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Pred Hotsaw

Hey guys i know this is real old , But the saw on the ground when GARY was cutting is the BINFORD v 8 Hotsaw ,not the Pred O k !!!!!!!!!!!
 
I've been on one side running the Predator with both Andrews and Jon Rupley. It's quite a handfull for two guys at over 500 lbs. even though it's an aluminum-blocked 215 CID Buick. When you first hit the log, it pulls itself right in up to the slide stop and there's nothing you can do about it. 3/4" harvester chain and 300 HP isn't going to get slowed down by too much. Bobby fired it up inside a restaurant once.
 
Saw in BAR

MMM yes, Doug i think he fired it up in a bar in Canada .In about 2004 or so
 
Pred

Hey kerf , i have made lots of cuts with that saw . And he has made a few with mine to
 
2002 at Dennis Greffard's Clearwater Revival GTG in Clearwater BC.

Yeah, the exhaust blew the suspended ceiling tiles out of their frames. Bob wisely took the chain off of it. Attendees from this board were Rupedoggy, Sawracer, Gypo Logger, RBTree, Rotax Robert (who brought "Easty Joe" along from Enumclaw), and me.

If you search for "Clearwater Revival" here, you'll find many pictures of the event. Those were arguably the best times we all had here in the early days of AS. Later, we all pretty much lost contact with each other and went our separate ways, although I do hear from Bobby every once in a while. Talked to Ken Dunn back last summer, but he's not building saws anymore.

He also brought it down to the Rupley's in California for their GTG which was also attended by Ken Dunn and Art Martin. That's the one where Gypo drank so much that he $hit his pants and threw them in the burn barrel. For a few hours, it was like you were hanging around a sewage treatment plant. Dennis had a habit of dropping his side of the Predator and rocking out the chain in the dirt, so Bobby installed the now- present "Truffle Hound" angle pieces at the bar tip so that wouldn't happen.

Bobby, Gypo and Ken have all been out to visit me up here in NH. There are also pictures on AS of those events.

We all used to trade passwords and had many identities, but in the end the one thing that stumped us all was the true identity of Beavergirl. Candice sent me a book once, titled "The Willamette Locomotive", but I never talked to her (or him). I've met a lot of good people here on AS and even though we didn't always get along, I look back on those times fondly.

I have a few new saws since the old days on AS and my latest is a 576 XP AT. It's my only stock saw, but it runs well and is good for general purpose work.
 
dbabcock......Just talked to Gypo the other night and we talked about you. Can't repeat what was said, I'd get banned!LOL He wanted your # but I told him you disappeared. Give him a shock and phone him!.....867-334-8315.
 
Hi Dennis,

No doubt!! Ha ha. Bobby hadn't heard from him either when I talked to him last summer. It's been years since I've had contact with John, and to think we used to average at least one or two calls a day.

What I really think would shock him is if everyone gave him a call since they all now have his number.

Hope you're still building killer hotsaws.

Take care.
 
Hi Dennis,

No doubt!! Ha ha. Bobby hadn't heard from him either when I talked to him last summer. It's been years since I've had contact with John, and to think we used to average at least one or two calls a day.

What I really think would shock him is if everyone gave him a call since they all now have his number.

Hope you're still building killer hotsaws.

Take care.

and after that tree smack last year,,hes lucky hes alive.........
 
Finaly got on line here at the bar. Was great to hear from a few members here on the phone. How come Doug, Darin and Barky haven't called? Lol
Dennis and Masterblaster phone me almost everyday. Lol
Doug, what would you do if Greffard climbed out of the pipe on your 3120? Lol
John
 
If Gingivitus ever crawled out of my pipe, I'd ask him where the $1000 he owes me is. LOL.

When I'm on my death bed, I'll always remember some of the funniest phone conversations in my life were with Gypo.

Particularly, the one's that started, "What would you do if...". Can't repeat any of those in open forum. Oooweee!

Looks like about 75% of the old crowd is still lurking around here in various states of dormancy, just waiting for some bizarre catalyst to touch things off again. Just what Darin needs.
 
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If Gingivitus ever crawled out of my pipe, I'd ask him where the $1000 he owes me is. LOL.

When I'm on my death bed, I'll always remember some of the funniest phone conversations in my life were with Gypo.

Particularly, the one's that started, "What would you do if...". Can't repeat any of those in open forum. Oooweee!

Looks like about 75% of the old crowd is still lurking around here in various states of dormancy, just waiting for some bizarre catalyst to touch things off again. Just what Darin needs.

Doug, I'm at the local bar, 'K Pie' here in HJ Yukon. Remember when you took pics of "no panties." Do you still have the pics from DG's? Give me a call sometime, or better still leave your #. What would you do if you **** your underpanties at Mike Rupley's, would you tell anyone? Lol.
Kravis
 
What would you do if you got home and found RJS and MRYB..eh..well..would you whip out the Nikon and post it up?
 
What would you do if Rotax came up behind you with the real Predator....would ya smile so much as to show off your swollen pink gums?
 
.....was it the chain, or was it him?

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