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You will struggle to get stuff that will last for that money but buy a decent hedge cutter as the cheap ones seem to break more than cheap anything else in my experience.
Honda izy 16 inch new for £300
Second hand hs45 hedgecutter £125 maybe
Hand tools to get started £125
Bg56/86 second hand starting about £150
Maybe spend £250-300 on a strimmer second hand stihl fs 90 or something in that price range.
Get the long reach when money allows as I’m thinking that was pruner not printer? If so you really can manage without for the time being less is probably more as you will get more reliable tools for your money.
I’d keep looking over winter but if starting now get your hedgecutters, blower and hand tools now and use them to make some money the mower and strimmer can wait a bit.
It’s tight but doable
Good luck with it and I’ll try and find a link to harry the cats eBay shop
Yes, I meant pruner! I didn't notice that my phone had changed it to printer :)
Nick if you are willing to travel to w Yorkshire I might be able to help as I have just retired and have some surplus tools pm me if you want
Work out a rough budget for each piece and keep checking flea bay, when the asking price is right, grab yourself a bargain.
Nick I sourced everything second hand in the first year, expect to do maintenance work on all but nearly new gear.
Not sure prices are much different between now and Jan/ Feb but I do think they go up a notch come April May and settle down again mid summer.
I'd recommend purchasing branded gear, Stihl, Echo, Honda etc as parts are always available. L&S always come up trumps for me with Stihl gear, even the older stuff.
With hedge cutters, don't assume that just because it seems to run ok it is ok, exhausts are often clogged up and need the blowtorch or acid treatment, those spacers inside the blade guides are nearly always worn and need replacing, carbs can play up etc etc. Mowers I found needed wheel or roller bearings and control cables.
Good thing about buying now is that you can get them in your shed, dismantle, clean, lubricate and test before you get going next year.
I try and avoid anything that looks like its had heavy/commercial use.......... a year of that equals many machine lifetimes of domestic use. I'm always surprised when I see Stihl hedgecutters going for £300+ with obviously heavily worn blades.... a new set being £100+ so not the bargain it first appeared! It might be worth considering the lighter duty Stihl stuff and go for new............ just had a quick look at F R Jones and you can pick up a strimmer/blower/hedgecutter for about £200 each which would leave you plenty for a good secondhand mower... even a new one. Even if the lighter duty stuff fails after a year or so, you haven't lost much and you'll have made some money to get better replacements.
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