Indian Chain Saw

Lorenzo · August 11, 2015, 11:27:16 PM

Any one have one of these.

I found this in a privet collection and might be able to buy it someday but not now.

I think it's a pretty cool saw.
How about you?

dougand3 · August 11, 2015, 11:36:45 PM

Cool saw. With the length of those cutters, you could still be sharpening them in 2045.

thecfarm · August 12, 2015, 06:04:43 AM

I think it's pretty cool too!!

HolmenTree · August 12, 2015, 08:58:39 AM

Near mint condition
I did some research : It's a 1959 Indian Sioux ......manufacturer in Illinois. 77cc. 19 lbs. 3.5hp. 16:1 fuel mix. 7/16"-1/2" chain 16"-24". PM AH-7 engine type 1198.

Lorenzo · August 12, 2015, 09:17:19 AM

Do you think it's the same company as the Indian Motorcycle?

If so, they probably had it made by someone else and put their name on it.

HolmenTree · August 12, 2015, 10:23:52 AM

No relation to the motorcycle company.
From what I see the saw company started out as rebadged Clinton saws in the early 1950s manufactured near Chicago.
Went out of business around 1964.

HolmenTree · August 12, 2015, 10:27:09 AM

Just to add Magnus from Chainsaw Collectors SE says they were sold in Sweden as farmer grade saws.

CTYank · August 12, 2015, 09:36:22 PM

I'll bet you can hear that one running, a few towns over. Like an F/A-18 with "burners" lit.

Just looking at that "muffler" makes my ears start to bleed.

clww · August 12, 2015, 10:25:10 PM

Never heard of or seen one of those before now. Thanks for the picture and history.

cbla · August 13, 2015, 07:32:23 AM

that saw looks sweet!

ktowne030311 · August 13, 2015, 08:51:21 AM

Nice looking saw, couldn't imagine running it all day though!

TimRB · August 13, 2015, 12:05:14 PM

Quote from: ktowne030311 on August 13, 2015, 08:51:21 AM
Nice looking saw, couldn't imagine running it all day though!

Think it might be a little bit loud?

Tim

Al_Smith · August 13, 2015, 04:29:43 PM

Those old Power Products AH 47 engines ran so slow even with a stub pipe they were not that loud .

630red · August 14, 2015, 09:32:05 AM

Nice to see, hope you get to buy it some day.

Gearbox · August 14, 2015, 05:21:24 PM

Our neighbor had a Lombard with that engine . Anyone saying that thing was not loud was already hard of hearing . Gearbox

petefrom bearswamp · August 14, 2015, 05:21:59 PM

I think that if my Forestry School had had one in 1958 I would have run that sucker too.
We had a Mall which weighed at least 150 pounds (tongue in cheek)and we hated it.
EDITED BY ADMIN
We also had 2 homelites a 6-24 WHICH weighed 6 POUNDS an had a 24 inch bar,which was a 2 position carbuerator and a 7-21 which weighed 21 pounds and had an all position carbuerator
\We liked these 2.I think the 6 and 7 designations were for HP

dennyb · October 09, 2020, 12:44:22 AM

Quote from: Lorenzo on August 12, 2015, 09:17:19 AM
Do you think it's the same company as the Indian Motorcycle?

If so, they probably had it made by someone else and put their name on it.
They used Chrysler motors.

Air Lad · October 09, 2020, 04:21:11 AM

Very cool
Thanks for sharing

Mad Professor · October 09, 2020, 06:37:20 AM

Seems Indian had quite a few models.

Some go info on the acres website

Indian Sioux

mike_belben · October 09, 2020, 09:04:40 AM

What i want to know is how the clamps got through the beam. Hole saw?

Real1shepherd · October 09, 2020, 11:05:23 AM

I ordered the coffee table book, Chainsaws A History by David Lee and in conjunction with Mike Acres.

It's a beautifully illustrated book. I thought there would be more on 70's saws...they just touched on them. The book is really about the 'oldies' both domestic and foreign.

So if you're really into the old saws like the aforementioned Indian, this is the book to have. I'm going to send mine to a friend in Canada, as I really have no interest in saws before the 70's.

Kevin

sawguy21 · October 09, 2020, 11:42:25 AM

I have a copy, it is nowhere near a complete history but is very representative of each period in chainsaw lore. I have a small collection, particularly want a complete two man that won't cost me a quart of clean blood and rights to my first born. Some guys think they have the Crown Jewels.

Ventryjr · October 09, 2020, 12:18:04 PM

Quote from: mike_belben on October 09, 2020, 09:04:40 AM
What i want to know is how the clamps got through the beam. Hole saw?

Looks like 2x4 roof trusses in a shed

Real1shepherd · October 09, 2020, 12:34:06 PM

Quote from: sawguy21 on October 09, 2020, 11:42:25 AM
I have a copy, it is nowhere near a complete history but is very representative of each period in chainsaw lore. I have a small collection, particularly want a complete two man that won't cost me a quart of clean blood and rights to my first born. Some guys think they have the Crown Jewels.

There's one paragraph where they like mention all the US saw manufacturers back in the day. They made the decision to illustrate only the saws that represented certain periods and were noteworthy with respect to chainsaw stair-step history.

They had an obvious bias for IEL, pre-war and post-war.........but IEL arguably had the first one-man direct drive chainsaw. And actually, all the saws after that were nothing more than a refinement of the IEL original design.....it was that good. IEL became Pioneer and the rest as they say, is history.

Even when presented with proven one-man saws, many loggers were slow to convert from two-man saws.

Kevin

sawguy21 · October 09, 2020, 03:43:45 PM

They were forced to abandon the two man, the saws were too dangerous and too cumbersome in the west coast forests where they were designed to be used. Saws were resisted period. The loggers didn't like the noise, they were temperamental beasts needing constant fiddling to keep them running and many were afraid the newfangled machines would put them out of work.