How to trim hedge height

[jim8flog]

The way to protect cables is to have a battery powered one!!!

You will not find any battery powered tools in my very comprehensive tool box and shed.

I got fed up with the number of times I went to use a battery operated tool and the battery was dead, Probably a great system for people who use their tools often but not for someone like me where it is occasional use only.

 

[fundy]

You will not find any battery powered tools in my very comprehensive tool box and shed.

I got fed up with the number of times I went to use a battery operated tool and the battery was dead, Probably a great system for people who use their tools often but not for someone like me where it is occasional use only.

Am a DIYer at best but all the tools use the same battery system, same charger etc. SDS, Drill, driver, circular saw, reciprocating saw, hedge trimmer, strimmer, lawn mower, torch, leaf blower etc. Works for me as someone who regularly cuts cables lol

 

[GreiginFife]

Am a DIYer at best but all the tools use the same battery system, same charger etc. SDS, Drill, driver, circular saw, reciprocating saw, hedge trimmer, strimmer, lawn mower, torch, leaf blower etc. Works for me as someone who regularly cuts cables lol

Sounds like you might be a Makita man ?

 

[fundy]

Sounds like you might be a Makita man ?

Yup, how little did I know it would cost me when I naively bought a drill and driver combi set many years ago haha. Might have finally finished the driver off building the sleeper wall this week too

 

[GreiginFife]

Yup, how little did I know it would cost me when I naively bought a drill and driver combi set many years ago haha. Might have finally finished the driver off building the sleeper wall this week too

https://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/ma...MI4emT4vjs-QIVj-3tCh207wi7EAQYASABEgJjIfD_BwE

 

[fundy]

https://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/ma...MI4emT4vjs-QIVj-3tCh207wi7EAQYASABEgJjIfD_BwE

yep expect ill be ordering one in the next week or two lol

 

[GreiginFife]

yep expect ill be ordering one in the next week or two lol

yep expect ill be ordering one in the next week or two lol

Decent price for that

 

[Mudball]

Speaking of power tools .. took down some Holly that was hiding in the hedges… it was a pain to cut and out them in the bin. A friend loaned a Titan wood chipper/mulcher. Never used it before and now I want one too.

Similar to this one > https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295158675216

 

[Wilson]

So had a good day.. took the laurels down about a half a foot.. ended up using the old method of cut-step back -cut rather than the string. I think they look ok - though there is a slight dip in the middle if I am going to be critical.

Unfortunately a big part of the day was lost when I managed to cut the chord on the electric trimmer…. Rookie mistake.

After I made cut the cable many years ago, I am always conscious that I keep the cable to my right and cut to my left.. not sure when it got entangled in the laurel.

These trimmers were inherited from my previous owner (who is a bit Heath Robinson in DIY). When I cut the cable, it tripped the consumer unit. So turned it back on.. but the trimmer would not start. Bit more troubleshooting and it looked like the fuse in the 13A plug had blown. The plug was all tapped up, so removed it to find a 5A fuse inside it. So had to make a trip to screwfix to get a new plug. Lost a good 90 mins of my life there

I've got a Laurel out front, it's a PITA, it's due it's big chop shortly - I just hack away, head over the road to check it's remotely level every so often and then back to hack some more off.

 

[Wilson]

Speaking of power tools .. took down some Holly that was hiding in the hedges… it was a pain to cut and out them in the bin. A friend loaned a Titan wood chipper/mulcher. Never used it before and now I want one too.

Similar to this one > https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295158675216

My neighbour has one of these, I borrow it when I chop back my Laurel, it's great bit of kit to save space in the green bin.

 

[jim8flog]

Speaking of power tools .. took down some Holly that was hiding in the hedges… it was a pain to cut and out them in the bin. A friend loaned a Titan wood chipper/mulcher. Never used it before and now I want one too.

Similar to this one > https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295158675216

You have just reminded me I have one it's has been in the shed for about 20 years unused must get rid of it.

 

[Rooter]

Titan is Screwfix's own brand power stuff. I have a few of their bits and they have taken an absolute bettering and still going strong.

 

[Mudball]

Titan is Screwfix's own brand power stuff. I have a few of their bits and they have taken an absolute bettering and still going strong.

Screwfix is brilliant… and not everyone knows that they are owned by the same group as B&Q… caters to very different demographic.

 

[GreiginFife]

Titan is Screwfix's own brand power stuff. I have a few of their bits and they have taken an absolute bettering and still going strong.

One of three in-house brands that Kingfisher group supply. The others being MacAllister (at the budget budget end) and Erbauer at their “semi-pro” end.

I have a few Erbauer bits (planer thicknesses, biscuit jointer and plunge router) and the thing I’d say is that for general DIY they are superb VFM but I wouldn’t use any of them when accuracy is required.

The biscuit jointer and the router especially have too much slop in the adjustment mechanisms compared to my DeWalt equivalents.