Best Brush Cutter Blades for String Trimmers - Complete Guide - Review, Tests and Demonstration!
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2024
- Having the proper tool for the job can make all the difference. Join Stu, as he breaks down all the features and compares the best Brush Cutter Blades, appropriate for even the most challenging landscaping job.
In this video, we dive deep into the applications, features, and drawbacks of different Brush Cutter blades, and also test their practical efficiency by putting them through different landscape conditions like grass, brush and wood.
Products Reviewed in the video (in order of appearance)
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(1) STIHL Grass Cutting Blade
- Reversible steel quadruple blade. For working on large areas of tough grass.
(2) STIHL Grass Cutting Blade 2
- Steel blade with 8 teeth. For mowing thick dry grass and reeds.
(3) STIHL Brush Knife Blade
- Steel triple blade. For trimming and removing tough, tangled grass, scrub, and thorny bushes.
(4) STIHL Circular Saw Blade - Chisel Tooth
- Special steel tool for midrange brush-cutters and upwards. For gnarled bushes, thin tree trunks, sawing and clearing.
(5) STIHL Circular Saw Blade - Scratcher Tooth
- Special steel tool for midrange brush-cutters and upwards. For gnarled bushes and thin tree trunks.
String Trimmer used for the Test:
STIHL FS 131R
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VIDEO CHAPTERS
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00:00 Video Introduction
01:00 Types of Brush Cutter Blades
03:03 Installing Blades on your String Trimmer
05:10 Safety Attire & Best Practices
06:48 Blade 1 - Grass Cut - Field Test
08:28 Blade 2 - Grass Cut - Field Test
10:36 Blade 3 - Brush Knife - Field Test
14:35 Blade 4 - Wood Cut - Field Test
17:18 Blade 5 - Wood Cut - Field Test
20:13 Conclusion
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I've been searching for days to find a video that exemplified each of the blades in different conditions. This is easily the best video. Thank you, you've helped me make an informed purchase!
You made our day! That keeps us going!
yes the comparison was very good! Thanks alot.
@@bilouillebab3252 We're glad we were of help. Thank you for sharing.
I appreciate your emphasis on safety...always wearing the proper footwear and trousers.
As a woman who is just learning how to cut grass, brush, and tree stumps around my mom's yard with this kind of tool, this video was very educational. I appreciate the demos with the explanations of each blade. Awesome!
That's awesome. Make sure to check out other videos on our channel. I am sure they will be helpful too to get you going in the landscape industry.
Quiero aprender el uso correcto del blade; y seguro para cortar el césped en las yardas de mi casa; para que esten presentables todo el tiempo, pues la casa es el santuario del ser humano.
Gracias!
A couple of comments - if you're cutting grass with a blade then use the correct guard. The guard for metal cutting tools is not as high, which allows the rider plate (donut) to site on the grass as you're cutting, taking the weight of the machine and saving you effort. If you're cutting with the woodcut blades then use the small stop guard/limiter - it's an integral part of correct and safe cutting technique as you can hold it against the tree/sapling and simply pull the cutting blade back towards you. When using the woodcut blades there's also a smaller diameter rider plate which takes up less space below the blade, allowing you to cut a larger diameter tree. Also, given the control required and possible kickback, Stihl say that the woodcut blades should only be used on machines with bike handles/bullhorn handles (not the machine you use to demonstrate them!)
Some people, even dealers, seem to forget that the manufacture knows more about their own product than they do. I learned long, long ago how foolish, frustrating and potentially dangerous it is to ignore user instructions for so, so many consumer products.
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Duncan, thank you this information. Do you know a part her number for the small stop guard limiter and the smaller rider plate for the woodcutting blades. I would like to get these if possible. Great comments.
I'm glad I didn't have to say it. Good choice of PPE here as well..........
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One year ago: You had a great deal to learn. I hope no one did, or will do, as you! 13 years, and this is what you present. Egads!
Does Stu have an only fans? I’d love to support him playing with his hard wood tool.
really fantastic demo and review - super helpful - I had no idea that you could cut wood of that diameter with a blade on a string trimmer - thanks for taking the time for this!
