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Stihl FS400 strimmer
"Howard Neil" hneil@REMOVE TO REPLY.co.uk wrote in message ... Just be thankful it was not the space shuttle, I recommend Stihl as my little pup is now up and running trouble free after a little TLC. Chris, "Strimmer"?, "little pup"? The FS400 is classified as a "clearing saw". I mention this because, as you bought it second hand, you may not be aware of its full capabilities. Although you can use it with a strimming head and a brushcutter head, you can also use it with a clearing saw head for the really big stuff (felling small trees). Just to give you an idea of the potential power, I use my FS400 with a brushcutter head almost exclusively. I have a number of fields with a problem with blackthorn etc at the edges. The brushcutter head copes perfectly with blackthorn up to about 1inch in one cut but I have cut blackthorn up to 3 or 4 inches thick with three or four "chops". The engine does not have any problem with this sort of abuse. I am quite sure you will soon learn to love your FS400. Regards Howard Neil Thats some power Howard, grrr grrr, I'm lovin it, lovin it, lovin it more every day, it makes sushi out of thick scrub using the strimmer head, I have ordered a brush cutting blade as back up in case I meet any heavy gorse material, it purs like a kitten in idle and roars like a lion when its cranked up, I like it so much that I am almost tempted to go out right now at 12.45 am to give it a little run but my neighbours might go ballistic. I probably bought the wrong one, the head I ordered has 4 points, is that the right head for heavy material? The bloke in the shop said the head covers all types of material that I am likely to meet, theres also a head with 3 points and one almost like a circular saw blade which I assume is for heavy bramble type tree material. |
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