Justme
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Well eventually the brushcutter & mower arrived BUT I had to wait another week & a half for the battery & charger. The brushcutter is great. I have used it of rough knee high thick grass, brambles (fresh & old), raspberry canes (fresh & old) with the line trimmer & the metal 3 blade attachment. The 3 blade really kicks ass & seems to use less battery life. Its great for virtually mulching very over grown areas. So far the 56v 5ah bat seems to last about 20-30 mins of solid use dep on what I am doing. It then takes about 45 mins to charge inc cool down cycle. Once I have the area under control I expect usage to go up to match recharge time. Two 5ah bat should keep you going all day. I also used the mower a little mainly as a hoover in the grass area. No real usage stats as the use was hardly typical. Filled the catcher twice for about half the bat using the drive motors as well as the cutter.
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I looked at that one. Down side was you needed the back pack n=battery or battery back pack adapter to sue standard bats. That added nearly £200 to the set up costs. The 3800 is supposed to have the same 2kw motor. We will see IF it ever arrives. Cant see me recommending the company I got it from.
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So to round this off. I bought............ The EGO bc3800 brushcutter & the LM1903E-SP 47cm self-propelled lawn mower The mower comes with a 5ah 50v bat & fast charger. Spend a few £££ & they will also give you the 2.5ah bat FOC. Should be here tommorow after a mix up with the postcode.
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The big one will munch its way through 30 to 40 IBC's. You will have someone much closer to you I am sure. Surprised no one else has replied.
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Wp30, 14", it can self load with its lift arms. On good wood with a skilled helper about 25 IBC's per 8 hour day. You would be to far away for it to be viable for one days work. Two or three days would be better.
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Looks great but I would be starting from scratch & need the full battery / charger kit taking it out the price range.
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So far on every trip bar two with the big processor its needed assistance to get in or out due to the site being steep & wet or deep & muddy. Some due to the light weight of the 2wd van towing it, but others would have needed help even with 4wd as it weighs in at 3500kg. The smaller one has never needed assistance but on one site they take it into the woods behind a tractor rather than risking my vehicle. Most of the time we tow it with a family 2wd car. If I know its a bad site I would take the 4wd. All the sites I had problems with the big one would have been fine with the small one.
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After speaking to the local Sthil dealer my options have shrunk. The new units wont be available till Aug or Sept & there are no listed specs for the motor wattage.
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Pictures of wood / site & access would help people advise. I know for sure my big machine would not get in there. I would be worried about the small one too especially if you dont have a tractor to hand just in case.
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Grinders are power hungry. With the chainsaw three bats would keep me going none stop on hard use. I use two and take a break to let them catch up. When processing one bat can last me all day.
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The Sthil does that too. A cool cycle first then a cool cycle after they are charged.
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Just found a kit that has a voucher for a bluetooth Makita radio as part of the deal. Might just tip the scales, but it is two x 2.5ah bats which seem a little low. Was going to get the 4 ah but then its a 40 min charge time. At least with two the charge time is lower at about 25 mins & you should get 25 mins of gentle use out of each one.
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Starting to have second thoughts now. Really wanted to stay with the Sthil battery range to add to my existing MSA 220 battery saw. However if the biggest strimmer is only 300 watts as the specs suggest (I think they are actually quoting wh capacity of the bat) then the 1kw of the makita kicks its butt big time. I do need it to cope with rough stuff not just keeping a garden neat. Add in that a complete setup from Makita is not much more than the bare unit from Sthil & its looking a lot like Sthil need to sharpen their pencil a lot for it to make sense. If I go Makita then I can also but other bits of kit from them too like cordless angle grinder (been wanting one for a while & one for my existing AEG battery system for drill & impact are costly). Has anyone tried the FSA135 / KMA135 yet or the FSA130 with an AP300s battery & not a back pack system?
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Actually even buying a 4ah bat, charger & brush cutter is not much more than the bare sthilFSA135 brush cutter.
