Fs460 brush cutter guard

[Husqvarna King]

Hi, I have Stihl 460 brush cutter with just a strimmer head with the mowing guard(with black rubber flap and knife for cord length.

But....I want to run some blades, double and triple mulching blades and also the metal Tri flat blade.

What do you guys recommend, obviously to prevent objects getting thrown I want a guard, even though I know it slows cutting. Can I just take the cord knife and flap off? Should I buy the metal blade guard? Is the shredder guard necessary or too restrictive?

I will be swapping from line to blade on some sites so just want the best all round setup if possible. Thanks

 

 

[gand]

It should have some symbols on the top of the guard to say what the guard can be used with. If I recall you can remove the black plastic with line cutter and then use a tri blade brush knife. That's if it was fitted with the one I'm thinking of. Some of the 460's come with a different one where there's a black piece on top of the guard, as far as I know without these can be swapped and then you'd have one guard that can be used for line and a blade

[Husqvarna King]

Thanks for the reply, yes it looks like only for line trimming....this is the guard

[gand]

Had a feeling you'd have that one. If you change to the other the other guard at least you'll be able to use both. I can double check at work tomorrow if you want 

[Husqvarna King]

4 hours ago, gand said:

Had a feeling you'd have that one. If you change to the other the other guard at least you'll be able to use both. I can double check at work tomorrow if you want 

That would be great, thanks. Just want change overs to be as easy as possible ?

[doobin]

If you're running a shredding knife and mulching top down (as you should with a shredder knife), you'll want the shredder guard for sure.

[David R Barras]

FS460 owner with two different blades here. I've found you're best of changing guards for the appropriate tool as they are designed and work best with certain cutting tools.

[ABtrees]

As David (above).

Tried using the strimmer guard with the triblade - hit a blackthorn with the guard which bent into the blade (pic 1 below).  The 'masher' guard is much bigger and sturdier - not only blocks out a lot more flying bits but has a much smaller horizontal surface area if your shredding down on top of bramble etc (see pic 2).  For £18 (Jonesie) no hesitation recommending the right guard with the right blade and they literally take 2 minutes to swap over with the long torx plug spanner supplied (if you remember to take it with you !!!)

 

[Husqvarna King]

1 hour ago, ABtrees said:

As David (above).

Tried using the strimmer guard with the triblade - hit a blackthorn with the guard which bent into the blade (pic 1 below).  The 'masher' guard is much bigger and sturdier - not only blocks out a lot more flying bits but has a much smaller horizontal surface area if your shredding down on top of bramble etc (see pic 2).  For £18 (Jonesie) no hesitation recommending the right guard with the right blade and they literally take 2 minutes to swap over with the long torx plug spanner supplied (if you remember to take it with you !!!)

 

That's what imagined would probably happen. Appreciate you putting the photos in, gives a good scale of the shredder guard too. Thank you ?

 

 

[Husqvarna King]

Ok, so I ordered the shredder guard for the 460. But is says max diameter 270mm, and I had bought two 300 mm Oregon shredder blades.

Do they fit? How do you guys work around this?