Thanks for watching!
Well done on the blade review was extremely helpful and good to see the demonstrations. Thank you!
Thank You for watching!
This was the clincher video for me. Thank you for a very comprehensive guide to blades. I’ve got a lot of brush to maintain and this really helped me to decide which blades to begin with. Thank you from the Carolinas
Thanks for watching!
This is classic ! I've been looking for something like this for a long time! Thanks a lot!
We're glad Emmanuel. Thank you for sharing.
Came over to check you out--- after watching Al Bladez help out that lady who lived on the corner house amazing job he did--- Bless all involved.
Thank you. 🙂
Great Brush Cutter blades test and super wonderful demonstration, hands down.
Thank you Keith!
Quite good and brilliant demonstration. Keep it up. Excellent instructor.
Thank you James. Really appreciate it.
You use the blades more like a scythe in grass, sweep across in one direction only forming a windrow as you move along, do not cut on the return stroke as it will be a 'climbing cut' which pulls the blade into the grass but tends not to cut nearly as cleanly and instead clumps up and overloads. I have used all of these and several others besides. I favour the tri arm over most for general heavy grasses and light brush. The sawblade types are great on large scrub and saplings - but you will go a lot faster with a chainsaw once you go past about one inch of trunk thickness. The best all round trimming blade type I've used are two blades on links that handle finding hard things in mid cut but also offer great precision - but twice the price of the brush blade so yeah. Just had a look on my blade bucket and seem to have several each of the three and a four blade Kawasaki design. You definitely need the bigger straight shaft models for these blades, they really like being powered up at all times, and the smaller engines will just tend to get over powered most of the time if you start getting into it properly. Most of the time if you actually need a saw blade it's worth getting either a large hedge trimmer or a chainsaw depending on the situation. Worse thing about using the metal blades is finding water and electrical conduit pipes or fences in thick growth, not so much about damaging the blades as almost always damaging the pipe or fence, sometimes very badly... Found the twisted wire brush type 'blade' very useful for cleaning out weeds along pavements and at the foot of masonry walls etc - but watch out for getting bits of wire stabbed into you sometimes surprisingly deeply too. Don't ever use the wire brush type near other people, kids or pets, that's for sure...
What would you recommend for taller, wet grass? I really need to keep going through the winter when it's damp, it's a bit tiresome to say the least!
That's helpful, thanks@@scsherman207
Excellent video. Just the info you need for purchase and use. Thanks!
We're glad this helped. Thank you Mark.
Thanks so much for your job and time, excellent video!
Thanks for watching Rafa!
We are working on clearing buckthorn from several acres on a hill where a brush mower will not tread. Most of the clearing requires cutting 1/4 to 1 inch stems. Your demo answered several questions and gave us the info we needed for our next purchase. thanks.
We're glad the video helped Mark. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. All the best with the job you mentioned.
Your best choice for buckthorn is the FORESTER 9” Chainsaw Brush Cutter Blade, buckthorn is very hard wood almost as hard as Hickory.
Thank you so much. I learnt a lot. best demo & explanation video ever!
Thank you so much, we're glad you enjoyed this.
Thank you for the clear information and demo. Appreciated....
Thanks you for watching!
Enjoyed from Texas! Thank you Stu really helped a lot!
Glad it helped. Thank you for watching 🙂
Great video! You made it real easy for me to familiarize myself doing it.
That's great. We're glad it was helpful.
Many thanks, very straight forward and well done. Will go with the middle one. Thanks
Boyd Vallis, Thank you. Great choice with the middle one.
Will the middle blade fit my husky 129L weedeater ?
Best video on blades I’ve seen. Thanks
Thank you so much.
You covered way more levels and thicknesses of weeds and brush - it helped alot - most people l e posting these blade comparison video's go strait from grass to wood/small trees - and leave our the tall thick weeds, such as Iron weed, etc. Thank you for that... and that's all I got to say about that. 😊
Thank you. I am glad you liked it. It'sMakes me feel like taking that extra step for the video paid off 🙂
Just bought a Stihl FS240 yesterday and had to choose some blades. I left the store with two.
