@@marvinmensah2956 I like to apply it right now for New England, there is no hard rule per se. I do it when its just starting to break through 40-50 degrees with some warmer days
Silver Cymbal - can you please add a link for the bushing or nut you used to secured the blade in this trimmer. I have the same trimmer and I bought the blade but there is no bushing or nut
Silver Cymbal, I have the same makita string trimmer and bought this forester blade but can not find an arbor washer like yours to save my life where did you get that one that you had. I’m stumped any help would be great!
Wow!!! I need that! I have a 16" electric chain saw. Works good, but I have caught the chain & loosened it many times. Always taking down brush & small trees. This looks so much easier to use.
Dude you just saved my family’s summer 🙌 I live in Minnesota and when it gets overgrown with all kinds of ridiculous brush on a farm where the mower can’t get it and a gas string eater is laughable (takes forever) the mosquitoes quickly get outta hand - it’s not enjoyable to be outside - the only way is to get all that brush out - this is something I’m gonna get right now - thank you 🙌
I was literally about to buy a gas trimmer over the Makita I originally wanted since I didn't think it would take a brushcutter blade, but here it is! Thank you for making this video!
Glad it helped. This Makita is very very capable. I had all the Stihls and big ones and sold every one of them. This is so much easier. I have other reviews on this model too on the channel.
For the last 18 months I've not let the lawn crew edge or use a weed eater in my back yard. ru-vid.comUgkx_rBCFuDW1zD6blTGhLkvAkxU657uR_lG I didn't like the fact that they just kept cutting the edge of the lawn further and further from the rock lining the flower beds and leaving bare ground. And the grass was trimmed or scalped several feet around trees, etc. It was a constant battle with them so I told them to just mow and no trimming. I have Zoysia grass so it grows pretty slow. Obviously after a while it could use some trimming. I'm in my 80's so I can't do much of it myself.Finally I decided that if I could find a lightweight battery powered trimmer I might be able to do some light trimming. I decided to buy the LST201 20V trimmer. And it works great for my needs. I have back yard with about 150' of flower beds and several trees to be trimmed. I can lightly trim the whole yard with a single charge! The grass I trimmed was only a few inches high but the trimmer was more powerful than I expected.
My grandma has 4 over grown acres and a birthday coming up next month, I could get her her 501st teapot or spend the next few weekends clearing a bit of land for her that she probably thinks she'll never use again. Already ordered it
These type of blades are very efficient when cutting mostly smaller saplings, brush and vines close to the ground, but do your research before using and expect kickback or sidekick very quickly if you try and cut anything solid from the wrong side of the blade. You will figure out what the wrong side of the blade to cut with is very quickly, if you feel like you have no control over the blade.
As I watched this video there was a RU-vid recommendation for Project Farm’s review of the performance of various trimmer blades including the one demonstrated in this video. I use a carbide tipped circular-saw type blade that is made for trimmers (Amazon). It will fell a 2”-3” sampling in about one second. All these blades are dangerous and kick-back in common. You should only use them with trimmers having a metal blade guard and bicycle handles for control.
Hi, can you explain that washer you put on before screwing on that nut from the trimmer? What do you mean "find yourself a washer....."? It doesn't require a specific type of washer? The blade does not come with or require a specific washer and nut? Where would we find these washers and nuts?
TL;DR; Basic Chainsaw Safety: Only cut with the tool so that the tool wants to PULL from your handle, and AWAY from your body. (In this video, because of the rotation, only cut from the RIGHT. As with a Chainsaw, you should NOT cut with the "tip", and ideally, always avoid cutting where the force of the cutting PUSHES the tool toward you or other things. This tool should be used (in your case) ALWAYS from the RIGHT side of the tree so that the tool is pulling AWAY from you. As you'll see in the video when you cut from the LEFT, it kicked the tool toward you, (and additionally deeper into the tree, imagine if you had lost grip, and it went into you knee [honest: happened to a fellow student in high school]) and not with the TIP, because it tends to zing the tool quickly away from what you intend to cut. If you need to cut the other side, move around it, don't use the other wise of the tool.
