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Fresh hints and tips for your garden this spring
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YOUR GARDEN GUIDE TO SPRING
welcome TO THE SPRING EDITION OF THE STIHL & VIKING GARDENING MAGA ZINE
The arrival of spring brings with it exciting new ideas for your garden, and what better way to start planning than with advice from our experts? We’ve put together some handy hints and tips from our Approved Dealers to get your garden blooming brilliantly this spring. At STIHL we firmly believe that our products are only as good as the people who sell them. That’s why our dealers are carefully selected for their knowledge and expertise and will show you the tools that will get your garden looking rosy. They are always on-hand to answer questions you might have about servicing, spare parts or accessories.
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S EEDS O F S U M M ER Get your garden ready for summer and use a dreary day to plant your bulbs for a summer of full bloom.
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The soil is getting warmer and there are plenty of perennials in the nurseries and garden centres. It’s always a pleasure to look out for any bare spots in the borders and fill them in with hardy geranium, oriental poppies, iris and scabious to name but a few. It is also a good time to divide existing clumps of herbaceous perennials to rejuvenate them for the summer months.
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GET SHARP SPRING CLEANING
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Following a wet winter, our garden patios and furniture are often in need of a little love and attention. The perfect companion to tackle this task is a STIHL high pressure cleaner. Not only do these power tools mean less elbow grease but they also avoid the use of harsh chemicals. Your garden will look revitalised after one blast.
Early spring is the perfect time to give your tools a clean and sharpen ready for the months of gardening work ahead. It’s important to care for your gardening tools as it not only helps to preserve them but also helps to improve their performance making them easier to work with. To help maintain gardening tools, it’s always best to use a STIHL resin solvent to remove the build-up of sap. Check out the range of STIHL secateurs, shears and pruning saws at www.stihl.co.uk, or for more advice speak to your local STIHL & VIKING Approved Dealer.
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MSA 160 C-BQ Cordless Chainsaw
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HTA 65 Cordless Pole Pruner
Powerful yet lightweight, this is a great entrylevel chainsaw. The ideal tool to use in noise sensitive areas. No ear protection is needed.
£285
VIKING MA 339 C Cordless Lawn Mower
Excl. battery and charger.
The brilliant cordless design of this lawn mower makes caring for your lawn a piece of cake. It features a mono handlebar making emptying the grass box easier.
£315
Excl. battery and charger.
This cordless pole pruner is exceptionally lightweight and powerful. It’s the ideal tool for use in urban areas due to its quiet motor.
£385
Excl. battery and charger.
NEW! AP 100, 200 & 300 Batteries From £100 Our new batteries are now available
HLA 65 Cordless Long Reach Hedge Trimmer This hedge trimmer is your new best friend when it comes to trimming tall and wide hedges. It has an adjustable angle on the head, making it really easy to get to those hard-to-reach branches. Easy to transport with a handy folding mechanism.
£275
Excl. battery and charger.
with an even higher capacity. This means that you can keep mowing, trimming, sawing and blowing for longer.
FSA 65 Cordless Grass Trimmer This bent shaft grass trimmer is the perfect tool for thinning work. Its soft handle means a good grip and comfortable working.
£200
Excl. battery and charger.
cordless GO
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THIS SPRING
Our cordless power system unites ultimate convenience with powerful performance. The quiet, exhaust-free, battery power allows full freedom of movement while carrying out gardening tasks. The beauty of the STIHL cordless power tool system is that all of our
HSA 25 Cordless Handheld Shrub Shears This tool is ideally suited to maintain and contour small-leaved ornamental trees, shrubs and evergreen hedges. It also comes with a blade set that is perfect for trimming lawn edges.
£109
Inc. battery and charger.
WHAT IS THE QUIET MARK?
batteries and chargers are compatible with all 16 tools in the range. Our highly-efficient electric motors maximise the Lithium-Ion battery power to ensure consistent and long-lasting service so you get the best performance, every time.
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Spring cleaning is a common theme this season and this job can be made easier with the help of a long reach hedge trimmer. This tool allows you to save time by reaching tall, hard-to-reach hedges safely from the ground.
HSA 66 Cordless Hedge Trimmer
Quiet Mark is the international mark of approval from the UK’s Noise Abatement Society, awarded to the quietest high performance technologies that reduce unwanted noise in our environment. Every product in the STIHL & VIKING cordless power system has received the Quiet Mark award, making them perfect for use at home or in built-up areas. www.quietmark.com
This tool is extremely lightweight and maintains a constant stroke rate even during the toughest of jobs.
£230 Excl. battery and charger.
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VIKING MB 448 VC Petrol Lawn Mower One of our top-of-the-range lawn mowers with a 46cm cutting width and mono-comfort handlebar. It’s great for small to medium sized lawns and very easy to operate.
£540
VIKING MB 248 Petrol Lawn Mower
VIKING MA 339 C Cordless Lawn Mower
This petrol mower is ideal for small to medium sized lawns. With its large-volume grass catcher box, this nimble lawn mower makes cutting and collecting an effortless task.
The brilliant cordless design of this lawn mower makes caring for your lawn a piece of cake. It features a mono handlebar making emptying the grass box easier.
£315
£265
Excl. battery and charger.
