"I went into my dealer yesterday and was shown that even if they would/could fix the machine, Stihl haven't got the parts needed in stock.. not good in my opinion, but I'm guessing over the next year or so companies are all going to struggle. "

"Try the dealer you got it from, mine did this and like yours was one month out of warranty but Stihl still honoured it."

"It was an interesting time initially , I took the opportunity to re sett my customer base and weed out the unproductive jobs and i think equally one or two used it as an opportunity to sack me off to find a cheaper service . 
One job was an annual…"

"Which cordless models are classified as industrial as opposed to domestic ? and which components set the two apart . ? 
I was always told by dealers it is down to the quality of the gearbox with fuel driven hedgetrimmers .
 
 
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"yes so many completely different models now with slightly different references. For example HLA56 and HLA65 so easy to confuse if one digit is transposed, both long reach hedge trimmers but they don't use the same battery type even. Often see…"

"I had a few 'nervous' clients at the beginning who paused the work initially, but within a few weeks changed their minds after seeing their lawns getting out of hand ..I just encouraged them to pay by bank transfer ..skip the drinks etc…"

"Most of us on here just carried on as normal throughout Covid. All my work continued as before. A large part of it is commercial work, but then all the domestic ones were also unaffected. The grass and the hedges still needed to be cut.
I would be…"

"The long covid effected my lung capacity for about 8 months, until January plus fatigue etc. I still get brain fog, annoyinly mostly plant names!
This also effected my mental health ( I have underlying issues) & had an affect on the regular…"

"I had never heard of botanical sexism before but it explains so much! It's awful isn't it, I suffer really badly from allergies too, so I can empathise. Do you still feel the effects of long covid even now? I imagine everything contributes really,…"

"We increased our rates marginally but that was combined with an increase in the demand as restrictions on were eased. I think most the other companies around us did the same thing so it worked out but still, nice little way to recoup some covid…"

"i just gogeld it this is the first one i looked at 
just realised might be the wrong model"

"STIHL HSA 86 Cordless Hedge Trimmer 18" | STIHL Hedge Trimmer – Sam...
this site says it will deliver by monday"

"dont know if i am working things out wrong but it would take 60 years of proffit to pay for the 750.000 dont get how the value is reached "