Topic: Brushcutter?

[Hector]

Ours has died.  We are clearing rough ground this summer so really need a robust one...is this any good do you think?
http://www.ryobi-direct.com/acatalog/Ryobi_RBC-30SET_30cc_Touch_Start_Super_Deal_.html

[ChrisBro]

Hello

Ive been looking at this myself for a little while now, it looks really good and Ryobi is a brilliant make, you shouldn't have too many problems with this.

It is slightly cheaper on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ryobi-RBC30SET-30cc-Touch-Start-Super-Deal-RBC-30SET_W0QQitemZ320384861506QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_GardenPowerTools_CA?hash=item4a986d0542&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1683|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

not much though about £13 by the time postage is added.

[Hector]

Think we get an extra 10% off from Ryobi??? Might be wrong  ;D  see this at top of page I linked to...
Free Delivery On Orders Over £100 + Vat & Receive A Further 10% Discount When Ordering Online (*See Terms)

[kt.]

We are buying a Honda UMK 425 UE for our site. Depends how often and what you would be clearing.

http://www.abbeygardensales.co.uk/subprod/honda-brushcutters-0000599.aspx

[Hector]

Depends how often and what you would be clearing.

Think I am a celebrity get me out of here...minus the celebrities and snakes. Just under half an acre of waist to shoulder high nettles..grass....(also have bracken/bramble area but not suitable for a brushcutter...more needing a flame thrower!)

[Unwashed]

If you've got the money I'd recommend the Honda, or a Stihl, but if the Ryobi can take a metal blade and 4mm cord it might just manage.  Much depends on the design of the head - Honda and Stihl are both excellent, but the McCulloch I had was rubbish.  Sorry, but I've not used a Ryobi.  Incidentally, I've found the 4-stroke honda to be much more fuel efficient than the 2-stroke Stihl.

Bramble and blackthorn scrub is no problem with a metal blade and I wouldn't use anything less than the black square 4mm cord if you don't want it breaking all the time.

[grannyjanny]

Just a thought, is it possible to hire them?

[Flunky]

I got that one. its really good. i paid £144 for the unit, brushcutter and chain saw attachment. The brushcutter will go through most things on a plot and what it does not go through the chain saw does. I think you also get a cord attachment and I use 4mm no problem. The other attachments are pretty good too. I have used the tiller attachment. Not very "hefty" but plenty good enough for small areas. I like it and thought it good value for money.

[chriscross1966]

I've got a Ryobi and it does for me, the metal blade will take on brambles, there's two cord heads for it too, and the other attachemtns make it pretty versatile.......

chrisc

[staris]

i got one from the same site, i went for the 40cc one doesn't take expandit accesories though, good service arrived next day  ;D

[daxzen]

disc cutters are much better than strimmers - all that faffing around with filament and the like

[chriscross1966]

disc cutters are much better than strimmers - all that faffing around with filament and the like

I find that my Ryobi one is only likely to need one "bump advance" during the whole of the weekly session I put it over my paths and around the edges of the plot, the Pro-Cut head (two very thick stiff fixed plastic strings) would take on the whole thing before I put mulch over it..... the brushcutter heads freuqently aren't much use on softer material in my experience (YMMV)..... I'm getting quite fond of the flexibility of my expandit kitted strimmer adn given the rather overgrown nature of the track to our site and the fact I drive a long-wheelbase minibus converted into a camper I mgiht well get the pruner and hedgecutter aqnd have a go at some of the stuff that's annoying me there (by battering my mirrors each time I drive in and out)