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Old 04-02-2021, 06:25 PM   #871
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My BG 86 is now 5 years old it did the same thing more than once
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-Bolts attaching head and crankcase became loose
-Carb return spring broke, not a service item!! The guy at the Sthil shop I have used for 25+years took me behind the counter to show me the parts he could order. Broken return spring=new carb at $100+. I ended up with an ebay carb for $28 delivered in two days that works fine but for how long?
-Clamp system holding nozzle on failed so is now held on with self tappers
- Muffler continually came loose, so very strong loctite applied to the bolts the last time it happened. To my utter disbelief the muffler came loose again this week. On inspection bolts still firmly loctited in place, they are never coming out but the muffler has broken away from the mounting.

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So I am in the market for a new blower, what do you guys recommend?
I have had several Sthil blowers but have been burned this time (let it go Work Horse)
I have had Echo blowers in the past and they went well.
I'm going with a Husqvarna next time, the 525BX. It's lighter than the BG86 with more power and air speed.

https://www.husqvarna.com/au/product...5bx/967284201/

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So I am in the market for a new blower, what do you guys recommend?
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I've got a 10Yr Old Honda 4 Stroke Blower., It's damn near bullet Proof..
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Serviced almost 20 yr old mower and mowed the lawn. Pretty happy with it, especially servicing part.

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My BG 86 is now 5 years old it did the same thing more than once
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-Bolts attaching head and crankcase became loose
-Carb return spring broke, not a service item!! The guy at the Sthil shop I have used for 25+years took me behind the counter to show me the parts he could order. Broken return spring=new carb at $100+. I ended up with an ebay carb for $28 delivered in two days that works fine but for how long?
-Clamp system holding nozzle on failed so is now held on with self tappers
- Muffler continually came loose, so very strong loctite applied to the bolts the last time it happened. To my utter disbelief the muffler came loose again this week. On inspection bolts still firmly loctited in place, they are never coming out but the muffler has broken away from the mounting.

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I have had several Sthil blowers but have been burned this time (let it go Work Horse)
I have had Echo blowers in the past and they went well.
I've been impressed with the Stihl electric range, they've been getting better with each generation so much so we've pulled the pin and replaced our handheld ICE blowers with BGA57 electric units. I've also grabbed one for home. They're still not quite up there for wind speed on paper but I think they're just as good.

Now onto something with no lack of grunt. We picked up a Toro tow behind. This thing will clear a fairway of leaves in two passes and we have to be careful not to blow over any golfers or they're buggies. We thought that was just a gimmick told to us by the salesman but I can confirm it will knock you off your feet from close range... c'mon guys you'd try it wouldn't you?

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That looks, quite simply, an awesome thing to have in the shed.
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hehe Rallye love it, as you know being a golfer I recognised what thats for straight up....
Can imagine some Members having a Bi atch at many a course's as the groudsmen go back and forth lol.....
I've seen some brilliant mounted rotating blowers at greens only, so well set up and how it clears the greens from leaves and crap.
Love a smaller version for home.

Getting onto Stihl, well there not like they used to be like most brands in quality BUT to date my petrol one is still the ducks guts for me.
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Now onto something with no lack of grunt. We picked up a Toro tow behind. This thing will clear a fairway of leaves in two passes and we have to be careful not to blow over any golfers or they're buggies. We thought that was just a gimmick told to us by the salesman but I can confirm it will knock you off your feet from close range... c'mon guys you'd try it wouldn't you?

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hehe Rallye love it, as you know being a golfer I recognised what thats for straight up....
Can imagine some Members having a Bi atch at many a course's as the groudsmen go back and forth lol.....
You know how loud they are then, haha.
We do get a few complaints and to be honest I can understand, they are a pretty offensive machine. I just signal "can't hear you" as I drive past
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Not sure if you blokes are into fragrances, but if you want to smell like a petrol-powered mower that accidentally ran over your herb garden, get a sample of Dior Fahrenheit EDT,

Personally didn't like it, but just sayin.
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Dior Fahrenheit EDT,
I still got some somewhere, more than 20 years old!
Bring back memories..

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I used a petrol hedge trimmer (Stihl HS 45) for the first time in years today.

Hated the it! The noise, the vibration and the fumes are a huge reminder of how good battery gear is now. And those fumes linger on your clothes for hours too. I also felt like it lacked the finesse I can achieve with a lighter battery tool.

Very happy to have put that tool away.
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I used a petrol hedge trimmer (Stihl HS 45) for the first time in years today.

Hated the it! The noise, the vibration and the fumes are a huge reminder of how good battery gear is now. And those fumes linger on your clothes for hours too. I also felt like it lacked the finesse I can achieve with a lighter battery tool.

