Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 3,394 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 I need a real heavy duty hedge trimmer. About 100' of overgrown, woody hedge belonging to a neighbor. Too lazy/busy to cut it himself, but no objection if I want to do it. (yeah, I'm a sucker for the Tom Sawyer routine) Mrs. LL is pushing me to do the job - the hedge blocks our water view (Yup - it's about 8' high) I know the standard duty electric trimmer will not touch it; just not enough power. And the electrics don't have enough oomph or battery life, as best as I can tell. So I'm looking at gasoline powered. Impressed with the Stihl HL 56 K - 27 cc, 26" shaft, 24" blade - a bit over 12 lbs. Anyone with experience? I'm severely prejudiced against Chinese tools. LL Link to post Share on other sites
Tyrel Cody 5,264 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 I bought a Stihl HS 45 18" last summer and like it a lot. Link to post Share on other sites
Catlow4697 568 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Use chainsaw just above ground level you only have to trim once Link to post Share on other sites
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth 6,832 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 15 hours ago, Catlow4697 said: Use chainsaw just above ground level you only have to trim once Catlow4697, That was going to be my suggestion also. Link to post Share on other sites
Colorado Coffinmaker 3,665 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 I got a guy next door what does a swell job. Give him a referral?? Milage might be ????? Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 28,507 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Well, there is or maybe Link to post Share on other sites
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 3,394 Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 Funny....I was thinking: Link to post Share on other sites
Catlow4697 568 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 I have a bush that I trim twice a year because the wife likes it I cheated with the rest of the bushes I used a backhoe also a one time project Link to post Share on other sites
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,680 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 3 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Well, there is or maybe 3 hours ago, Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 said: Funny....I was thinking: Don'tyathunkthatisabitdrastic? Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Plasters, SASS#60943 308 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 I have an electric Brush Hog that does a respectable job Link to post Share on other sites
MAYOBARD SASS #13025L 521 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Blast it down with your shotgun? Link to post Share on other sites
Assassin 1,612 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Go with Stihl. Link to post Share on other sites
No Horse Hair, SASS #77464 32 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Go buy a very large Brahma bull.......put it on one side of bush and tell it not to cross the bush................ Link to post Share on other sites
Trailrider #896 1,946 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Ma Deuce? Link to post Share on other sites
chestnut louie 8 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Eight years ago I bought a (earlier model #) ECHO PAS-266 with a Articulating Hedge Trimmer Attachment. It is $$$$, heavy and powerful. There is a small two acre pasture behind my house that a previous owner had put up high tensile fencing. The owner just before me did not keep that fence line clear so when I decided to install new fencing to keep goats in, I knew that I would need a "real" tool. The vines, brush and wild rose tangle was 5~6' tall and 4' thick on both sides. My ECHO PAS-265 made an awful job possible. The other attachments are great also. Now the goats do all the work. Chestnut Link to post Share on other sites
Festus G Lonetree 201 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 no gasoline required - Link to post Share on other sites
Lost Trail 115 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Stihl. Last one you will ever need. Link to post Share on other sites
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 3,394 Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 Stihl it is...thanks for all the input! You guys with the goats are too much!! LL Link to post Share on other sites
The Original Lumpy Gritz 7,568 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Make sure to use premium gas, and use Seafoam in the gas. OLG Link to post Share on other sites
Finagler 6853 Life 507 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 You didn't want the electric ones and good that you didn't. My wife bought one of those B&D battery powered thingys years ago. Had a 4" blade and a 12" blade unit for trimming. Terrible devices. Couldn't cut string. So then she buys a corded unit. Tried to do it herself because when she gets a notion, she wants it done NOW! Cut 2 of my good, long extension cords into 4 short extension cords before she gave it up. I went to the power center (more power, arg, arg, arg) and bought a Stihl trimmer. Don't remember the model. Cuts like a dream but she doesn't use it which is probably a good thing. She would hurt herself or worse, someone else. Do like they said, use premium gas, gas treatment for putting it away and I spray some lithium grease on the cutter bar before I store mine. Biggest problem I have is that she has "land mines" in her flower beds. All these wire do dads that get camouflaged by the vegetation. I get a big CLANK when the cutter hits one of those, then I curse badly and give her dirty looks. She apologizes and says she thought she got them all out. I put up with it. I cut her tree peony once. Boy howdy, did I hear about that. Won't do that again. Then there is the chain saw. Those work wonders. Know a family that cut their hedge down to within 6 inches of the ground with one. Within a year the hedge was back to 3 feet tall again. I like chainsaws. Got 4 Stihls in various sizes. More POWER! Arg, arg, arg. Link to post Share on other sites
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L 3,660 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 hedge trimmer? Billy, my neighbor's kid works cheap Link to post Share on other sites
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