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Stihl FS400 strimmer
"Howard Neil" hneil@REMOVE TO REPLY.co.uk wrote in message Hi Chris, My brush cutter blade has three points. I am not sure how a four pointed one will differ in performance but I suspect that cutting the big stuff may be a little harder as there is less gap between the points. If you move the blade into small trees slowly, it will try to burn its way through and quickly damage the tip of the blade. If you chop at the tree, the blade will take chunks out of it. Hi Howard, You are probably right, It looks like I did get the wrong head, I have just visited/ found a stihl website and they describe the blade I bought as being for quote "Metal Blade Steel, 4 cutting teeth, for working on large areas of tough weeds and heavy grass". Oh well, looks like I will have to get another blade for brush and scrub. The blade needs to be a substantial one. Some of those available are little more than bent tin. Try to make sure that it is made by Stihl to be certain (although there are other good blades available). I ordered it from a Stihl dealers so I assume its going to be the right make. The circular saw blade is the clearing saw blade that I mentioned. This is for taking out trees up to about 6 inches diameter. I use the brush cutter blade for everything unless needing to cut close to something that I do not wish to damage (e.g. stock fences, trees I wish to keep, etc) or which might damage the blade (e.g. stone walls). Might get one of these as well The blade on this machine runs anti-clockwise as seen from above. When cutting things that might throw off big bits (such as small diameter tree stumps), try cutting from left to right. This will throw the bits away from you. Otherwise, invest in some sort of leg shield. :-) A full face visor is also advisable, particularly when working near animal excrement.:-) Thanks for the warning. I know the enjoyment you are having with it. I started off with a "normal" brush cutter and this was hard work. I then took a forestry course at a local agricultural college and was introduced to the Stihl. I bought one myself and it is now one of my most important machines. I think its a fantastic machine. I was using an Echo multi tool with a strimmer head, it really was hard work, really noisy, I used to have to make several passes before it would cut a few blades of grass near walls and then I would end up tilting it to compensate which resulted in ripping a chunk of turf out of the ground, no such problem with the Stihl, one pass and its gone, cuts as good as a mower. Heres a link to one of the Stihl sites, it shows the different cutting heads you can get, pity I did not find it before I went to the shop. http://www.stihlusa.com/trimmers/blades.html Regards Chris. |
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