Trimmers - discussion/pics

Nice. I have lil kid digits. Lol

 

I got mine today! It's exactly what I need. Unfortunately it is too hot in the barn/shop to charge the battery. It charged for a few minutes then the battery just flashed red. I brought it in the house and have it on the charger. I did run it for a minute on two bars. It seems to be fast and very handy weight/balance wise. I tried to vary the throttle and it doesn't, it is on or off. Maybe some cost savings going on?

 

I have a mess like that in the back of my property. I tell myself the same thing but it is hard to find that kind of time.

 

I was looking and an 8 hour rental is around $700 if I pick the machine up myself. I could accomplish in 20 minutes what it would take me days with the brush cutter. I’m looking at the fall when the weather is cooler and the ground wasps are dead. I probably only need a half day rental.

 

Hit their nest with an open cab SS or tractor and you'll have a bad day for sure!

 

Yup and lost productivity and money down the drain if they light me up. Been there done that, Benadryl on the couch for the rest of the day.

 

Mulching blade is in.



Looks legit. There were some knockoffs for sale on Amazon but some of the reviews noted that the blades would break the tips off at high RPM after some use. Lol no thanks.





The blade is designed to be used not in a side to side motion but in an up to down motion. Will report back once I get some run time on it.

 

toe cutter approved

 

I may have missed it but what unit are you putting it on.

 

FS110.

I ran it for about 10 minutes earlier on some bamboo, Russian olive branches and other stemmy weeds. I think it’s too heavy for the unit and I don’t mean nose heavy. Too heavy for the clutch and drum. It takes 4 or 5 second to get to max speed and it works great but the head spins a long time after no throttle. It might really jack something up in the drive of the unit.


So my interest got the best of me and I had to get out the scale and check.


Three blade knife . 72lb or 11.25 oz

This has been sharpened many times. It would be a bit heavier out of the box.


Saw blade .80 lb or 12.8oz
Almost brand new.


String head full of string

.76lb or 12.16 oz


and last but not least the Oregon mulching blade.
1.24 lb or 19.84 oz


The mulching blade is 1.55 x heavier than the saw blade. Probably not going to work long term. This is the 4mm thick version they also make a 3mm version.

Edit: the 3mm version weights 15.2 oz or .95 lb which would take much less power to run. It really never occurred to me to check that it may be too heavy.

 

oofta, that's heavy! yeah, the clutch is going to be hating life. Impressive looking blade!

 

They rent them without operators? Have run a SVL95-2 with a Fecon head a bit. Liability and equipment damage possibilities are very high. Seems to be a fair bit of technique involved to efficiently use one ( I was starting to get the gist of it). Starting out I was raising the boom quite a bit. It's fun, but the closer that head stays to the ground, the faster it will work. Don't grind down a small tree via the boom. Chop it at the base and get it on the ground, then grind it. Learned this from a youtube channel and it seems to hold true. Don't get me wrong, making a stem disappear is fun, it's just less efficient. Efficiency is the name of the game with grinders. Everything about using them is expensive. The unit I have used is privately owned. Owner purchased new cutter teeth last year to the tune of near as much makes no difference 4 thousand dollars (hundred bucks per tooth).

If you do rent one, make sure the skid steer has adequate power/flow to properly run the mulcher. The 95-2 is a fairly high powered unit and you still need to stop and wait for head speed sometimes. Honestly unless you have a LOT of stems to grind, I would opt for one of the super heavy brushogs instead. Pretty sure they'll eat anything up to 7-8". Left material will be more coarse, but I doubt that is any issue.

 

I'm very happy with the stock Stihl head on it. I don't need HD because I have the 7 HP DR Mega whacker.

 

I heard they were the best 70s-80s rock band ever...

 

" I'm going to fill my backpack full of rocks, and go walk into the ocean".

 

I borrowed one of these off a neighbor and liked it so much i bought one
He'd given 426.00 at home depot


Rural king has them for 280.00

I cut ditch line's with it
No complaints it cut them 4-5ft weeds easily.
Need to find better .170 line.