Brush cutters

[DoubleChevron]

Hi Guys,

has anyone tried the ebay black eagle brush cutters. I have a couple of 2stroke brush cutters here. One is a huge heavy bastard, and the other frustrates me to tears.

Honda GX35 Petrol Engine Pole Chainsaw Brush Cutter Whipper Snipper Saw - Black Eagle (https://www.bargains-online.com.au/honda-gx35-petrol-engine-pole-chainsaw-brush-cutter-whipper-snipper-saw.html?utm_source=myshopping&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Garden&utm_term=Honda+GX35+Petrol+Engine+Pole+Chainsaw+Br ush+Cutter+Whipper+Snip)

Has anyone tried these honda engines cutters? I'm sure the motor itself is great ................. but is everything the motor is bolted to crap ?

seeya
Shane L.

[Don 130]

I recently bought a Tanaka 27cc brushcutter with wide handles. Actually used it for the first time yesterday. We didn't have grass before that. Too bloody dry. Great machine. Very smooth, sufficiently powerful, easy starting etc,etc, and it's not very heavy. 5Kgs
Don.

[fitzy]

Tool of the devil.
Easier to have a goat

[Ranga]

Not really a brush cutter, but I bought one of these the other day, to go with the rest of my Ryobi tools. Ryobi One+ 18V Brushless Line Trimmer - Skin Only | Bunnings Warehouse (https://www.bunnings.com.au/ryobi-one-18v-brushless-line-trimmer-skin-only_p3381344)

Starting a whipper snipper has never been easier, quieter, or less smelly!

[DoubleChevron]

thanks guys,

I live on acerage. Battery stuff is brilliant these days .... But I find the batteries always die before I bet any use out of them. I like metal blades on brush cutters. I need to use it to clean up the blackberries growing under the fence wire. I also have some bushes that need to be trimmed (so maybe that hedge trimmer would do the trick). The pole saw would come in really handy too.

The issue is if all the attachements are crap .... I'd be better off buying just a decent normal brush cutter ... I'd rather something that does one thing really well, than 6things really badly and just aggravate the crap out of me :)

seeya,
Shane L.

[bee utey]

NFI about your specific needs but I bought a Honda GX35 powered generic brush cutter a few years ago and it's doing well on my 1 acre block. The motor is bloody brilliant, quiet, clean, economical, light.

[donh54]

As DoubleChevron said, the attachments etc can make or break them. Back when I did that sort of stuff for a living, I found Tanaka or Shindaiwa were virtually bulletproof. Bit exxy, but you gets what you pays for. [thumbsupbig]

[DoubleChevron]

Thanks Guys,

Tanaka or Shindaiwa ... Wow, you have a taste for the "good stuff" :) .... This thing will be used as rarely as possible. I HATE bloody brushcutters. Anywhere a brush cutter is nomally used, I generally use a Victa Super 600. They can't go under fence lines and around garden bed edging though.

seeya,
Shane L.

[whitey56]

I don't think you will have trouble with the Thai manufactured motor they have been making them for a long time, I prefer Japanese motors myself as my edge trimmer the only Chinglish motor I have gives me more grief than the 3 other machines put together.

[rar110]

My Shindaiwa is great. It just works every time.

[DazzaTD5]

What the ..... is a brush cutter ??????
Does the weirdo Victorian mean a Whipper snipper or Line trimmer ?????

I've got a Honda 4 stroke GX25 .... BEST BIT OF KIT I EVER GOT and its like 100 million years old now and still runs perfect!

[DoubleChevron]

What the ..... is a brush cutter ??????
Does the weirdo Victorian mean a Whipper snipper or Line trimmer ?????

I've got a Honda 4 stroke GX25 .... BEST BIT OF KIT I EVER GOT and its like 100 million years old now and still runs perfect!

A brush cutter is a grown up mans version of a whipper snipper/line trimmer [biggrin] (says he that doesn't want to use the "mans sized" 50cc two stroke thing here as its so god damn heavy)

seeya,
Shane L.

[copba]

I’ve got a Stihl middle of their professional range it’s been good for the last six or seven years, although it doesn’t get a lot of work. I was going to buy a Honda as I’ve heard good things about them, but the salesman was a dickhead.

[gromit]

I have a number of early Ryobi's.
Last one was $5 and all I did was replace the fuel lines. It's a dark green one with no primer pump so takes a few pulls but works well.

One before that was from the local tip shop for $10. Started & ran but only on full choke. Quick internet search and it seems there are basically 2 jets, tickover & flat out so the 'flat out' one was probably blocked. Took it apart & blew the carby out and it now runs perfectly. Bonus it came with 1/2 a tank of fuel......I did later have to replace the primer bulb and fuel lines.

Just been given a Homelite but the sun got to the plastic throttle lever and it broke. Just about to replace the brittle fuel lines and jury rig a throttle lever.

For some reason my wife thinks I'm a tight arse.



Colin

[bpk]

fellow tight arse here bought a EGO battery powered whipper snipper (hesitate to say brush cutter) for about $30 when Masters closing down. Expensive battery to go with it but Its been great and you gotta love no fuss just starts when you pull the trigger. Fast charger gets it up and running again pretty quick. Now seriously considering the EGO chainsaws and bits and pieces for small jobs.