Just watched your vid and was pleased to find I’d chosen the exact two blades you recommend!
haha that's Awesome.
Thanks this helped so much I have the first one in a4 and 3 set up but the tri blade one you tested looks so good for the amount of grass I need to do
Glad we could help
Excellent presentation! Thanks.
Thank you.
This was just the video I was looking for, just got an fs 91. Thanks
Awesome. Hope it helped 🙂
I like your video bro ...its good to see how you explain all the blades with the different situations. .👍
Thank you 🙂
Very useful. Thank you for sharing this information.
Thank you for watching Antonio 🙂
Your analysis is great. Love your presentation. I have land and I cut grass and bushes myself using a backpack-type brushcutter. I'll use your guidance in the future.
That's awesome, glad you liked the video.
Good job on demonstration! Appreciated.
Glad you liked it Diana.
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This was such a helpful video. Just purchased a Komi engine and FS-KM attachment, would have spent a small fortune buying the wrong blades without this video. Thanks so much :)
That's great. Glad it helped.
I never thought I'd ever sit through a video about trimmer blades....then I got a trimmer and needed a blade. I got an Echo 2026 and was told I needed a blade to cut through the heavy brush on my property. The store employee recommended a particular blade and it works well on heavy thick grass and small shrubs or trees up to 3/4" diameter. But much of the area I need to clear has many trees and bushes with much thicker diameters - up to 2". That one blade that you liked looks perfect for the job, so I will definitely be heading to my local hardware store to see if they have one.
Great demonstration, thank you!
You're welcome. Glad you liked it.
Thank you so much brother, I was kinda lost but now I know exactly what I need to buy. I have an extremely small back yard but it's a jungle
Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
Informative rundown, thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Your help to Al’s blades was sweet thank you I am now adding you. Oh, I am following and subscribing you.
Great video. Thank you.
Thank you!
What a useful video, thank you!
thank you for watching 😀
Thank you very much now I'm more comfortable using my 3-point blade.
great video lots of and thanks for testing we can't do ourselves
Thank you for watching Bill. That comment means a lot.
Good Test and Review from begining to end 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Awesome. Thank you so much. 😁
Thank you, I know this is old post/video but a good one. My vote is for # 3 & 4 , I have both blades! Good to know I will be using these in the same application or brush and small samplings that you showed in your video, this is a timeless video.
We really appreciate that!
Very , very , very, very AWESOMELY DONE DEMONSTRATION AND HELPFUL VIDEO!!! I have some brush to cut on the edges of some properties and I didn’t know what to do about it. Bunch of saplings. Was kind of having anxiety about how to trim all this brush that is thicker than weeds. I’ve never actually done this kind of “weed eating” . Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
That's great. Im glad the video helped. Thank you for such kind words man.
This was excellent, I find the brush blade to be the best for what I need.
We're glad Tucker. Thank you.
Thanks very informative
We're glad this was helpful.
Nice video dude. and now a message from OSHA, our Lawyers and our Insurance company. . video was super helpfull, and its good to see your not bleeding from the shins
G'day from Australia, great video mate, you've found another subscriber in me.
Thank you Col. We're glad people are enjoying our content in Australia. We would love to know which one of these blades is most popular down there?
I wouldn't know with the lawn care crews, I live out of town and personally don't have any lawn just seasonal weeds, grasses, marshmallow weeds and stinging nettles that hold the dirt down and die off every summer! With a goat, a sheep and an old victa 2 stroke lawnmower I keep the block managed through winter! I use a speed feed head on a honda to keep anything down and safe from brown snakes in the summer. I bought a chisel blade for my ancient 140r husqvarna clearing saw for removing african boxthorn and saw your video mentioning the same blade. There are some great Aussie lawncare youtubers that post regular content here if searched for. Maybe they can give more insight if asked or see our conversation here?
@@col470 This is really helpful info Col. Thank you so much. Greetings from Florida.
