stihl hedgecutters

[bill]

mine have just started to jam for no reason? i losened all the bolts on the cutters and started them up and they worked. i retighened them and they seemed fixed but the same thing happened again today? any ideas?

[Mac McLennan]

Obviously you are using grease on them otherwise they will get too hot??????

[Peter]

And it needs to be the proper red stihl grease as the ordinary stuff will just go dry and not lubricate properly!

[Arborist]

I'm lucky I live near Merrist Wood, end of last year I was trimming a hedge and the hedge cutter started smoking. (saying this I do look after it) Quick trip to the machinery dept, bit of grease , problem sorted and back to work.

[Andy Collins]

If I'm doing a lot of trimming, I carry an ordinary oilcan filled with bio-chainoil, and just a couple of squirts at breaktime keeps it lubed up, especially if you doing a lot of wet weather trimming.

[skyhuck]

If I'm doing a lot of trimming, I carry an ordinary oilcan filled with bio-chainoil, and just a couple of squirts at breaktime keeps it lubed up, especially if you doing a lot of wet weather trimming.

 

You need to grease every 10 hours.

[Andy Collins]

You need to grease every 10 hours.

Agreed, wasnt trying to replace the greasing, just that I oil the blades if I'm doing a lot of trimming, esp in wet weather, got to help the blades to last.

[skyhuck]

Agreed, wasnt trying to replace the greasing, just that I oil the blades if I'm doing a lot of trimming, esp in wet weather, got to help the blades to last.

 

Agree! I also clean off the blades with a little fuel.

[Andy Collins]

And re-set the tightness of the blade buts and bolts.

[bill]

i got them secondhand and have only used them a few times. do you put the grease directly onto the blades?