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If you already have ryobi batteries, financially wise, picking up a ryobi skin makes sense. So for 2 reasons really. You dont have to pay for the battery and charger, and because you use the batteries in more then 1 thing they get used so therefore maintained. Regardless of if the tool is the best one out there, unless you use it everyday, sticking to your existing battery platform will probably be better off.
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Ryobi seems to be ok, I have quite a few variations.
Bunnings Killed the likes of GMC with all the replacements they issued, so you have to have a reliable product to go into business with them.
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With EGO, the money you pay is going into the batteries. If you plan to change or add equipment in the future, the EGO battery system is the best out there. I recently bought a LB 765 blower in a kit with two batteries and the rapid charger. The tools weigh virtually nothing, the 5.0 Ah battery is VERY heavy though and overall weight difference between a petrol Stihl and the EGO LB 765 is only grams. ![]() ![]() I wanted to get into the EGO equipment for the battery technology, I also wanted to add the cooling fan that has just gone on sale. ![]() A word of warning though - Like all American mowers, the EGO mowers are not ideally suited to Australian lawns. I know you are up for a mower in the future, but unless you are cutting the very tips off tall fescue, I think there are better mowers out there. That's not dissing the power units themselves, it's the chassis that is out of place here.
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![]() Good news is that the thing is running STRONG at the moment. On the service invoice, I see that this machine was purchased in May 2012. That's actually a really good run on a unit that is used pretty hard. It's been run on Stihl HP Ultra synthetic oil for the majority of its life and is still running hard. The only repairs it has needed are things that are bolted to or around the engine itself. ![]() HP Ultra is expensive, about $38 for a 1lt bottle and $140 for a 5lt bottle. The benefits include cleaner burning, less smoke, less carbon build up in the exhaust port, muffler and spark screen. It does have a particular odor to it though, machines running on this stuff have quite an acrid smell. Well worth the extra cost. https://www.stihl.com.au/stihl-hp-ul...ngine-oil.aspx
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I still run castor oil, talk about distinct smell.
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please don't ailinate me, but I've decided to do a major clean on the works John Deere ride on mower. I've got the things that allows hooking a hose to the deck ...
but..... I guess I should scrap all the accumulated dead grass from under there first. How does one raise a mower up high enough to see what your doing undrr there, iam not as young and supple as o pretend to be.
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Car ramps - Trolley Jack -
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trolley jack drrrr why didnt I think of that, it I can afford, plus I have one in my uter all the time.
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Anyway, my husqvarna hedger was in for warranty, and I went back to the stihl, it was nice to use such a light unit again.
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The manager of my Stihl store would have just replaced the unit for me. He understands that trade customers are worth keeping in the fold, **** them off and you can loose a lot of business.
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This is why I’ll go back there to buy my mum her battery mower, even if it costs a couple of hundred bucks more.
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We sort of discussed this earlier in the thread, dirt cheap machines that offer a lot for the money, the trade off being poor quality.
These two video's feature a Stihl knockoff that has issues after only minutes into it's life. There is some appeal here with this saw. These are powerful, 72 and 92cc chainsaws that are a fraction of the price of a similar featured Stihl. To put that into dollars, a 72.2 Stihl MS 462 C-M costs $2099 compared to about $370 for a 72 cc NEO-TEC. A 91.1cc Stihl MS 661 C-M is $2449 compared to a 92cc NEO-TECH at $400. https://neotecworld.com/collections/shipping-from-au https://www.stihl.com.au/STIHL-Produ...S-462-C-M.aspx I guess it come down to how tolerant you would be to teething troubles, or having the machine last a short period of time.
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Have just gone and ordered some maintenance parts for my two Stihl BG 86's. I should probably just buy them from the local dealer, support the local business and all, but I just order online for connivence. In this case, I'm shopping air filters and spark plugs.