Wow amazing video. I looked for a video that contained all the information you put up here and found it but after going through several Indian and Chinese videos without subtitle.
Thank you for making this video right here.
Thank You for saying so! Which one of these blades do you prefer?
@@mainstreetmower I prefer blade 4 and the last one you call the scratcher blade for small wood.
@@binaebimiebodei4977 Great choices. Thank you for sharing.
When you kept talking about the "Stud", I thought we were going to see Chip! Lol!
That's the BEST comment on our channel so far haha. Thank you, chip is going to be flattered with that.
Thank you for sharing, I am now able to which blade to buy.
Awesome. Enjoy and be safe.
Awesome aid for a new house owner such as myself!
Perfect. That's what we intended to do with this video. Thank you for sharing, you might have just made our day.
New subscriber sent by Al Blaze. Can't wait to see your videos!
Awesome. Welcome to the channel 🙂
Hey Stu! Meant to tell you when you stopped in the 27 store that your RUclips channel is awesome! Tim sold me that three-sided blade at the beginning of summer and it’s been kicking grass all season. I think he low key suggested it because it looks like a ninja star…
😎 So glad, Thanks for watching Dwayne!
Great video man.
Thank you, Appreciate it!
Great info thanks
Thank you.
This video is awesome, i subscribe, thank you! God bless you!
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Love it!. Best comment to start your day with. Thank you 🙂
Thanks thats was awesome.
Thank You Ben.
Al Bladez sent me. This was an awesome demo.
Thank you and welcome to the channel 🙂
I run two Stihl wackers... One uses an 8" carbide, many toothed blade, the other string. I only use string near hard objects. With 400' ditch frontage, I have found the perfect method (for me) sweeping the blade from R to L and then lifting the cut bundle out of the center of the ditch. As someone with two back surgeries, I really appreciate something called 'Darwin's Grip. I no longer have to stoop to use either trimmer. Jim
That's great advice. Thank you for sharing Jim.
Yes the brush blade! I have to clear brambles and saplings as well as lighter stuff. Does it all up to 1 cm. Plus not too difficult to sharpen yourself so can go a long time between buying blades
That's awesome Info. Thank you for sharing.
Loved the video …from Mexico…thanks
We're glad. Thank you for watching.
Good info, thanks.
Thank you for watching Robert
Thanks , helpful 👍
We're glad Eppo.
good information, Sir
Thank you 🙂
Well done!
Thank you Rob!
Nope! You missed the absolute best one from the lineup. Stihl Shredder blade, also called brush blender by some. Its a two or three blade configuration with the tips turned down. Oregon makes a good one also. Either aftermarket or Stihl versions are superior to those other blades. Grass, brush, small trees are all turned to mulch. I use it on a FS 460. Once I used it I never put any of those other blades back on.
absolutely the only blade for me. and is excellent for grass also once you fit it facing up nice and even cut.
Definitely would like to see a comparison and demo on this as well.
Stihl doesn't sell them in the USA. Oregon does though.
Would the 3 point brush cutting blade work ok on the Stihl KM94R, or would i need a bigger engine?
Al Bladez sent me here. I see you are educationing us. Cool...
Thank you Jackie and welcome to the channel 🙂
Excellent descriptions, illustrations and reviews. Thanks.
Does anyone know where the conversion kits are available in the UK for the FS 56 RC-E?
Thank you john. I appreciate it. Sorry, but I do not have much info about the UK.
I run the chisel tooth on fs 250 and 240, and its able to be resharpened with round file. I love its performance
That's awesome. Thank you for sharing Dave
Great video
Thank you so much 😁
Hey I wish you would have also had a Renegade blade. I have used it for the last year and I have been very happy with it. Thanks for the video.
Thank you Bob. Will definitely check it out.
It sounds like that brush cutter is not much above idle when cutting. Not sure if that's because it's high horsepower? What amount of throttle is recommended with these blades? 50% 80% or full?
Well done.
