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Anonymous11/13/25, 17:44No.2957358Brush cutters brrrrrr
Need brushcutter, what's /diy/ approved? Two large overgrown yards at empty house (tall grass, some sprouting bushy shit, hops, other yard is a jungle), need to clear/maintain every month or so. Flat, terrain. Already got a mower. Local guy said I need Stihl 350 power range but I'm not dropping premium money for occasional use. Budget ~500€. Found these:
> Echo SRM-420ES-LW (41.5cc, Jap reliable, 5yr warranty, NO anti-vibe) 560€
> Mio standard BK 53 ED (great 53cc Kawasaki engine, chinky budget body, HAS 4 point anti-vibe, heavy as shit) 460€
> Villager (kek) bc 2700xce - 46.5cc, "2kw" chink shit Stihl 460 copy, popular brand here, 4 point antivibration system, actually looks decent but afraid of dear friends, 300€
Any of these good?
Is anti-vibe a meme or actually worth it for few hours every couple weeks? What brushcutters does /diy/ actually use and recommend?
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Anon11/13/25, 17:51No.2957359
There are budget Stihls that are greathttps://www.stihlusa.com/products/trimmers-and-brushcutters/homeowner-trimmers/Can't speak to any battery operated models, never had one. But the biggest expense after you buy the unit is gas, so mix your own. You get a gallon of mixed gas for basically the price of gas instead of $25/gallon
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Anon11/13/25, 19:12No.2957376
get a trimmer something like a stihl fs 56 that you can switch the head for a blade
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Anon11/13/25, 22:17No.2957405
you're overthinking
I used some bottom of the barrel 43cc chinkish trimmer to fall small trees, remove a shitload of bushes, and trim my parent's grass for over 2 years now
got it for somewhere around 80 euros
>anti vibration
lul mine didn't even come with a carb filter but somehow survived the first year
villager is fucking premium quality compared to the shit I have
just make sure to get one of those chainsaw teeth disk if you want to remove bushes/trees, everything else is both expensive and slower
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Anon11/30/25, 04:00No.2961045
You'd be surprised how much abuse even the shittiest Chinese string trimmer can take. Just put a little extra 2 stroke oil to compensate for the crappy tolerances and let it rip.
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Anon11/30/25, 04:34No.2961049
What's wrong with a big pair of yard scissors
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Anon12/01/25, 16:12No.2961318
>Two large overgrown yards at empty house (tall grass, some sprouting bushy shit, hops, other yard is a jungle)Get a weed whacker that allows the installation of a saw blade.
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Anon12/02/25, 19:46No.2961602
Rent a walk-behind (it's like an overgrown lawnmower on steroids especially designed for bush/weed cutting. I'd use this to get the majority of it done and then fine tune the edges with a hand trimmer.If possible, use a metal or hard plastic blade. The whipper snipper type string works obviously too but you'll end up with a lot of little plastic bits in your yard from that shit breaking off. Also, refilling your string trimmer line is a pain in the ass until you figure out how to do it and which direction/way the winding arrow actually means to wrap the new line. You can pay more money and buy already wound spools. It doesn't hurt to have a few extra on hand. Watch youtube vids on how to wind your own spools using a drill.A string trimmer is the worst compared to a metal blade that you can sharpen with a Speedy Sharp in like 10 seconds and have razor sharp cuts. Thing is, when it hits metal or rocks, sparks can fly. Hard spinning plastic blades can actually chip off and fuck you up at high speeds.
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Anon12/03/25, 02:07No.2961667
i just found out stihl discontinued my km111r. fuck you stihl i bet none of the parts off the new models are compatible. niggers
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Anon12/03/25, 10:45No.2961729
>need to clear/maintain every month or so
You only need a brush cutter once then. I'd recommend just using a string trimmer to clear it out as much as possible, then remove everything else with a pruner by hand if the trimmer can get through it. Or as other suggested, just get a trimmer blade. Project Farm did reviews on them. I mean once it's clear every subsequent month should be sufficient with a trimmer/mower.