I have a number of early Ryobi's.
Last one was $5 and all I did was replace the fuel lines. It's a dark green one with no primer pump so takes a few pulls but works well.

One before that was from the local tip shop for $10. Started & ran but only on full choke. Quick internet search and it seems there are basically 2 jets, tickover & flat out so the 'flat out' one was probably blocked. Took it apart & blew the carby out and it now runs perfectly. Bonus it came with 1/2 a tank of fuel......I did later have to replace the primer bulb and fuel lines.

Just been given a Homelite but the sun got to the plastic throttle lever and it broke. Just about to replace the brittle fuel lines and jury rig a throttle lever.

For some reason my wife thinks I'm a tight arse.



Colin

[4bee]

Read the Klika 6 in 1 feedback/complaints. Motors seem acceptable with some basic problems but the method of connecting the end tools & keeping them stable in use is very sus.
Just sayin'.[smilebigeye]

[Phideaux]

About 12 years ago I bought a (Professional standard) Stihl shaft-drive whippy-snipper (brush-cutter attachments available but I've never used). It was - if I recall - about $800 then. Maybe that included the chainsaw helmet and chainsaw trousers, (and harness) which I regard as 'part of the machine'.
While I was told then 'you won't believe how reliable cable-drives are nowadays' I'd had enough trouble with early versions (used when I was paid for the privilege, 1980s) that I wasn't going near one with my own money.
The Stihl that I bought has a shaft-drive, enclosed, mounted with four internal bearings ('even with professional levels of usage, you won't wear that out').
I do get it serviced most years.
It starts 'second pull' every time after priming (then stalls, - turn choke off - third pull, starts and runs).
It's had some very heavy use - increasing; I do volunteer work with it, so I measure something like .4km X 2m wide X10times/year, as well as domestic use. One time of necessity ploughed through 80m of phalaris grass 1.2m high - and thick - used a full tank. But I found the rocks and now I use the conventional mower.
Key points - Stihl - good; for heavy use, shaft-drive and extra expense - worth it over time.

and since the Yahnks call them weed-whackers, happy whacking, Wacka!

Phideaux

[gromit]

and since the Yanks call them weed-whackers, happy whacking, Wacka!

Phideaux

In the UK they are 'strimmers' (from string trimmer).... String trimmer - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_trimmer)



Colin

[Roland]

Not really a brush cutter, but I bought one of these the other day, to go with the rest of my Ryobi tools. Ryobi One+ 18V Brushless Line Trimmer - Skin Only | Bunnings Warehouse (https://www.bunnings.com.au/ryobi-one-18v-brushless-line-trimmer-skin-only_p3381344)

Starting a whipper snipper has never been easier, quieter, or less smelly!

I have one of these as well, along with other Ryobi 18v powered tools.

I also have a petrol powered "CG520" which has had very little use.

Unfortunately the orange plastic go faster lever has broken off and I now can't use the machine.


Cheers
Roland

[AK83]

20+ years ago I got my dad a no name brand 30-ish HP brush cutter, came with saw wheel .. absolute monster machine. Nothing would stop it.
Dad had a 1.5 ac block at Wattle Glen, and all whipper snippers before the 'no name' would die in quick order.
I have a vague recollection that the motor on that cutter was Mitsubishi(2 stroke too).

Lasted about 20 years or so, then it got to the point where it needed an adjustment every use.
He bought a few cheap whipper snippers after the goat became more of an annoyance, but they just wouldn't be up to the job of maintaining the block.

Couple of years ago I got him an AEG battery powered brush cutter, I think 54v or something. He doubted it'd do the job.
But it turns out it had power to spare. Battery life is about 1hr on full speed, and about 1.5 to 2hrs on slower speed.
He's in his 80's and the pull start routine on a petrol model was his main issue.
Obviously starting is easy peasy compared to a petrol model, but being old, he didn't have the stamina to do more than about 1/2hr at a time anyhow.
So for him the 1 hr use, 4 hrs charge routine was about spot on.

Brother ripped up his grass a year or so ago and gave me his Ryobi One (18v) trimmer, and it's light and handy for edging, but not up to the task of cutting long grass at all.
I'm not the type to regularly maintain my lawn, or weeds .. maybe going about 6 months or so between sometimes. My grass is currently about 2-3 foot high in some places and thick as hell, and many woody weeds.
My 4 stroke mower struggles with the grass in those conditions, but the AEG cutter chews through it like it's butter.

Ryobi is really only good for very light duty stuff, or for those hard to reach nooks and crannies(behind shed, side of house, etc.) where you sometimes need to do it one handed .. and I only kept it as I have other Ryobi +One tools and batteries, including chain saw.

But that AEG, and I suspect any high voltage battery cutter, are highly recommended if you're the type to do a bit, have a rest and do some more later type of operator.
Only real downside is the cost of it all. About $600 all up. Additional batteries are expensive to boot!
Weight is close to half the old no name, and most petrol brush cutters with similar power.

ps. I'm the type that just delays that kind of chore for 'another time' ... where it then becomes a insurmountable process! [bigwhistle]

Dad no longer lives on the bush block, so I brought the AEG back to my house. No need for it other than when the lawn has been unattended for 6 months, but it's just too good to leave it.
Highly recommended product.