Love your Homelites. We were once a dealer but those days are long gone. I still own a XL 12 and have been using it today. I am age 73 and didn't realize that saw was that heavy but I got it done. Had a friend cut 24 inch pine last Sunday that was dying. Full of bugs. I told him I would take care of the rest if he would drop it. I cut all the limbs last week. Yesterday and today I been using this XL 12 to cut it up so I can burn it. Got a fire pit behind my shop and this old pine will burn pretty good after I get a hot fire going.