Hedge Trimmer

[SAM66S]

Its not that you cant trim with a cutter, its more if its been used on rough & thicker stuff the blade will have worn more & not be as sharp that leads to bruising

 

 

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[markieg31]

i never knew that the world of hedge trimmers/ cutters was such a minefield?!?

i was just going to get the stihl long handled job. seemingly done a good job in the past.

but then again i didn't hang around long enough to notice bruising, too busy tarmacking the neighbors driveway!!

 

i have never used the echo or danarm and just assumed the stihls where good enough.

will follow thread with interest.

[Sussex Groundie]

Interesting post this, I cut a lot of Leylandii, Privet, Yew, no Hawthorn though, over the years have used Shindaiwa (Pole), Tanaka (single sided), currently using a Stihl KM56 pole, carbon fibre extension with a Ryobi Expandit Hedge Cutter attachment, kept very sharp with a Dremel. This set up seems to work for me.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

I used to know a guy who did nothing but hedge trimming, all day every day. He did all the Trust Yews, churchyard yews and had a contract to cut yew hedges for clipping harvesting for the cancer drug taxotere. He swore by Echos.

[tractorboy1]

I have run a few hedge cutters over the years and swear by Echo now have 5 at the last count. Just got a HC-341ES which with a easy lift harness makes a great combination for large hedges.

[SiW]

Trimmer/ cutter, we may know the difference and be able to tell which hedge has been cut or trimmed by what but all Joe public cares about is that it's done, done cheaply and you didnt leave a mess, and yes I do know that some clients do care and can tell if it's been done properly. So unless you have very deep pockets and can afford different trimmers for different days of the week then go with a machine that will do the job and look after it, clean it, grease it,maintain it and it will make you money

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Trimmer/ cutter, we may know the difference and be able to tell which hedge has been cut or trimmed by what but all Joe public cares about is that it's done, done cheaply and you didnt leave a mess, and yes I do know that some clients do care and can tell if it's been done properly. So unless you have very deep pockets and can afford different trimmers for different days of the week then go with a machine that will do the job and look after it, clean it, grease it,maintain it and it will make you money

 

That's excellent, but not perfect

[TreeswingerPerth]

Hi , just to say bought a Echo HCR161ES today went to get a 171ES but the guy had none left , so went with the 161 , 10cm shorter blade , anyway all seems good .

Thanks . TS