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i hear the echo of a tanaka

hi guys first post so please be gentle, been a big stihl user for years but am getting alittle disconcerted with um, due to price and the fact every chav in the area seems to want to nick um, so last week used a tanaka tht2520 and found it pretty good to be fair, need a new 30 inch cutter, used stihl hs81 that my old boss swore by and it was good, question is then anyone use a tanaka tht2520 or an echo hcr171 do they match up to the hs81 in power and performance ??

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    I have a Tanaka THT2530 - that's the single sided high speed 'Trimmer' version.

    In my opinion excellent machine - has never missed a beat in three years and I do a LOT of hedge work.

    Of course the THT2530 I have is NOT comparable in terms of cutting ability to the Sthil HS81R (I which I also have). The THT being a high speed trimmer is EXTREMELY fast on well trimmed conifer and privet and other 'soft' growth whereas I would be picking up the HS81R to chop through a thick hawthorn reduction or chop pencil thick stems etc.

    I can't find a reference to the blade speed on the Tanaka you refer too, but would expect it to be lower than the one I use (as it is noted as being especially fast).

    All depends what you are cutting and wheter you can justify having more than one cutter I guess.

    I use virtually all Tanaka two stroke stuff and bar a carb issue on one of the older machines have never had an issue.

    A quick google shows the Tanaka with two year pro warranty coming out at about £400 and the Stihl at £450 ish.

    Hope this helps a bit.

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    Recently brought a 230 pole trimmer after noticing the light weight of them
    Well impressed I choose that over my stihl hl95 every time..
  • I have always had problems with Echo, We used to do some product development for them. The engines are highly strung, I have not had much tanaka stuff apart from a blower that was faultless.
    Best hedge cutter money can by in my opinion is the Stihl HS 86 R or T. I have 2. Vibration is very good, ballanced machine, i adjusted the carb settings and runs very well. For some reason factory settings for carb make it stall on idle after 1 month of having it.

  • First post folks gulp!I use a lot of stihl stuff-3 chainsaws/leaf blower/brush cutter etc.But for me the single sided Kawasaki 30" model is streets ahead of the stihl models-cheaper,better front handle balance,and a really industrial standard clutch.
  • i got a tanaka tht2520 it has been a fine i had to decoke the exhaust about 6 weeks ago as it would not rev up other than that it been fine 

    we only use stihl 2 stroke oil  

  • Have two 2520, alternate them for blade shapening etc plus means I have a spare...7 years hard use and still going strong, can be a touch tempremental to start when hot..can take a tug or two, had one exhaust coke up and replaced it (shihl oil) as the dealer said run it at 25-1 which tbh was a bit smokie on still days ! I now run it at about 40-1 but others say 50-1 is fine ?

    I would consider another I got the last one on a deal at about 350 quid

     

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