brush cutter blades

[Lloyd H]

Anyone have experience with using circle saw blades for brush cutters? Seems like brush blades are way out of line in price. Is it low volume or are they that different? I have had one brush blade break cutting small saplings (not a circle saw blade but a real brush blade) so I'm a little cautious, but still tight azz with the bucks. I thought a good quality 7 1/4 carbide blade should be as tough as anything?

 

[Texas Traveler]

Anyone have experience with using circle saw blades for brush cutters? Seems like brush blades are way out of line in price. Is it low volume or are they that different? I have had one brush blade break cutting small saplings (not a circle saw blade but a real brush blade) so I'm a little cautious, but still tight azz with the bucks. I thought a good quality 7 1/4 carbide blade should be as tough as anything?

I have used 12 inch Dewalt carbide tipped miter blades & they have 1 inch arbor holes, but 10 inch would work better . If you can get adaptors for the arbor holes.
The 12 inch blades try to take off like a P-51 Mustang on steroids, but they are controllable with practice

 

[stihl sawing]

I use a beaver blade on my FS-250, Just got through useing it and it will cut small trees4 to 5 inches in diameter. It basically is a chainsaw chain mounted on a wheel. Works good. It's kinda heavy though. Don't know how it would work on a smaller brushcutter.

 

[tomtrees58]

I use a beaver blade on my FS-250, Just got through using it and it will cut small trees4 to 5 inches in diameter. It basically is a chainsaw chain mounted on a wheel. Works good. It's kinda heavy though. Don't know how it would work on a smaller brushcutter.

me to dont be so cheap tom trees

 

[lawnmowertech37]

Anyone have experience with using circle saw blades for brush cutters? Seems like brush blades are way out of line in price. Is it low volume or are they that different? I have had one brush blade break cutting small saplings (not a circle saw blade but a real brush blade) so I'm a little cautious, but still tight azz with the bucks. I thought a good quality 7 1/4 carbide blade should be as tough as anything?

Question where is the price to out of line at which store ?

 

[HiOctane]

Try to install a Maxi Windsor blade.You gonna need an 8 inches dia if you got a small cc engine.Measure your arbor shaft size.Should cost less than $20.00.

 

[Haywire Haywood]

I used a cheepie carbide circular saw blade for a brush cutter once. The teeth ended up bending. I had one of those Beaver Blades too and it worked well, even on thick grass (hay field waist high stuff). I loaned it out once and I think they used it for a trenching tool. I just threw it away when they brought it back. I had the 10" and needed the 8" for my 32cc trimmer anyway.

Ian

 

[Lloyd H]

brush blades

Everywhere I happened onto for price, when you consider a brush blade can leave any kind of finish, all that counts is brush severed and they are twice or more than cirlcle saw blades of comparable sizes Prices I saw were $20 and up, the beaver blade is$30 plus, although I think it would be superior to anything else. Does the Beaver blade allow the saw chain to slip on the rim of the disk? If so it would ease kick back a little. Lawnmowertech couldn't find brush blades on CMS site

 

[Haywire Haywood]

No, it doesn't slip on the disk. I never had a problem with kickback, although I wouldn't recommend any steel brush blade unless you have the wide handlebar type brush cutter.

Ian

 

[Texas Traveler]

No, it doesn't slip on the disk. I never had a problem with kickback, although I wouldn't recommend any steel brush blade unless you have the wide handlebar type brush cutter.

Ian

They are all dangerous, in fact I would not let anyone within 50 feet of one in use.
The first time I used one, cutting back pampas grass that I was moving.
It spun me around like crazy & left me with a case of weakknee's. Because I was not expecting such a kickback.

The most important thing is the arbor hole size on using saw blades.
I have used 12 inch blades on FS80s & 85s with no trouble.
I don't remember which one, but I had to use a 3/4 inch brass hole addaptor on one.
But remember, you do have a double handful of some serious #### at the end of that ignorant stick.

