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Ultra was what I was looking for. How can you tell the age from the serial number?

On the Bushton site there are four 220VS manuals listed.

When I look at the manuals for these they all seem to have the round bottom clamp in the illustrated parts break down, but the text in the manual contrdicts this saying that the lower clamp is T-Shaped. When did they stop using the round clamps?

 

 

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41 minutes ago, BadBob said:

Ultra was what I was looking for. How can you tell the age from the serial number?

On the Bushton site there are four 220VS manuals listed.

When I look at the manuals for these they all seem to have the round bottom clamp in the illustrated parts break down, but the text in the manual contrdicts this saying that the lower clamp is T-Shaped. When did they stop using the round clamps?

 

 

I've just looked at a lot of them and called Bushton a million times asking for info on the saws, LOL You are correct though as I was thinking the 226VS on the serial number and they have a total different series for the 220VS.. That said, that logo at the back of the saw is a newer style logo than any of my saws have other than my new saw of coarse, LOL..

I'm not exactly sure when they stopped the round clamps.. but I know they had the T clamp ( Ultra ) style in 1996.. I had a 1993 220VS with round clamps so sometime between there is when the Ultra came out.. To be honest I think 1996 was the first year of the Ultra as I have not seen any older than that.. but I'm really guessing since I'm just basing on what I've seen and read online.. Rolf claims he bought his G4 when they first hit the market in 2005 so I'm guessing that was the ending of the Ultra... However, I've never seen a 20" G4 saw.. SO they might have ran the Ultra style on the 20" saw up until the new BM series came out around 2010-12 ish.. OR maybe the only option at that time was only a 26" saw.. 

Hawk wasn't and still isn't good at updating the manuals.. They used up their supplies before changing, LOL.. and even then they were less than desirable.. same with stickers they put on the saws.. I wouldn't doubt there could be G4 saws out there with serial tags and stickers for a Ultra.. Yet they seem good at knowing the type and year of saw based on serial number.. LOL..

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3 hours ago, DME72 said:

looks like a good saw. if you ask the owner what brand of motor it has it would be easier to tell the date of manufacture. i have a chart from another site i was on that shows what years the various brand motors were used. not exact but a good timeline. is the seller reasonable on the price?

I'll do that if he ever gets back to me.

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11 hours ago, Oldmansbike said:

That looks identical to the one I bought several years ago. It was made in 1999 and had a serial number 34@@@ so it’s probably made around 2000. Just my guess. I think all the vs models had the square clamps.

All the VS models are Variable Speed.. what the VS means on the tag.. My old 220VS was a round clamp saw.. 

 

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