Long brush cutters/clearing saws

[teepeeat]

Morning all

As per title, looking at options for longer machines for those of us a bit long in the leg and arm department.

Am aware of the Stihl offerings, but are there any others?

 

TIA Terry

[Muddy42]

How tall are you?  I just say because the new husqvarna harnesses are amazingly adjustable.  Ive had people use my Husqvarna 555rxt who range in height from 5ft 6 to 6ft 4.

[teepeeat]

6'6" or 1,98m 

 

[Donnie]

I’m 2m tall easy and using the 461 Stihl long shanked version and it’d be suitable for someone a lot taller than that as well!

[teepeeat]

Cheers Donnie

I am aware of the long Stihl 461, but was wondering if there were any other options. Always nice to have options to compare & contrast before pushing the button.

[Donnie]

On 21/10/2024 at 06:59, teepeeat said:

Cheers Donnie

I am aware of the long Stihl 461, but was wondering if there were any other options. Always nice to have options to compare & contrast before pushing the button.

Just buy the 461. It’s plenty light and powerful! 
 

Wouldn’t bother buying anything Husky. I am fully converted now 😂

[Stere]

Im abit annoyed  atm with  new-ish husky 545rxt as its  being  a pig to start versus the  stihls ive used.

 

Thought i had its starting quirks dialed with a few pulls then the next time the bugger wont go without alot of  pulls on occasion.

 

Seems the line between either not enough priming and flooding is razor fine maybe i got a dodgy one.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

[adw]

Just to clarify it is not a primer, it’s a purge, so it is pulling fuel from the carb and dumping back to the tank, if it is connected up properly it cannot flood the engine no matter how many times you press it, if it is definitely flooding the engine their is something amiss with it.

[Donnie]

5 hours ago, Stere said:

Im abit annoyed  atm with  new-ish husky 545rxt as its  being  a pig to start versus the  stihls ive used.

 

Thought i had its starting quirks dialed with a few pulls then the next time the bugger wont go without alot of  pulls on occasion.

 

Seems the line between either not enough priming and flooding is razor fine maybe i got a dodgy one.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have had the same with 5 Series saws. 
A lot of the time I’d hold the throttle wide open and pull the cord to restart them if they are being iffy. 
 

With a brushcutter might be a bit of a pain.

[Stere]

There must be some issue with it as  if its pressed to much and you either have to clean the plug or pull alot of times & the fuel will comes out through the exhaust and eventually clears

 

Seems to work best if the purge is about 2/3  full.

 

 

Somtimes it works ok other times it doesn't but is always is being hard to pull over.

 

Anything simple to check?