Brushcutter Diary 2026

Brushcutter Diary 2026Updated: June 18th, 2026

Author:-elf

Created: March 18th, 2026

Stihl FS 460|Diary for 2025|Makita Brushcutter|Bio-degradable line.|REPAIR

Clear the bund, especially the north, before mid~May each year.

2026

March 18th The orange plastic latch on the harness snapped off.
(Note the equivalent on the Makita)

Diary of Use

May 5th Cleared across the north marsh and the bund from the far north to the breach in [A2}. It was very difficult getting from marsh breach back up to the bund of [A2} so an alternative route is being considered.
June 13thApart from spilling petrol buy not closing the tank, the blade wouldn't grip. I first thought the holding nut had come loose but the whole shaft seems displaced.
June 13th: First I will remove the gear head. That gave me an insight to the grease but was not really necessary to remove. See Comment 2 for the resolution.
June 13th: First I will remove the gear head. That gave me an insight to the grease but was not really necessary to remove. See Comment 2 for the resolution.
June 13th: Repair sucessfull. Cleared rest of △ and part small △/li>
June 18th: Cleared across the far field, south path with Stihl and blade.

ass="MT_blue">Total: 5 tank(s) (3.75Lt)

Comment No. * from: roger [Member]

Bio-degradable Strimmer Line

The Makita requires 2 to 2.4mm line, so clearly go for 2.4mm

Current option: greenable.shop See Comment for order details (30th May 2026) ✅
Info on biodegradable options: backyard-farmer.com�

June 10th:

Arrived today: Package looked a bit small but each of the 5 buys were without retail packaging, still it only weighed 600g (postal). So if they work well, well even if they don't, next buy will be longer lines. These are 15m each

The colours are not 'green' as on the site, they are very pale grey with a slight green tint ??