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  1. UroTrash

    UroTrash Four Time F1 World Champ Consultant Owner

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    UroTrash, Jul 29, 2009
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    Echo = good. :)
     
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    this may be late..but get one that can be taken apart and the teeth sharpened.
    these types are usually held by bolts & nuts NOT rivets

    The one you referenced does appear to have bolts holding the blades together
     
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    Echo, Stihl and Husqvarna = good (and listed here from good, better, best)
     
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  5. UroTrash

    UroTrash Four Time F1 World Champ Consultant Owner

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    Well, I bought the HC-150i.

    Maybe I'm getting to be an old guy, but this thing gets REALLY HEAVY REALLY QUICKLY.

    Good job, though.
     
    UroTrash, Aug 8, 2009
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    Just pay someone else to cut the hedges. :)
     
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    After you buy the HC 150 you just need to rent a small hispanic guy to operate it for a few hours per month, maybe $50??? The rental places here are along the street in front of the apartment where said hispanic guys live.
    :)
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    I'm thinking I need to get the catalog and see if some titanium and carbon fiber might lighten it up a bit.
     
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    I used one of those Echo units when I was a teenager on a big ficus hedge at our house on Jupiter Island and ran it solid into my thigh trying to cut a low branch. Luckily my jeans casued binding on the blades and it only took out some half dime sized chunks of flesh. Not fun though, be careful with it.
    Maybe just do some free dumbell exercises with 8 pound weights during the week like overhead presses to simulate lifting the machine up. Within a few months it will not be a problem at all.
    :)
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