Good bye Stihl ... sort of

[Robert_S]

i am going to be looking at the echo hedgetrimmer at the apf as ive heard great reports on them as my stihl is needing replaced.

[burrell_]

TimberCutterDartmoor ur mates long arm tanaka hedge trimmer how long has he had it and has he had amy problem with the gear box just thinking about changing the stihl as im just about to bebuild the gear box on mine yet again

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

TimberCutterDartmoor ur mates long arm tanaka hedge trimmer how long has he had it and has he had amy problem with the gear box just thinking about changing the stihl as im just about to bebuild the gear box on mine yet again

 

2 years I think and yes, when Abbey sold it to him they also sold him a fandangled grease pump and told him to pump it daily! He does - no probs that I'm aware of. I think I've greased the gearbox on my Echo hedgecutter once in 12 years still going fine

Edited September 12, 2010 by TimberCutterDartmoor
smelling pistake

[burrell_]

is ur echo a kombi or just the hedge cuuter what model is it (i always thought echo done small things not really worth looking at but just look on there web site) quit amased what stuff they do

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

No not a combi but a HC2300 pictured. Another mate has a long handled one and it's the same age - never let him down.

[burrell_]

that looks a nice bit of kit just bin looking at them but with the double sided blade

[dan494]

Interesting, tried an Echo top handled saw for awhile and it was very short lived, just wore out and was generaly poop. Have used a stihl combie strimmer/brash cutter/headge trimmer for ages and its still going strong.

 

Maybe Echo have upped their game since I last tried um.

 

I bought a echo top handled saw on good review and have to say its pretty good, lighter and more manouverable than the stihl, although slightly less power and around £200 cheaper! only problem was that the clip attatching it to the strop broke so it had a 30ft fall, but bounced and was unharmed!