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mantra Gold Member Offline ozpolitic.com Posts: 10750 Gender:	Re: Don't buy Husqvarna / Talon power tools Reply #15 - Jan 10^th, 2009 at 9:21am You should have gone with your first instinct and bought an electric whippersnipper. If a brand new petrol one is this hard to start - how hard will it be when it has been used a few times. I'm assuming it's petrol because of the spark plug??
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Reply #16 - Jan 10^th, 2009 at 9:34am

Take it from me, all brushcutters are a pain in the butt some just a little more than others, I hate them but they are a necessary evil on my property.
I've had a farm for about twelve years and I've used a few different brushcutters in that time, there is only one brand that stands up and thats a honda.
I have a honda fire fighter pump, honda chainsaw, honda generator and a honda brushcutter all the rest are c rap, take it from me, I bought a german made solo brushcuter once it cost near on a grand and died within two years, ive had my honda for six years and its been serviced once, says it all really, do yourself a favour and get a honda, and make sure its a four stroke.

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53217 At my desk.	Re: Don't buy Husqvarna / Talon power tools Reply #17 - Jan 10^th, 2009 at 9:40am That might be going a bit overboard skippy. I'm not exactly on a farm here.
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Reply #18 - Jan 10^th, 2009 at 9:50am

freediver wrote on Jan 10^th, 2009 at 9:40am:

That might be going a bit overboard skippy. I'm not exactly on a farm here.

I think you can get some of the smaller wipper snipper type hondas for around the 300 mark, might sound like a bit of money but if you're just on a quarter acre block it will last forever.

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Reply #19 - Jan 10^th, 2009 at 10:09am

freediver wrote on Jan 10^th, 2009 at 8:32am:

Can you quote me the bit that says I can demand a refund?

I tried a new spark plug. It didn't work. However the new spark plug did not have the 12kOhm resistance across the centre pin, so I don't know what is going on there.

It doesnt say 'You get a refund' it says that you can sue for the value of the goods if they dont work. This means, in practice, you get a refund - because otherwise you commence litigation against them to be paid that sum. Look at the ACCC page that I linked above.

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 41847 Gender:	Re: Don't buy Husqvarna / Talon power tools Reply #20 - Jan 10^th, 2009 at 11:30am skippy - that soundsgood advice to me. I bought an electric ryobi whippersnipper for about $120 (i think), goes well, still cant get the line to feed out automatically. yes, buy a good one first shot.
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Reply #21 - Jan 10^th, 2009 at 12:11pm

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I bought an electric ryobi whippersnipper for about $120 (i think), goes well, still cant get the line to feed out automatically.

I thought they might have fed the line out automatically. Mine never has, but I have found a way to use it so that it rarely breaks.

It is still good and sturdy and never caused any other problems.

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Reply #22 - Feb 3^rd, 2009 at 1:08pm

The squeaky wheel gets the greese

The department of fair trading came through for me. I just got a call from Husqvarna who said they were sending me a 'top of the line' line trimmer with attachments. Not sure what that is, but it sounds good. Should arrive next week. A week of the delay was down to me forgetting to fax in the receipts after they requested. I managed to get the fax through maybe 2-3 hours ago, so the response was quick.

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locutius Gold Member Offline You can't fight in here! It's the War Room Posts: 1817 Queensland Gender:	Re: Don't buy Husqvarna / Talon power tools Reply #23 - Feb 3^rd, 2009 at 3:23pm FD. Hopefully not just a rebadged version of the one you already have. Skippy. Agree 100%. HONDA all the way. Great equipment. Great cars, great motorcycles. Quiet generators, great for camping.
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tallowood Gold Member Offline Израиль Навсегда Posts: 8330 Gender:	Re: Don't buy Husqvarna / Talon power tools Reply #24 - Feb 3^rd, 2009 at 8:39pm Buy a goat or two. Goats are real good for clearing lantana, etc., is more environmental friendly, doesn't use petrol and doesn't need to be started.
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53217 At my desk.	Re: Don't buy Husqvarna / Talon power tools Reply #25 - Feb 4^th, 2009 at 1:50pm I'm growing a lot of food in my backyard, so goats wouldn't work. Some friends of mine have sheep.
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tallowood Gold Member Offline Израиль Навсегда Posts: 8330 Gender:	Re: Don't buy Husqvarna / Talon power tools Reply #26 - Feb 4^th, 2009 at 9:42pm freediver wrote on Feb 4^th, 2009 at 1:50pm: I'm growing a lot of food in my backyard, so goats wouldn't work. Some friends of mine have sheep. Get the Australian breed of mini goats. I gave link to it few month ago.
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53217 At my desk.	Re: Don't buy Husqvarna / Talon power tools Reply #27 - Feb 4^th, 2009 at 9:45pm Goats are also a pain in the arse with escaping.
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tallowood Gold Member Offline Израиль Навсегда Posts: 8330 Gender:	Re: Don't buy Husqvarna / Talon power tools Reply #28 - Feb 4^th, 2009 at 9:56pm freediver wrote on Feb 4^th, 2009 at 9:45pm: Goats are also a pain in the arse with escaping. With small acreage it should not be hard to do proper fencin. As matter of fact goats are easier to control then rabbits or cattle like limousine, brahma or hereford.
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Reply #29 - Feb 4^th, 2009 at 10:11pm

tallowood wrote on Feb 4^th, 2009 at 9:42pm:

freediver wrote on Feb 4^th, 2009 at 1:50pm:

I'm growing a lot of food in my backyard, so goats wouldn't work. Some friends of mine have sheep.

Get the Australian breed of mini goats. I gave link to it few month ago.

Here it is again

http://www.australianminiaturegoat.com.au/

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