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Er wow not much at all 0.3kw. As I have the charger & AP300s bats sticking to stihl makes sense.
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They now make the combi units with direct battery fit compartments. I am looking at either getting the combi KMA135 with brushcutter attachment or the FSA135/135R. Does anyone know of any great deals on them?
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My car has dedicated towing electrics. This activates the towing pack that has anti sway, altered ABS & traction control settings ect. I have not had a chance to play with this car but on my last car from the same maker I did. In deep snow going round a car park I bottled it before I could make the car or trailer slide out or jack knife. I use lots of power & heavy brakes / turning sharp, each time the cars electrics kept the car & trailer on track. I also parked it on an icy slope. With TC off you could not pull away no matter what trick you tried. With TC on it pulled away with minimal spin / slippage.
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You would need the class of licence that covers the weight of the vehicle, C1 3501kg up to 7500kg C up to 3501kg up to 32000kg typically put possibly more. Just because it is registered as a specialist vehicle does not mean that when you use it it is a specialist vehicle. So watch out for needing MOT tax Tacho & O licence. I have a sneaky feeling I know the vehicle you might be looking at.
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12T crane is C. C1 is only 7.5T The C1E whilst taking you up to 12T does not let you drive over 7.5T vehicles.
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I think the usually is more about the fact that not everyone with a pre 97 licence will have all those categories. Some might have medical restrictions. Or had an exchange licence that does not cover the same as ours. The guidance has to cover all instances. That said the gov website is crap. The 107 restriction guidance says "weight" must not be over 8250kg. But the law says the combined plates cant be over 8250kg. Most of the towing errors on the website have now been corrected (till they add new pages) but it took a lot of effort over about 2 years to get them to re word it. Actually not looked recently but I am not getting calls from people quoting it when its wrong. Unlike the calls I get from people that have been told by the help line incorrect info.
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For licences its always the MLPM. Its just that for a BE holder its normally the actual vehicles capacity to tow that is the limiting factor. So a car limited to a 5000kg GTW that weighs 2500kg can tow a trailer plated to 3500kg as long as the real GTW is under the vehicles limit. The wording on that guide as usually, is crap yes. Its like they dont want you to know that actual law. ps the DVSA know about the view a licence being wrong re pre 19-01-2013 BE licence limits but have no plans to change it.
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I often wonder why the BE does not also have a 119 weight limit does not apply on it. It is clearly on the gov site but does not show on the view a licence. Category BE You can drive a vehicle with a MAM of 3,500kg with a trailer. The size of the trailer depends on the BE ‘valid from’ date shown on your licence. If the date is: before 19 January 2013, you can tow any size trailer on or after 19 January 2013, you can tow a trailer with a MAM of up to 3,500kg
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There have been two important dates. 01-01-97 & the one most dont know 19-01-2013. We all know about the big changes on the first date. On the second date they removed the unlimited trailer plate weight from the BE (along with a few other bits too). So in your example of the landrover, someone with a pre 19-01-2013 licence can tow a 4000kg plated trailer assuming all other rules are followed, the big one being active brakes. You can not do so with a post 19-01-2013 BE or a C1E one even a CE licence as they actually have a lower weight limit before they apply. You could even tow a trailer plated to say 10000kg as long as the real weight was within the capability of the vehicle with the older BE. With the new BE you cant tow a trailer plated to 3501kg even if the actual weight is under 3500kg / within capabilities of vehicle.
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When it changed everyone was notified, they did a media campaign about it & ignorance of the law is no defence. It is clearly on the website that a pre 97 has a 107 against the C1E. Does your D1E show that the weight limit does not apply? Or that your BE is unlimited trailer not 3500kg?
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Sadly the on line checker is not definitive. It has my BE as limited to 3500+3500 yet its not. Your c1e is pre 97 not from taking test so it is restricted to 8250kg.
