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Tall Hedge to tidy up - Best Machine

Hello everyone, 

Work is coming in very quick, which is good :)

I have a job to cut back a tall hedge which has got out of control, and also have a bi weekly contract to maintaine a nurery which also has a large (tall) hedge.

Money is quite limited at the moment, i was wondering do i need to go out and buy a £500-£600 long reach machine or could i get away with a £150 machine until next year?

I have a Stihl 46 hedge trimmer but not  along reach one.

Kind Regards

Rob

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  • As long as you can reach the full top width of the hedge, you'll be fine. I very rarely use mine as I get a better finish with the "ordinary" cutter. The HS45 has a shortish blade so you're obviously going to need a lot more moves of the ladder.

  • I started up myself this year and had a cheap einhell combi cost £150 and turned out to be garbage to be honest, the hedge cutter attachment smashed all the gear cogs hitting slightly thicker stuff. Bought a cobra multi tool with cobra engine from my local lawn mower dealer for £250 and to be honest 3 months later so far so good, only problem was the air filter cover isn't the best but nothing a zip tie hasn't sorted. having said that it like thicker stuff. Also got a 2 year warranty with it as my dealer says when i take it back i'm just a domestic customer as far as he's concerned. Personally would buy stihl if i could afford it but i do like the cobra one so far.

  • Agreed, if you can buy Stihl etc do it, I had a Titan multi tool, but later had the chance to buy a as new Tanaka long reach, it is in a different league compared to the Titan.
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