Forum

About the Landscape Juice Network

Founded in 2008. The Landscape Juice Network (LJN) is the largest and fastest growing professional landscaping and horticultural association in the United Kingdom.

LJN's professional business forum is unrivalled and open to anyone within within the UK landscape industry

LJN's Business Objectives Group (BOG) is for any Pro serious about building their business.

For the researching visitor there's a wealth of landscaping ideas, garden design ideas, lawn advice tips and advice about garden maintenance.

Good Petrol Strimmers other than Stihl's

Posted by Roger on February 26, 2015 at 7:01pm in Machinery

H ihope someone can point me in the right direction. Im after a robust, quality (albeit second hand) petrol strimmer !  Im looking for something other than a Stihl purely because they are a magnet to thieves. Any ideas ? I dont really need to spend maga money but something mid range is well within my range. Thanks

Views: 587

You need to be a member of Landscape Juice Network to add comments!

Join Landscape Juice Network

★
★
★
★
★
Votes: 0
Email me when people reply –
Follow

Replies

  • PRO
    Adam Pilgrim February 26, 2015 at 7:24pm

    Can't go far wrong with a Tanaka TBC 230 or 290... Good reliable, japanese engine, frugal on fuel and always start second pull.

    • Roger > Adam Pilgrim February 26, 2015 at 7:40pm

      Thanks for the info, just had a quick peek on fleabay and the Tanakas are slightly out my price range at this time, thanks anyway. 

  • PRO
    Harry@VWGS February 26, 2015 at 7:27pm
    Can't really give you any options for this as we only use Stihl, however my advice would be to speak to your local dealer, see what machines they stock, how fast they can get spares for the different machines, then use that knowledge to search eBay etc for a second hand machine that will suit your needs... Cheers
    • Roger > Harry@VWGS February 26, 2015 at 7:44pm

      Thanks Harry, I dont suppose you would have ever used a Stihl fs400, just watching one one on ebay, and cannot get any reviews.  

  • PRO
    Robbie February 26, 2015 at 8:24pm

  • PRO
    Seth Burgess February 26, 2015 at 8:33pm

    Echo.

    • PRO
      Gary RK > Seth Burgess February 26, 2015 at 8:50pm

      I'll Echo that :)

  • Roger February 26, 2015 at 9:25pm

    What you echoing, maybe im being a bit over cautious 

  • Tom Smith February 26, 2015 at 10:40pm

    Efco are good ds 28 nice light strimmer or 8460 for heavy work.

This reply was deleted.

Hot Discussions

Leading contributors

Featured Discussions

Trade green waste centres

LJN Sponsor

Advertising

Blogs

PRO Supplier

Agrovista Amenity continues partnership with The Tree Council

Posted by Fusion Media on April 10, 2024 at 7:43am in Industry news

Agrovista Amenity is excited to announce that it will be continuing its partnership with national environmental charity The Tree Council, pledging to sponsor the planting of more than a thousand trees. The trees will be planted over the next…

Read more…

More on LJN

Featured business articles

About LJN