In theory, I would just order two of both. Except Stihl changed the air filter and filter box at some stage, meaning there are two different air filters I need to find and order. The older design is a simple flat foam/felt element that is secured with a plastic retainer and a cam lock housing. ![]() ![]() The newer design has a cartridge style filter, which Stihl dub HD2, and a threaded screw on housing. Stihl revised this from the older design as the cam lock arrangement would wear out and fall off. ![]() ![]() I managed to find the older filter very easily, but not the newer version. Most vendors want to sell you a service kit consisting of a spark plug, fuel filter, a length of starter rope and the air filter itself. ![]() I just want the filter and not the complimentary piece of string and a crappy no-name spark plug. I'm not paying for a kit that will mostly end up in the bloody bin. Vendors that actually sell a single air filter are offering cheap and nasty pattern parts located in China. Grrrrhh. Looks like I'll have to go and buy one from a shop then. ![]()
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Today, my whipper snipper gave me another reason to like it. So my old one didnt have a clutch in it. That was fine for me, give it revs and it did the job. My mate would often borrow it and would annoy me greatly with my old one. Id always say rev the guts out of it, but he'd leave it idleing and the line would more or less ask the grass politely if it could please fall down. So what would be 5 minutes reved to the moon would take an hour. So my mate borrowed my current snipper today. It has a clutch in it which forced him to break his habbit. No accelerometer input, no spin, so no cut. Whaddayaknow? The 5 minute job took him all of 5 minutes.
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Anyway onto the tree, not the biggest but it would have been nice to do it with the 066, had to settle on a Farmboss. ![]() Normally I'll try to correctively prune them but this one had rotted at a fork and already dropped half of its canopy. ![]() On the ground. ![]() And cut at ground level, Never underestimate the little Farmboss. As you can see the rot had gone all the way through it. Once we get a few more we'll hire a stump grinder. They're an interesting machine to use ![]() ![]()
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The one and only...
Its loud, overpowered and dangerous. My favourite saw by far ![]() We found an electric, bench mounted sharpener in the mountain of forgotten tools in our shed so its razor sharp too. In all seriousness though it does need to be treated with alot of respect its quite a beast.
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Why do weirdos insist on catching over grown grass, we’re at max growth stage for grass and weeds in Adelaide, almost daily I see someone in knee high grass mowing, next to a green waste bin that will be full in 6 meters of mowing.
I whippered about 500sqm of CHEST height weeds today, the elderly lady was adamant that the clippings had to be raked up and disposed of, I’m like yep, you can get someone else to do that for you.
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and why do people insist on blowing their grass cuttings ALL over the place ie gutters, road, other peoples property etc etc after mowing? [and yes i had a go at a neighbour ages ago when he mowed the neighbours front lawn next to us & left grass everywhere]. and i mowed not last weekend but the previous . . . . ..... and i will have to mow this ....... wet weekend ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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I like to bin/bag my clippings, irrespective of the amount. It’s part of the gratification. (Call me a weirdo if you like.)
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The industry really needs to stop catering to the "let it grow as high as possible, then want it cut for the same price as a regular" crowd. I have a client that I have decided to let go from now on. She only calls me in when it's above ankle height, so a 15 minute job that I quoted for turns into a 45 minute job that I don't make any money from.
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As a neighbor or someone just mowing their own lawn, this is inconsiderate laziness. In both cases, this is inefficient work. You should always trim the edges first, then blow all the clippings and other debris back off the paths and gutter onto the lawn. Then the lawn mower sucks it all up and, in some cases, you may not even need to get the blower out afterwards.
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I mow with my ride on (Husky YTD2246) then I raise the blades at the end and run over the clippings to spread them right across the "lawn".
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I’m quite strict on regular pricing vs casual pricing vs hugely overgrown pricing, there’s no cheap cut for a knock down job, it’s too hard on the machinery and body. And for future reference, my huski 322l at constant WOT will drain a tank in 50mins, I did that 3 and a half times for this old lady.
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3.5 x 0.5 = 1.75lt 1.75lt x $2.05 (av. fuel price) = $3.60 + oil in fuel, so lets just guess and say $4.50 overall. $4.50 + mower fuel + travel expenses + travel time + maintenance levy on equipment all get deducted from the price charged. And that's all before you consider tax's, insurances ect is taken into account. I love how some people think that just because you charge them a certain amount that all of that lands in your pocket. ![]() Speaking of the Husqvarna 322L, how are you finding it? I remember you were having issues adjusting to the straight shaft.
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