Price of saws back in the day?

[jockeydeuce]

I just scanned this from a bunch of literature I got with the stuff from an old dealer I bought out.....Not really cheap in 1979!

I would have taken the full wrap on the 133 for $15.50 though!:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[farmerdoug]

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$100 in 1960 is $750 in 2011

$100 in 1970 is $571 in 2011

$100 in 1980 would be $269 in 2011

 

[sachsmo]

I just scanned this from a bunch of literature I got with the stuff from an old dealer I bought out.....Not really cheap in 1979!

I would have taken the full wrap on the 133 for $15.50 though!:hmm3grin2orange:

Thanks for that.

Me thinks they screwed up and listed the 166 as a 115?

Can't imagine a 115 would cost more than a 153.

O bet that was the old CT?

Cool on that 308 too, just got one a few weeks back.

 

[B Harrison]

Good saws are about as cheap today as they ever were.

Consider you would have at least a 1/4 if not a 1/3 the price of a new pickup in a top of the line saw back in the late '60s.

Looking at it that way a top of the line saw today should sell for $5000?

Where you seen a new truck for $15-20k

Heck in 98 a top of the line pick up was less than $30k, now you better plan on having another 15k to add to that.

I remember when S-10's were in the $7-9000 or maybe 9-11 for 4x4 extended cab, I don't even wanna know how much a small pick up would cost new now, but its not worth it.

 

[jockeydeuce]

Thanks for that.

Me thinks they screwed up and listed the 166 as a 115?

Can't imagine a 115 would cost more than a 153.

O bet that was the old CT?

Cool on that 308 too, just got one a few weeks back.

I was trying to get my head wrapped around that.....I'll bet it was supposed to be the 166

 

[sachsmo]

A new Ford pickup in '69 was right at $2000.

RandyMac told of paying around $800 for a new saw in that time frame.

 

[sachsmo]

I was trying to get my head wrapped around that.....I'll bet it was supposed to be the 166

Nope,

166 did not come out until 1984.

Had to be the CT Dolmar made that until 1990!

 

[sachsmo]

Where you seen a new truck for $15-20k

Heck in 98 a top of the line pick up was less than $30k, now you better plan on having another 15k to add to that.

I remember when S-10's were in the $7-9000 or maybe 9-11 for 4x4 extended cab, I don't even wanna know how much a small pick up would cost new now, but its not worth it.

Well Son,

I was talking about when trucks were trucks,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,not Cadillacs!

Phhfftt,

most people are too scared to put anything in the bed of their new "trucks"!

 

[SkippyKtm]

I know in 1991 I bought a new Stihl 026 it was 349.00 so was a husky 51 and a dollar 115 a super25 Polan in1983 was 200.00 but a micro 25 was 100

I also bought a black top Husky 51 back in 1992 and it was $349. I still have and run it to this day...

 

[sachsmo]

Where you seen a new truck for $15-20k

Heck in 98 a top of the line pick up was less than $30k, now you better plan on having another 15k to add to that.

I remember when S-10's were in the $7-9000 or maybe 9-11 for 4x4 extended cab, I don't even wanna know how much a small pick up would cost new now, but its not worth it.

I don't think you could get a "top of the line" from any of the big 3 for "under $30,000" in 1998.

Not a full blown Diesel 4x4 with all the bells and whistles.

 

[Mr. Bow Saw]

 

[fossil]

I saw a price list a few weeks ago for a Poulan 655 6 cube saw with 36 in bar from 1996 $1085.00

 

[ChainLightning]

Back in the early 80s my grandma and my mother chipped in and bought my grandpa a brand new Olympyk 254. they payed $400 for it. Still runs good today.

 

[pickwood]

Bought my first saw in 1979- Husky L77- it was 500.00 and it still runs good.........

 

[fossil]

All pro saws?

Yes

 

[WidowMaker1]

New 090 with 25" bar & chain was $410 in Australia 1967

 

[Duane(Pa)]

Homelite prices somewhere around 1975 or1976

Had to dig out my old brochure:

XL-AUTO 10" $109.00

XL-2 AUTO 12" $129.00

150 AUTO 14" $179, 16" $184

SUPER EZ-AUTO 16" $229.95

XL-12 16" $219.95

SXL-AUTO 16" $249.95

My dad & I went halfies on the Super XL Auto. I stihl have it & still love it to this day. Some twenty years after that purchase, the curiosity about the slightly lighter Super EZ, finally got to me when I found one that a widow was selling. It's a little slower but much lighter after an afternoon of cutting and will always be among my favorites. I love that saw so much that I found & bought a brand new, never fueled, NOS unit a few years back. I doubt if I will wear out one, let alone two. Have always used the best oil I could find for mixing and I have had NO issues. Also, have never made more than two cuts in a row with dull chain. DW

 

[ChainLightning]

Well Son,

I was talking about when trucks were trucks,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,not Cadillacs!

Phhfftt,

most people are too scared to put anything in the bed of their new "trucks"!

That makes me mad too when people are scared to use em. Its a pickup. It is meant to be beat the hell out of. So many people in my area (select few who have cash) have them new Silverado's. They put the toppers on em and baby em. Makes me laugh. Majority of my friends, family, and me still have them old 2500 Silverado's from the early-mid 90s. Then some have them 90s F-150s. We beat the hell out of them from day one and there still around.

 

[sawbones]

Nope,

166 did not come out until 1984.

Had to be the CT Dolmar made that until 1990!

Just because it's big and ugly dont mean it's old.

Reminds me of the goons selling their Mac 15's made up through the eightys and saying they were made in the 30's or 40's. :jester:

Dolmor CT

 

[sachsmo]

Just because it's big and ugly dont mean it's old.

Reminds me of the goons selling their Mac 15's made up through the eightys and saying they were made in the 30's or 40's. :jester:

Dolmor CT

mo likey.

I be old and ugly too!