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Stihl HLA85, Long reach trimmer.

I have been over the moon with this piece of kit.....until yesterday. It simply wouldnt go. I checked the grease as it hadn't been used for a while but that was fine. The gear moved when I manually rotated it. An hour later, it worked so I thought it

Started by Tony @SM in Machinery

6 Replies · Reply by Simon 20 hours ago

Stihl HLA 86 needed.

Does anyone in either Surrey or West Sussex area know of any local machinery companies that have this in stock? My local dealer is out and they have no idea when they are coming back in, I have called around a few online dealers and although the webs

Started by Harry@VWGS in Machinery

12 Replies · Reply by Stephen r Brook-Smith on Sunday

Kubota or Iseki

I'm on the verge of buying a new cut-and-collect ride-on mower which can cope with lawns of a few thousand m2 and in particular, will cope in the wet. The main contenders seem to be the Kubota G231 and the Iseki SXG323+. What are people's experience

Started by Tim Bucknall in Groundscare and Machinery

2 Replies · Reply by Tim Bucknall Jul 8

Struggling to find a good professional mower, and would like some recs please.

I am struggling to find a good professional mower that covers both rougher graveyard type ground and also medium sizes customer lawns.

I started off with a Cobra mower thanks to a rec on here- and to be fair for a small, fairly cheap roller mower i

Started by Rob in Machinery

25 Replies · Reply by Tony Swift Jul 11

Carburetter issues and E10 petrol

Some other petrol-powered equipment may not be compatible with E10 petrol including:

petrol-powered garden equipment or machinery, such as lawnmowers and chainsaws

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Had an interesting conversation at the mower repair shop about older mowers, car

Started by Tim Wallach in Machinery

6 Replies · Reply by Ben Carter Jul 1

Stihl kombi battery

Has anyone used or got any of the stihl kombi battery units, can you use the attachments from the petrol units?

Started by Oliver clarkson in Machinery

9 Replies · Reply by Gary RK @ Landscape Juice Network Jun 11

To Roller or not!

Hi All

I am going to get a new lawnmower now I know you may say get a lawnmower with a roller! The one, I have been using is in for repair!

Two questions for you!

1] I have a small caddy van what would you say will be the best size to get or the minimum

Started by Brian's Garden Maintenance in Machinery

8 Replies · Reply by Andrew Betteridge May 23

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Stihl battery belts

Morning, we've just tried to use our spangly new HSA94T. Two of us have tried it over the last 90 mins. No matter how we attach the battery pack to our belts within about 5 mins the velcro gives way....Does anyone else have one of these, and does it

Started by Adam Woods in Machinery

16 Replies · Reply by Adam Woods Jun 5

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