 

[Ed*L]

Anyone have experience with using circle saw blades for brush cutters? Seems like brush blades are way out of line in price. Is it low volume or are they that different? I have had one brush blade break cutting small saplings (not a circle saw blade but a real brush blade) so I'm a little cautious, but still tight azz with the bucks. I thought a good quality 7 1/4 carbide blade should be as tough as anything?

The Maxi saw blades are different. They are designed to be sharpened with a 7/32 chainsaw file in the field.
You will have to pay to have a circular saw blade sharpend or just pitch it when it gets dull.
Since you always hit a rock within the first minute of cutting with a new blade, the circular saw blade cost will add up in a hurry.

Ed

 

[lawnmowertech37]

Everywhere I happened onto for price, when you consider a brush blade can leave any kind of finish, all that counts is brush severed and they are twice or more than cirlcle saw blades of comparable sizes Prices I saw were $20 and up, the beaver blade is$30 plus, although I think it would be superior to anything else. Does the Beaver blade allow the saw chain to slip on the rim of the disk? If so it would ease kick back a little. Lawnmowertech couldn't find brush blades on CMS site

the reason is i have not gotten that far yet still working on that oregon catalog on our site between taking care of family members working on units and all i think im going to find time at night time to add products


right now i have some old Green Machine blades 4 sided and 3 sided ones im thinking of putting them on clearance sale

but them are the old style ones antique

also have some shindaiwa 4 sided

which is not on the store


as soon as the new updated upgraded site gets to go live then i will start adding these products

this coming Friday is when i am planning on releasing it to go Live status
calvin

 

[stihl sawing]

No, it doesn't slip on the disk. I never had a problem with kickback, although I wouldn't recommend any steel brush blade unless you have the wide handlebar type brush cutter.

Ian

+1 on everything.

 

[teacherman]

I have a Shindaiwa T-20 that is dedicated brush cutter with an 8" blade. I have three blades, two Stihl and one Aardvark, all the same, like 80 teeth. It is a crazy thing to use, but it lets me hack brush an small trees out of an inaccessible space between a shed and a fence. It definitely takes some getting used to. Much larger and I think the blade might have a gyroscopic momentum that would be very weird to use. Might take off and go into orbit with very unpredictable results...........

 

[Fish]

but still tight azz .

Hmmmmmmnnn

How tight?

 

[gtread]

I use a little Echo straight shaft with a 9 inch carbide blade, and it is a work horse.
Have used it over a year and a half clearing oak savannas and prairies.
It will cut grass, weeds, small honeysuckle, small buckthorn etc. up to 3/4"
Even dig into the ground to get it good and low.

Still cuts very well. this is a great tool. but keep away from dumb people!
Because this is a very dangerous tool.
I have hit stones, steel, etc. and have never lost a tooth.
And my little Echo still runs like a charm. She gets a lot of very hard use.

gtread.

 

[lawnmowertech37]

I use a little Echo straight shaft with a 9 inch carbide blade, and it is a work horse.
Have used it over a year and a half clearing oak savannas and prairies.
It will cut grass, weeds, small honeysuckle, small buckthorn etc. up to 3/4"
Even dig into the ground to get it good and low.

Still cuts very well. this is a great tool. but keep away from dumb people!
Because this is a very dangerous tool.
I have hit stones, steel, etc. and have never lost a tooth.
And my little Echo still runs like a charm. She gets a lot of very hard use.

gtread.

just curious is it a SRM-200 series ?

 

[jhellwig]

I have used the scratcher style stihl blade and the chisel blade. The chisel blade is awesome and not that bad on price.

http://www.stihlusa.com/trimmers/blades.html

 

[Lloyd H]

brush blades

Anybody got a good idea on drilling out 5/8 hole to 1 inch, haven't tried it yet but may just make a new blade adapter for 5/8???

 

[Urbicide]

Please be careful. Most circular saw blades are not rated for the rpm's that a brush cutter can turn. A shattered blade could really mess up one's day.