Very happy to have put that tool away.
I spent 3 hrs today on my battery hedger. Zero fatigue.

My client comes home and cracks out the cheese platter and red wine, 2 hours later, we start a second bottle. That made me fatigued.
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My sister has a rental proporty that she employs me to maintain the lawns and gardens. That means she knows the investment in the garden is not going to ruined by uncaring tenants.

Arrived today to find a children's play tent has joined the trampoline.



I'm (begrudgingly) fine to move the trampoline but the tent needed to trimmed around.
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Better check AirBnB - it’s probably a $250/night glamping listing.
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My sister has a rental proporty that she employs me to maintain the lawns and gardens. That means she knows the investment in the garden is not going to ruined by uncaring tenants.

Arrived today to find a children's play tent has joined the trampoline.

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I'm (begrudgingly) fine to move the trampoline but the tent needed to trimmed around.
Don’t worry, the first breeze, that will go over the neighbours fence.
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Try the 375 Universal head with 2.4mm square cord.
It will be much better than 2.0mm round line.
After a couple of months with the 375 head and 2,65mm diamond line, I’m very happy with your recommendation, thanks.
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Can anyone suggest a decent ride on mower?

Looking for something with 38"+ cut.

Automatic (is that what they call Hydrostatic these days)??

Not those zero turn jobs. Will be for my elderly parents to use so must be 'car like'.

Needs to be similar to their 20yr old Rover they are replacing.

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I got my old Rover ProCut out of the shed today and took to do a couple of jobs.

This thing always on the first or second pull, today she didn't want to wake from it's extended slumber. I guess the fuel was stale, even though I topped the tank with fresh stuff.

Choke, no choke, full throttle, idle throttle, I even pulled the plug and cranked it over a few times to clear it out. Nothing, was looking like I would have to drive home and put the Bushranger back on the ute.

Then I pulled the air filter off and squirted WD40 down the carby in desperation. That did the trick! A bit of black smoke and a decent rev to clear its lungs and we were in action.
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buy a can of 'Start ya bastard' controversial name but Ive seen it start a tractor that had sat idle over 10 years, no change of diesel, few cracks then squirt of this and pop pop bang away she went.
I have used it on a petrol genset that had not been used in 5 years.
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buy a can of 'Start ya bastard' controversial name but Ive seen it start a tractor that had sat idle over 10 years, no change of diesel, few cracks then squirt of this and pop pop bang away she went.
I have used it on a petrol genset that had not been used in 5 years.
I might have to get a bottle and keep it in the tool box just in case.
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The Supercrap equivalent starting spray is quite a lot cheaper and works just as well. Similar yellow tin, too.
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buy a can of 'Start ya bastard' controversial name but Ive seen it start a tractor that had sat idle over 10 years, no change of diesel, few cracks then squirt of this and pop pop bang away she went.
I have used it on a petrol genset that had not been used in 5 years.
Geeze, the amount of time I used to use that to start the old unreliable 24V indirect injected Diahatsu motorhome POS.
Would smoked out what ever caravan park I was staying, at the time. Works well.
Perfect name as you cranked over the diesel.
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Would smoked out what ever caravan park I was staying, at the time. Works well.
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So my first week of self employment has gone well. I planned to take the tuesday off (after the monday pub holiday) but the universe had other ideas. I had 3 separate meetings with prospective customers, all referred to me by existing clients.
One is a bloke who bought a baller place on an acre in an expensive leafy suburb, he will be redeveloping it and getting a high end landscape designer to update it, needs me a min of 1 full day a week, and basically said, "How soon can you start?". He wants me to source him a ride on for the property too.
It appears that selling myself for the last decade is directly transferable to getting gardening jobs!
At this rate, ill be permanently booked within a fortnight
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Our new mower showed up a couple of weeks ago..
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The out going Kubota deserves a mention, for eight years it was a workhorse and did things a tractor shouldn't and the Aussie built Howard nugget slasher was a beast also, from long grass to small trees/gorse nothing beat it.
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So, an equipment update the Huski 322L has finally had some use it took me 3 weeks before it came out on jobs, i had to get used the walking backwards to do the vertical cut, but the little bugger has some grunt! I used it on an overgrown 1 acre hills property, it doesnt even slow down in the heavy stuff.
The same property has a 10yo HRU216 with the GXV engine on it, but it wouldnt rev, so i took it home, changed the filthy oil and sparkplug, and found the governer lever was so gummed up with crud it wouldnt increase revs under load. All fixed now and its nice to use a self propelled on such a big place.
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