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WOW, that doesn't take up much room. The Bolens QS16 was offered with a Kohler K341 single cylinder, very rare, but very capable. The T in QT was for Twin engine and the S in QS was for single cylinder

After you mention the issue with turning it is obvious that whatever machine it did belong to must have had a hitch that extended rearward more than most tractors did

From 1960 on Wheel Horse 4 wheel machines used a slot hitch that the tongue on your implement would have had to be longer to pin on, so It may have been a walk behind.

Is that a Lister Diesel????

Would love to see the pictures. My buddy has a twin Cylinder Echo EVL, they are quite collectible, but the magneto failures make most of them unusable for fear of losing a NLA magneto/coil. I've used one they sound nice, but they really don't cut better than a Mac or Stihl of the same size and vintage. Other than the little Remington, I stick with Homelites of the 1964-1979 vintage. I bought my first chainsaw a little over a year ago, so I'm really pretty new to these two stroke engines

That is a very, very nicely equipped original Bolens 1054. When you get it sorted it should perform magnificently.

Our county maintenance barn has 3 large roll offs to allow resident to dump anything they want except tires, in the last year I have gotten 30 illegally dumped tires amd sold 20 of them to finance a new set on my 14 foot trailer. I've found a Troy bilt Horse tiller, a microwave, and lots of square and round tube and pipe. A few months ago I found an axle with two dead tires and a couple of weeks ago I was there when some kid was unloading what he said was a flat bed project for a little Chevy truck. Well I got the welder out last week and (wear a shirt and shoes) and got it together as a little 6 x 8 tilt trailer. I had to buy the tires, lights, light brackets. and wiring harness and hitch. My neighbor gave me the fenders.

Happy Birthday Chris, Hope you have a stupendous day!

Awesome, two 512D's show up within a few months of each other. Never even seen this model before

I have one on the bench in restoration process and another one possibly coming soon. Other than the Montgomery Wards 2.3 Featherweight (Remington Yardmaster) they are all the lowest productions Homelite models made between 1965 and 1980

Another science project from our mad scientist. Looking forward to seeing this one come to be.

you make the hard work look easy

I believe you are correct in that understanding.

Great photos Paul. Looks to have been a great event.

DId you need a special permit to run that machine?

Lovely pictures, great history

Fantastic pictures as always, thanks for everyone that shared

great pictures, looks like a very interesting show

Still does,

Thats a super nice model, great score!

Thank you, that later plastic cased saws did not show any spike or holes for the spike in the parts list, maybey due to the plastic case not being sturdy enough Please do add the parts list, thank you. The later plastic cased saws did not show any spike or holes for the spike in the parts list, maybey due to the plastic case not being sturdy enough

The 71 Beaird Poulan should be a magnesium case. I have never seen a Felling Spike on that saw (later sold under Craftsman and Husqvarna brand names), as it would seem to be akin to a class 3 trailer hitch on a Vespa, lol

Right now I am taking turns running them, checking carb settings, clutch wear, sprocket wear, bar and chain condition and since I never run any ethanol fuel I believe it will be okay to leave real gas in them for a while. Most of my caps are a Bake-O-Lite type material and all are vented caps. That said, You never ever want to run out of gas while under a load on a two-cycle engines, when the saw runs lean or out of gas it can ruin an engine quickly, New picture, I still have two saws not in the photo

I think I would have done an orderly retreat (reversed the damn car at a high rate of speed)