Petrol pole saws

[karl]

Hello all

I'm looking for some genuine feedback about different brands of pole saw seeing as stihl 131 have become spectacularly unreliable. I'm curious of anyone's view on husky , echo etc

We have only ever used stihl in the past but I'm definitely looking for a change now

Seriouse opinion appreciated , I'm pretty sure the 131 is the most powerful unit but its no good if its always needing work on it , we run a few of these things and they are becoming a real pain, I our using something with good power a reasonable extension ad reliability I'd be very interested

Cheers

[Stubby]

I have a Husky one . Had it for 10 or 12 years . Used it 10 or 12 times ! But totally reliable and works a treat .

[karl]

Hi stubby. Yes I think the older ones are far better. But ours get a lot of use and these are less than a year old. It's the newer engines that seem to be giving so much trouble.

[Stubby]

Hi stubby. Yes I think the older ones are far better. But ours get a lot of use and these are less than a year old. It's the newer engines that seem to be giving so much trouble.

 

Know what you mean . We have 2x Husky long reach hedge cutters . Pretty much identical to look at . Mine is a 325 and Steves is the newer one , a 327 or something . His has the " newer " ( read cheaper ) carb and keeps playing up where as mine keeps going and going ..............

[doobin]

See this thread and crack on:

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/62516-heads-up-good-replacement-engine-stihl-polesaws-pole-hedgcutters-combi-units.html

 

£250/5 minutes and you're golden. I agree you shouldn't have to. But the rest of the Stihl running gear is good and holds value well. This is your easiest fix.

 

Been using my mix-n-match polesaw today, it's excellent. Plenty of power.

[karl]

The engine swap could well be an answer for what we have already, thing is I'm looking to get another in the next week or so . So I'm hoping to find something that does what I'd expect it to do from the box

[doobin]

Then Echo have an excellent reputation. Been a few years since I used one but it was a solid thing.

 

They also have a hedgecutter head with a clutch in it so you can use it on the polesaw without risking blowing the shaft if you hit something.

[doobin]

Or, depending upon how much use you have for it, you can just swap the engine from any Stihl strimmer to a second polesaw shaft that you can buy separately for ~£230. Of course you'll need another chainsaw head too, but I don't know how many bits and bobs you have lying around?

 

It works for me, but I only use a polesaw once a month or so!

[karl]

I've never used echo before. But that hedge trimmer attachment sounds good. We used to do that on the older stihl's. but it "wound" the shaft up causing problems. As for swapping parts. I'll see how we go. I've got a couple of old pole saws ill give it a go on( plenty of donor machines,never chuck anything as it'll come useful one day!!)

[Chainsaw will]

Which echo polesaw does that hedgecutter suit Doobin ? that sounds excellent way ahead of stihl or husqvarna

 

 

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