Thank you Bruce
What is the smallest stihl that would run number 3 blade. Cutting a half acre twice a year with grass and small brush
I happen to purchase the FS 131 R with a woodcut blade, and it’s perfect for Japanese Burberry clearing
If I purchase a new brush cutter machine,is it advisable to sharpen the blade or I should use it first?
can i use oversize blades with my old black and decker. The cap on top is about 3.6 inches. It had a cap with 2 small blades, but i cannot find another one. it is 25 yrs old
This is a great demo and very informative to educate one about various types of blades and the applications it's best suited for. Can these blades be immersed in water to cut cattails and pond reeds on either petrol or battery-powered heads?
Great question, I will make that video happen so I know first hand.
Can’t wait! looking forward to it. Thank you.
Do these blades fit any trimmer? I have a Kobalt electronic trimmer and string runs so fast. Think about using these blades
I'm in Florida, and these blades are handy. Dog fennel is a pain but easy with these blades.
That's great. We're based in Florida too that's why most of our videos directly relate to landscapers here.
Main Street Mower Man---I realize that this Vid is concerning Stihl Blade attachments, but I like to get your thoughts about The Rino Tuff Brush Cutter if you have heard anything about that product DAMAGING Weed Wackers. Looked it up everywhere I could think of to find said info but no luck. Have heard of that issue and experienced such a problem with a new Riobi Weeder I bought.....Thanks
Take a look at the Renegade Hybrid blade....it's by far the best blade I've ever used on my string trimmer, We did a video recently to show how well it cuts in grass and in brush.
We will check it out. Thank you for sharing.
in high school I used a Brush King 120 saw from the 1950s. It had a 10 inch saw blade. It spun the same way as your saw. The technique was to wind up the RPM then swing the saw from left to right into the brush or small tree. It would go "ping" and go through a 4 inch tree in an instant. It was a heavy beast and worked immensely well.
The good ole days!!
I wonder if the same technique would work with the saw blade you were testing. Not a 4 inch tree, but do a left to right swing into a 2 inch sapling at full rpm. See if it slices it rather than sawing from the right.
Any recommendation for rocky landscape? Should i just use strings? I don't want to hit rock with my blade.
Awesome video! I know which blade to get now! Should I go with the FS 131 or upgrade to the FS240? I've had bad luck with the 4mix trimmers. Thanks
I like both units, the weight of the FS240 is a big factor, check out the new FS251 if it’s not too late, same weight with a lot more horsepower.
I got the 240🤣 it’s a monster!
Ótimo vídeo gente boa, muito útil!
Obrigado. Estou feliz que você gostou.
The brush blade #3 should be sharpened or it can use as it is ?
The 2nd one shown I’ve used a lot and can thoroughly recommend it for tall grass, you use it like a scythe motion for the best effect.
I’m talking about grass over 3’ high or 1m.
The first one I’ve used also but made from plastic and it was quite good also for shorter grass.
That's awesome. Thank you for sharing your info.
Thank you🥰🥰🥰
This is good info, just bought stilh(because of their quality), but so hard to get information about their products off the website.
Thank you Ben.
Thanks !
You're welcome Suzie
Could also talk about the vest/harness which saves your back
Interesant
Hi there man, am really enjoying your videos. I've one issue that I'm trying to get solved. I own a Stihl FS55 weed eater and I recently opened it up somewhat. There's one particular screw that Im trying to figure where exactly I took it from. So if you do a vid bout all them screws and their correct slots I'd be grateful. Thanks in advance.
Thank you for watching. We'll see what we can do about that video.
Thank you for the great job, I want to know how much for a Stihl weed eater or bush cutter?
Glad you liked the video Andrew. You can check out stihl weed eater on our website, here: www.mainstreetmower.com/collections/hedge-trimmers?sort_by=manual&filter.v.price.gte=&filter.v.price.lte=&filter.p.product_type=Stihl+String+Trimmer
From watching Al Bladez
What motor you were using for demo on those blades ? Great video and thank you.
That was the FS131R, it has a 36.3cc 1.9 bhp 4-mix engine
Thank you sir.
Than, you
Thank you.