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Petrol Brush Cutter / Strimmer £67.34 delivered @ SGS-Engineering
£67.34SGS Engineering UK Deals
Stumbled across this whilst looking for a replacement for an old Homelite ST155.
Doubtless it will be no Stihl, but looks good value to me with a 2 year warranty. Comes with both brush cutter and nylon line trimmer heads. Mines being delivered tomorrow so will see how we get on.
Doubtless it will be no Stihl, but looks good value to me with a 2 year warranty. Comes with both brush cutter and nylon line trimmer heads. Mines being delivered tomorrow so will see how we get on.
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We're fortunate to have a couple of good local independent hardware stores so picking up good priced oil and protective gear is not a problem but I appreciate its not like that everywhere.
SGS are Epic!
I guess line is included?
Quite possibly. I went through paypal and no problems with free delivery.
Next day delivery option should read as £0.00.
I do have the same one as this but branded differently and with the chainsaw and hedge trimmers it was works quite well. Think with these sort of things if you get a good one you'll have no problems but get a duff one and you're in for a world of pain.
Mixing a 25:1 ratio means you have to buy the oil and petrol separately and then mix it in the bottle (provided) to use the machine, a total pain in the backside and invariably some spillage using a funnel too. I accidentally turned the machine sideways as I was storing it away after first use and a lot of the petrol and oil mix leaked out of the cap even though it was screwed on tight, killed off all the grass where it spilt (the rubber washer inside the cap was crap).
Lots of vibration when using, I needed several pints of beer to calm down after an hour of use, arms shook like a leaf after first use and it took an hour to get back to normal (50 years old but no skinny weakling because I have been tackling MOST of the DIY jobs for the last 10 years, using electric tools with no probs). There are warnings in the booklet supplied about vibrations and not to use the machine too long if you want to avoid permanent damage to your arms.
Sold the damn thing off for cheap after just one use as it was too cumbersome to continue using it. Yes in spite of the vibrations, it did actually a lot of the brush but it was just too difficult and uncomfortable to use after half an hour or so - too heavy, too much vibration. You can buy special gloves (I have been informed) to reduce some of the vibration but it is far simpler to use a heavy duty electric strimmer and then cut off the thicker stems with a long, serrated bread knife or lopper. It all grows back quite quickly in Summer anyway so using chemical weed killers is the only long term and easier solution. Only works out a little bit more expensive than the petrol and oil mix.
I now stick to electric tools (even though there is a problem of running a long length of wire) because they are a lot lighter for extended use and require less maintenance than petrol driven ones and DON'T vibrate so much that you end up looking like a nervous, twitching clown after using the tool.
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