This is an excellent reference to the levers and switch to starting. I use mine two maybe three times a year. I come back to this each time and it starts right up.

I have the 24 inch blade and it's a great machine & reliable, is very loud and vibrates a lot though so wouldn't recommend using it for too long a period! Excellent value for money!

Had this 7 years good machine.

Excellent presentation! Wish my dealer had provided this kind of in-depth review of operating and maintenance features when I purchased a decade ago!

Great video didnt know about the gearbox lubrication.

Well done keep it up 👍

First class lesson. Good sensible advice without the bullshit. Cheers!

I broke mine in with MotoMix plus one cap full of Stihl Ultra. I also sprayed my blades down with their lubricant/ resin remover before I used them. Buying a quart of MotoMix with my hs45 gave me a full four year warranty. I will run the hedge trimmers with an extra capful of Ultra for the first two tanks. Then, it will get fed my standard 50:1 mix of Stihl Ultra and premium non ethanol gas. I generally run my two cycle equipment at full throttle most of the time. Or, at least as much asI can. I do check spark arrestors in all equipment at least once a year, burning them off if necessary. The worst offender on spark arrestors I have is my MS 241 CM chainsaw.

Great video! Yea most people don't have a clue about a 'sparkarrester'! I pulled mine out the other day and it looked like it was a lost cause? But I put the torch on it and it looks brand new now! Lol

G'day mate, I loved this video & you saved me a heap of $$$'s my Stihl dealer in Western Australia quoted me $115 for a service plus parts for my HS45 with an additional cost to service my fuel system. The worst part was a 4 week waiting period for a booking for the dealership workshop. I actually considered buying a new HS45 for $349 for the 18" cut. Your tip about the spark arrester being blocked was my problem, I got it out & cleaned it with a wire brush, it's off & running like a new 1, thanks for your advice

Thank you.

Great video, thank you so much! I just bought one this week. Do you know if the grease is the same one the brushers use? And would you make a video about the sharpening? Thank you!!!

Great info thanks man 👍

Well done.

Good job.

Great video! Thanks

I got the 18" inch blade can I buy and install the blade from the HS 82 R blade to the HS 45 ?

Quel type de tournevis utiliser pour démonter le capot carter ?

what kind of " grease". You mentioned the brand of gas and lube for the blades.

Good video Question: why don’t you use orange lever ( not engaging the blades) on the side?

Thankyou fine sire

Muy buena maquina,

You rock!

Amazing video. Would be nice to show in the video of you taking off the spark arrestor etc

do you have a video on how to replace throttle cable on hs 45

Would your recommend the gas HS45 or battery powered HSA 56. Both are about the same price where I am. I only use it occasionally...once a month. Thanks.

The Stihl Degreaser and Lubricant doesn't seem to be available. Would WD40 work as well?

Just used mine today. The blades got stuck and I pulled on the throttle trigger to no avail it would not move, then I noticed the blade was caught on a bit of wire fence. I pulled it out and back to normal except it immediately now starts making a rattle noise when revved what has caused this please?

In Western Australia we get screwed by the mower shop’s it will cost you around $20;00 Australian for one spark arrester we get robed the with the air filters. So I have to re-use everything. Until it’s unserviceable. it’s a disappointment . Getting a service from a mower shop on my sthil HD 45 costs close to half the price of a new machine . I only had one service this year because I was desperate. And bought another machine. The stupid thing about it is more and more people are buying the parts on line to do it themselves. It will cost the shops more money in the long just because they are being greedy and profiteering now . Good luck to you and thanks for the vid 🦘🇦🇺🍻

I have these and im struggling pretty bad with some seriously woody hedges. I have 2 sets of blades. I'm torn between the 56 and the 81(i think) to step up a bit because i am having a tough time. Will the 56 do fine, vs the 81( which is backoreded and might be awhile before my dealer can get it)

Basically a advert for Sthil products.

My HS45 has a plastic lever at the bottom, but I can't find a reference anywhere as to what it does?

So hat do you do if the blades won’t move

So you own a echo series is needed

I have an HS 45. My advice is to buy a Milwaukee Fuel battery operated trimmer.

shit mine gets busted out every weekend

"I can't breathe" Timely...

Just run the gas out every season and it will always start again...

Stihl not steel, you yanks destroy the lovely language we taught you 🇬🇧🇬🇧 Is it a steel wire brush or a Stihl wire brush? Don’t know do we?

hell of a sell man because of that im buying a echo trimmer🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Good thing I didn't buy into this motomix scam cause then I wouldn't even be able to buy grocery's. I'm a professional and ill stick with premium pump gas with Echo Red Armor. See I own tools by Stihl and Echo and neither of them get this pre mixed bullshit. I like to preferably.. use the E10 pump gas in my tools tanks with in 1 month but.. I've also bought used tools where the seller told me the pump gas had been in there for like 3 months and it started right up. Just like most say.. you could buy 1 or 2 brand new tools for the price of running pre mixed gas over the course of 1 tool.