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I’ve used and used up a number of forrester blades. I loved That I could resharpen them but they dulled quickly. No biggie I kept 3-4 on my truck and just swapped off and resharpend at The end of the day. Even the carbide forrester dulled though held Up better than the plain ones. Took much...

Just got off the phone with ECHO. They stated that all the adapters they have are included with the head. I also just checked McMaster-Carr and a proper tap is near $60. Maybe I can find a local machine shop that’s willing to tap a few of the adapters for less than $60. Bet they could do a...

No easy solution thus far. I’ve about concluded I just need to get an undersized one and buy the appropriate sized tap to make my own. I’ve been too busy out in the field taking advantage of the nice weather to deal with it though.

Does anyone know of a good source for adapters to attach a Speedfeed 450 head to a stihl trimmer? I just bought a new Speedfeed to replace one that’s gotten tired. The old head adapter still works in the new head but I’d like to have the old one useable for my backup. My dealer doesn’t have...

I hear you on the harness. I got one for my pole trimmer (131) and it’s been a godsend even for my trimmer. I use the brush blades pretty heavily working on clearing some badly neglected fenceline and I guess the strain from the 9” blades was just too much for the gear head. That’s my main...

Never mind my comments on my fs110 I’ve just killed the second gearbox this afternoon. I’m going to be researching a much heavier duty model for my own brushwork. Research will start at the fs240 and go up from there. Sadly list on the monster 560 is something like $1600ish.

I’ve got a stihl fs110r and have settled on forester blades for my brushwork. The 9” carbide chipped quickly if I hit rocks or wire (fenceline clearing) but otherwise stayed sharp better than the steel toothed versions. Downside other than chipping was it required a diamond file to sharpen...