I have a Honda HHH25D hedge trimmer and I am very pleased with it, despite it being a heavy beast its quieter than a 2 stroke, starts wel, has a long reach and doesnt use much petrol. In fact, when mine got nicked by some low life scum last year, I replaced like with like.
This year I have noticed that hedges I trimmed are showing scorch marks from the exhaust. Clearly where I am just cutting the face quickly its not an issue but anywhere I have had to move slowly to get detail right it has damaged the foliage.
I have contacted Honda and they have said go to the local technician but thats not very convenient as I would have to take tie off the job.
I can find no description of any sort of deflector and went to a showroom yesterday to compare mine with theirs and they are the same (before anyone points out that i shoudl have spoken to a tchnician there were none in the workshop yesterday).
Has anyone else had this problem and if so how did you sort it out?
Thanks
Ted
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A good idea but the blade is keen and you can see the "wash" from the exhaust as clear marks. On Box it shows as white patches and on a yew its a brown stain but only in a small area, ie where I was fidling about in a tricky bit
Just a thought but could it be scorched from contact with a red hot gearbox? Hedges may be more susceptible to damage during this drought?. A few years ago I put my hedgecutter on a lawn every time I moved the ladder. Even tho it was only a few seconds there was a neat row of gearbox shaped scorch marks the following week.
they are not regular shaped marks but more oval scorches. They are similar in size and shape but not identical and I can see where I have lingered longer in a spot as there is more damage.