[Path-list] Grant Money - Weedeaters & Pole Saw?

[steve lund]

Hello,

I think that PATH is planning on purchasing a couple of FS131 (bike
handlebar) weedeaters with the grant funds.

PATH may also want to consider adding a pole pruner/saw to its arsenal. I
can see that one of these could be useful in clearing overhead hanging
limbs along the trail. However, they may be more useful in helping to
eradicate hawthorne from fields and places like Chestnut Ridge. Hawthorne
is just NASTY with thorny limbs all the way to the ground effectively
blocking a sawyer. A pole saw could be used to limb the tree from a
distance to allow the sawyer access to the trunk. Josh bought one of these
for ATC and had it up on Chestnut last October. You might contact him to
see what he thinks about the usefulness of having one of these in the tool
arsenal.

There are several ways to get one of these in PATHs arsenal with varying
cost as follows:

1. Buy a dedicated pole pruner HT131.

2. Buy the pole saw gearbox and swap it out on one of the FS131 weedeaters
as required. I am pretty sure that you can do this but have not verified.
This worked with the older series of weedeaters. The cheapest way to get
the saw head may be to just buy the Konbi tool and remove the Kombi shaft.
You'll have to check the pricing. This was true with the older series.
Swapping tools will require a T27 torx wrench which you should get with the
tool anyway.

3. Buy a Kombi KM131 and a separate weedeater head and a separate pole saw
head. This may be the most expensive option but you get 2 tools. The
drawback is that without the bike handlebars Stihl doesn't recommend metal
blades on the weedeater attachment. The Kombi quick connect system also
adds some weight to the package which isn't there on the other two options.

All of these tools use basically the same powerhead, the 131 engine, with
varying attachments and attachment systems.


My $.02,
Steve
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