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5 yrs!!!????? I am lucky if my hedge trimmers last 5 months! Love the HLA long reach ones but they dont last a season with my guys. Will go through 4 per summer easy. Just die for no apparent reason. Incidentally i just had one die a couple of weeks ago and when i opened it up the bearings were half gone (dont know where as didnt look to hard).

call Richard Hall. Maybe able to sort something out.

fsi b22. got it at the arb sow in Wilts. I forget the company that was a dealer but they no longer are in operation. Cracking little machine, in comparison its built so much stronger and also though the engine is smaller its not a problem. Bigger i went sg40 from Global machinery ( change name now slightly if i remember). Speak to Dean wouldnt go back to a predator because they didnt update/upgrade the crappy wire lever system thats nothing but trouble!

i had 2 smaller machines and felt they needed to improve but didnt so ended up moving to FSI. Max was nice but the guy that owned it was , well wont say what i think of him but cant say im sad about that!

ive had loads since they came out (15-20?) Brilliant when working, then they die. I have staff who lets be honest dont take it as easy as a owner tends to. If i get 1 season out of them thats about as much as i expect. I do love em, they are better when first came out and the lack of fumes is great (and i love petrol normally). But pick up a petrol one which used to last for years btw and the grunt difference is very evident. Dont expect to push through tough stuff like a hs86 for example. But i do keep buying them! Other thing is you need the battery and charger. which adds to the initial start up cost. I still run the original batteries from when they first came out (4-6years or however long they been out) and still great and with 3 batteries you can go all day. I love the 100 bat as its light (getting old) but put the 500 in if you want a workout! Also got the pole saw and thats great. got battery saws and tbh i think they are all rubbish. need the big batteries which brings the weight back up and runs low quick. whats the point? petrol saws are much better in my opinion.

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ive got a new Fuso canter and a cabstar. traded in a vauxhall movano. Movano carried the same but so much more comfortable. personally fail to see the advantages of the type you are looking at over the longer nosed one. Only positive is its easier to get up close on the front. Turning circle is really not that relevant as its not a boat, if you cant quite make it just back up a little. had a landrover once now that was terrible turning circle. Put oil tankers to shame. Also i find that front tyres get eaten at a ridicules rate! dont think they carry weight any better. And lets face it in a 3.5 tonner its all over weight with almost a empty truck! and bouncy is a understatement! my cabstar literally throws things out the window!

its coming anyway! thats why Khan is so keen on all the cameras. I believe its also in there actual plans for like 2030!

jokes aside a good gypsy wand as i know it as is a great tool! can save a crappy climb or stretch many a time.

had to google that one! do you not worry about it coming undone?

powered. I use the stihl battery one hta 135if i remember right so quite long. We do put it in the rear onto the chip but staff arent as carful and the bar oftern gets put under pressure. My last one actually ended up cracking the aluminium casting of the inner head, i assume from metal fatigue. Cheers

Can i ask how you transport your pole saws? Ours goes on the back but i alway see the bar getting bent slightly. One of the guys wants to strap it to the ladder bars on the roof but i dont really like that idea for fear it may come loose and slide off. Anyone come up with a alternative and a pic to show would be ideal. Cheers

not got any further with this garage job (waiting to hear back from the crane operator i use). The tree looks to be in good health ironically but when i went to the root ball it was like sponge! no wonder it came down, the roots were shot. This is a lot bigger in the flesh, a very mature birch it estimate 80+ yrs. it was worked on, crown cleaned and given the thumbs up by another firm just 2 years prior (not myself). ironically following on from other comments the 2 home owners (tree belongs to the house on the left out of the picture) want 2 prices as insurance will only cover up to the fence line even though the garage owner property doesnt own the tree. its a easy job with a crane or a platform (to strip first) and then a timber grab on say a grab loader lorry but a must for something that can lift a heavy lump.

yes sorry i meant more for getting the written confirmation from the insurance. Normal procedure is the client pays and claims back from the insurance later on. Appreciate your advice.

Thats a good idea. do you just put them off until they produce said paperwork then? Everyone i encounter is desperate to get it done asap. Just seen one today, chap says dont break the garage. Its walls are bowing! roof gone!