Stihl GTA 26

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6 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

I would have loved a pair of those battery secateurs years ago for Lime pollards and epicormic. Secateurs were always my go-to tool for such a job, but a day of it can be quite fatiguing.

I took care of some trees in a small orchard yesterday. 
Mostly using a silky and the powered secateurs, one battery lasted all day and I have 5 spare. 
Used the Felco’s for 10 minutes and could already notice the hand fatigue kicking in. 

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On 20/03/2025 at 09:24, Stere said:

 

So whats the advantage of theese gun grip style things over the smaller battery toppers like the battery echo for example?

 

 

 

Yes, the GTA40/M18 are much the same weight, but physically smaller/less clunky on the harness and in the hand ?

They excell in lighter pruning work, particularly the ergonomic GTA26 and DUC150, (though with a lower torque/speed).

Also they are cheaper, and there's a whole load of other tools that can use the same batteries, obviously..

You're welcome to try mine out, but I'm in Ches/Manchester .

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9 hours ago, green heart said:

 

Yes, the GTA40/M18 are much the same weight, but physically smaller/less clunky on the harness and in the hand ?

They excell in lighter pruning work, particularly the ergonomic GTA26 and DUC150, (though with a lower torque/speed).

Also they are cheaper, and there's a whole load of other tools that can use the same batteries, obviously..

You're welcome to try mine out, but I'm in Ches/Manchester .

This, and the echo batteries are apparently wank, especially in cold weather.