Hello

A huskvarna 325 HS99 Its a single side blade, cant fault it a very nice machine in terms of ballance and vibration levels.

The modern stihl pro hedge trimmers are built off the domestic 27cc engine and are IMO a heap of crap. Stihl dont even offer the 99cm blade in the heavy teeth pattern were as huskvarna do.

Hayter ranger is a sound mower and what I initially bought. i found minea bit heavy and i had problems with the height of cut and drive cables.

I now use an Etesia pro 51 K.

 

at the moment ive got a hs75 and a hs80 as a spare because i got it cheep when stihl bought out a new model :thumb: ive also got a single sided stihl but i cant get on with it :confused: i dont know why but i get on better with a double sided blade i think it could be because i find it easyer in a confined space
i looked at an Etesia but i decided on the hayter because of how well my first mower lasted !

 

if you perservere with the single sider youll find it twice as quick due to longer blade and lighter. they do take a bit of time to adjust to mind.

 

Its more how i like to cut a hedge thats the problem like this one

i like to start at the top and work towards the house but with the single sided one i cant ....

 

Fair enough,

to be honest i usually work on an up cut or in your example away from the house although Im quite adept at using it on a down cut were its awkward.

 

Well next time that hedge needs a cut you can come over an we ull have a race took me 5 hours to do it the other side and then the same next door alone :rolleyes:

 

lol im tempted to take you up on it !, i could do it 3 hours max both sides top and clear up and thats with a tea break !

mind I do use pole hedge cutter for the top so can go straight across in one go

 

Yeah but the 2 far sides and the fronts are about 4 times the size of the bit in that picture!

 

lol, it gets bigger by the minute !!

 

i dont know if you can see how long it is from this pic ? or this

And that was 21/2 hours cut and shredded

 

f*** the race your welcome to it lol!!!!

Thats a rough old hedge.

 

Yeah the next time i do it it will be the last job of the day last time i did it first and was nackered for the rest of the day lol that pic is the one next door to the first one i did in that street cut it back hard then one trimm then the old lady went in to a home and the new owners couldnt care less :rolleyes:
but 2 that size is enough for me really! that first pic of hedge i put up was as bad as this first one the first time i cut it its come on great now :D

 

Welcome SpudBristol!

Well done for working so hard - your Grandad would be very proud of you!

Bristol is a really nice part of the world - my mum is in Keynsham! I trim her hedge though... :p .... and wouldn't be brave enough to post a pic of the finished result on here - Thank goodness privet grows so quickly. :o

Hope you enjoy the forum

Kath