I can't look at this without thinking of a motor swap. Typical string trimmers are about 500w.. But you can easily get motors that are compact and pump out 1000w, 2000w, 5000w.. And that's before you hotrod them with a custom controller. You could easily build a unit with 10 continuous HP, peaking to 20. It would be all fun and games until the blade grenaded.
Another tip. Files only cut in the forward direction. At 3:57 you are pulling the file over the teeth. This is only damaging the file, not sharpening the teeth. Steve's Small Engine Saloon has a great video on sharpening chainsaw teeth/blades.
Hi - This looks awesome and exactly what I am looking for. Just wondering, if this blade suits to the tool I have - Greenworks 12-Inch 24V Cordless String Trimmer/Edger. Could you please let me know.
At the end of the video you were edging a flowerbed, but it looked like you were using your regular string trimmer for that. Would you use this blade for something like edging or something other than cutting down thick brush?
Yes that is just the string trimmer. I would only use the blade for cutting tress, shrubs etc. You can see more of my trimming tips and info here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-w_WIonHGISA.html
I bought the Husqvarna blade for my Husky 535LK. It's solid steel so a little heavy but cuts very well and easy to sharpen. However would like to try a lighter blade, apart from the one shown, any other recommendations?
..perhaps, a 1 inch angle iron bracket, on one side of the blade, or the other, depending on left/right handedness, would embrace the item your sawing, and reduce risk of instability while cutting it......i may add this item to my Stihll model 40 whacker....thankyou too much. Maybe, a 7 inch metal cutoff wheel, too...??? for rebar installations....
Looks like you had much more control cutting from the "left" side. Would it matter which way my string trimmer spins, you could flip the circle saw - correct?
The main question is: is any weed whacker, brush cutter powerful enough to run this blade properly and be able to cut down a small tree? One thing is running it at full speed without any load the other is actually making a cut without killing the engine.
I just use a pole saw attachment... 10'' chainsaw that works great... my Ryobi gas trimmer has no problems with it i only use it half throttle still has lots of power
never cut where there is a possibility where the tool can grab and come back to you, always cut where if the blade did get caught it will pull the tool away from you.
I just bought a trimmer specifically thinking the head would come off like this, unfortunately it seems this one is specifically designed NOT to come apart in this way so that you’ll be forced to buy an attachment shaft that allows brush cutting blades 🤦🏻♂️😖
How has the Makita brushcutter held up? I've been thinking of getting one but this is the first time I've seen a video of someone using on something other than grass, I'd be using it with an Oregon mulcher blade on bramble mostly so it'd need to be able cope.
I can't seem to find the lock on the string housing to take it off so that I can put the blade on!!! Is it possible it won't come off. I have a Black and Decker battery weed eater.
Wish it worked with my Ryobi 40v....The head assembly uses a different pin type......Nothing comes off underneath the reel once removed....Just what appears to be a one-piece nut/bolt combo with no threads...
Make sure no one is around the blade when you’re using it because kick back can injure someone or can be even deadlier . Keep children and pets away . 👍
Hmmm...great thing for those people who woke up one morning and thought my circular saw and chainsaw are the most dangerous tool that I have...now if there was only a way to combine them both to my most flimsiest tool, my weed trimmer! And that's how this foot remover was invented. Please exercise caution if you're insane enough to use this.
@@therajuncajun6487 Sorry to see that they raised it, I have no connection with them so I cant do much there. But the blade is really excellent if you do get one.
Open up the speed feed housing and in the 1/2 that the trimmer had is the but in the case. They can easily be pressed out with a socket, etc. They just slide in.
Um not a good idea to use a brush cutter blade on a weed eater. Those blades come included with an actual gas brush cutter and not with weed eaters for a reason.
This blade looks too difficult and unsafe for me to operate I would for sure hit my leg with it or damage my stucco around my house. In addition you have no control of this thing when it ricochets after cutting through something
That's a bad demonstration of that tool especially in the open too much kickback operating from wrong side of blade tool is designed to cut from left to right. Only cut light material going the other way otherwise you've no control.
People used to spend forever cutting down trees by hand and you’re over here with an electric stick that has a saw blade attached to it clearing the woods in a matter of minutes.
