portion and what were they running? Just wanting to know so I have an idea who/what I will be up against next year-LOL.
It was a pleasure meeting all that I met and again Thanks Guys!! Bill Kraft
