Petrol Strimmer

[Robbo90]

hello Chaps and Chapesses

I have been surfing this excellent site for a while now. It's now time to pick the brains of some of you experts. I am in the market for a second hand petrol strimmer and obviously some of you use them on a daily basis. So what are the good makes and bad ones? what are the best engine size for longevity? How do I check for slop in the drive line? or is it possible to check for slop? The only strimmer I have used before has been electric with the thin nylon cutting line. I am looking for one that sits on your shoulders in a cradle/sling and maybe with a cutting medium of something other than nylon. I have seen ones with a solid steel blade. Can you get them to accept a steel cable instead of nylon cord?

The strimmer is for use in a semi wooded orchard type environment with a vast collection of weeds, bracken, bits of freshly seeded blackthorn and long reedy type grass and also a shopping trolly and a couple of car tyres. Every new land purchase around here comes with a rusty shopping trolly:confused1:

What do I need to ask the owner that will tell me its not a knock off, apart from where did you nick this from? A regular user will know something about them that the local druggy won't.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[Stubby]

I think you need 45cc or more . The ability to fit a mulching blade for the bramble etc and an Oregon Jet fit head for the nylon strimming line . They will take up to 4mm square line . I use a Husqvarna 545 RX for the above . Look it up .

[hedgesparrow]

hello Chaps and Chapesses

I have been surfing this excellent site for a while now. It's now time to pick the brains of some of you experts. I am in the market for a second hand petrol strimmer and obviously some of you use them on a daily basis. So what are the good makes and bad ones? what are the best engine size for longevity? How do I check for slop in the drive line? or is it possible to check for slop? The only strimmer I have used before has been electric with the thin nylon cutting line. I am looking for one that sits on your shoulders in a cradle/sling and maybe with a cutting medium of something other than nylon. I have seen ones with a solid steel blade. Can you get them to accept a steel cable instead of nylon cord?

The strimmer is for use in a semi wooded orchard type environment with a vast collection of weeds, bracken, bits of freshly seeded blackthorn and long reedy type grass and also a shopping trolly and a couple of car tyres. Every new land purchase around here comes with a rusty shopping trolly:confused1:

What do I need to ask the owner that will tell me its not a knock off, apart from where did you nick this from? A regular user will know something about them that the local druggy won't.

Any help would be much appreciated.

use a steel blade and hit the above you will know you have hit it better clearing most with cord then clear the saplings with blade. as for model type thread running what brshcutter plenty of info on that thread.

[Burgess]

Can you get a compact tractor with a flail on it? Or even an Etesia Atilla type.

[Robbo90]

Thanks for the input. If nothing else it's opened up a couple of new avenues to explore.

Burgess : i have never even heard of a Etesia atila but it sounds good i need to get the Google out

[bobh]

Was in a similar situation to you last year,ended up buying a secondhand stihl fs400 from harry the cat on eBay, good bloke to deal with and a good honest machine that does the job well. Check him out, he's usually got several for sale.

Edit. Just had a quick look, he's got several on there, phone him, he did me a deal 👍

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Edited June 16, 2014 by bobh