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YO U R L AW N LIKE A VIKING
Now’s the time to spring into action to recover your lawn from the harsh winter conditions and prepare it for summer. Spring is the season to start feeding, tending and cutting your lawn for the best results. With a bit of extra TLC your lawn will look better than ever. First things first – aerate your lawn to drain away the wet of winter. An easy way to do this is to press your grass 7.5cm with a garden fork and wriggle the tines. This allows air to reach the grass roots, strengthen individual blades, and create a healthy lawn surface in time for the summer sun. To remove the thatch and moss which has accumulated and thrived over the winter months, scarify your lawn with either a spring tined rake or, for larger areas, a motorised scarifier like the VIKING LB 540. Once you’ve prepped your grass, VIKING has got a wide range of lawn mowers to suit every garden size and need so that you can maintain your lawn and keep it looking great.
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A full service before spring is always a great idea, but it’s never too late to get your mower serviced so it’s in top condition to take you through the spring and summer months. A full tank of MotoPlus®, the high performance fuel from VIKING, will ensure your mower is ready to tackle your lawn. It will also increase the service life and performance of your mower due to the largely smoke-free combustion, protecting valves and pistons.
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OUR RANGE OF iMow ROBOTIC MOWERS NEW – FOR –
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VIKING iMow MI 422
Ideal for gardens up to 500m², this iMow will cut your lawn for an average of 10 hours a week, so you can rest in the knowledge your garden is being taken care of.
£999
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VIKING iMow MI 422 P
This iMow, with the ability to manage a lawn up to 1000m2, is ideal for medium sized lawns. Plus this model can also handle uphill gradients of up to 40% too.
£1,199
WE’VE MADE KEEPING YOUR GARDEN TRIM AND TIDY EVEN EASIER WITH OUR CUT TING EDGE RANGE OF iMow ROBOTIC MOWERS. Sit back and enjoy your garden while the iMow robotic mower does the hard work for you. The iMow has been designed to be hassle-free and to get the best results from your lawn. It mows and cares for your grass at the same time. The mulching blade and double-sided ground blades finely shred grass cuttings so that they fall back into the lawn to become fertiliser. The iMow is easy to clean, economical and makes caring for your garden easier, no matter how large or small. And don’t be put off by the technology because we’ve made sure iMow works for you. It’s extremely easy to use, with no expert knowledge needed. But no one knows our mowers better than our Approved VIKING Dealers. They can help advise on the best iMow for your needs and will take care of the installation, which will be individually costed based on your requirements and garden size. If you’ve got time to spend in your garden this spring, make the most of it with the iMow robotic mower.
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2016
VIKING iMow MI 632 Covering a lawn of up to 3000m², this robotic mower will look after your garden for an average of 36 hours each week.
£1,799
VIKING iMow MI 632 P
This iMow is perfect for larger gardens, up to 4000m². It can mow for up to 150 minutes in one go, and only takes 60 minutes to recharge, meaning it can spend a full 40 hours a week keeping your lawn in top condition.
£1,999
THE iMow IS EASY TO CLEAN, ECONOMICAL, SMART, EFFICIENT AND MAKES ENJOYING YOUR GARDEN HASSLE-FREE, NO MATTER THE SIZE. 11
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K EEPIN G FS 38 Petrol Grass Trimmer
As our lightest petrol model, this trimmer is easy to handle and comfortable to use, giving great results round those difficult to reach areas of the garden.
£159
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HS 45 Petrol Hedge Trimmer This hedge trimmer delivers a superb performance and is great for maintaining shrubs and bushes.
From £255
FSA 85 Cordless Grass Trimmer This cordless trimmer is the perfect garden companion all year round. It’s so light and easy to use, plus it’s so quiet, there is no need for ear protection.
£220
Excl. battery and charger.
FS 56 C-E Petrol Grass Trimmer When the going gets tough, this is the model of choice. The bike handle of this heavy duty trimmer gives excellent control and is comfortable enough to use all day.
£360
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Grass trimmers make it really easy to deal with those awkward or difficult-to-reach areas. With the right technique you can achieve amazing results with your grass trimmer. The best way to use it is simply to swing the tool from right to left in a semi-circle as you gradually move forward. It’s also important to make sure you hold the machine correctly. The shoulder strap must sit snugly so that the machine is correctly balanced and effortless to operate. The final touches in your garden really can make all the difference.
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If you’re having problems with your grass trimmer line breaking too easily, there is a tip to help remedy this. Pop your line into a bucket of water overnight; the line will absorb some of the water and become more flexible and longer lasting.
HSE 52 Electric Hedge Trimmer Extremely light and handy, with a high speed blade and generous tooth spacing to cut through thin branches.
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Spring is the perfect time to trim the hedges but just make sure that there are no birds’ nests lurking. It is illegal to knowingly disturb nests containing eggs or chicks so it’s always good to check before starting to trim. When using a hedge trimmer, it is best to start at the base of the hedge and work upwards in a smooth, continuous movement.
£136
straight H ED GES
Following the winter months, your hedges will be looking a little untidy without the right TLC. From cordless to long-reach, STIHL boasts a wide range of hedge trimmers to suit your needs and experience level. Always remember when using a hedge trimmer to keep the blades sharp. If cut branch tips appear ragged or light in colour, or if blades snag on a hedge, the blades are most likely blunt. Take the trimmer to a local STIHL Approved Dealer for professional sharpening. HSA 86 Cordless Hedge Trimmer Light, powerful and efficient, this cordless hedge trimmer ensures a constant stroke rate while pruning thick hedges.
From £215
Excl. battery and charger
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BF-KM KombiTool Pick Tine
KM 56 RC-E KombiEngine
This handy attachment, with a working width of 22cm, will make aerating and cultivating soil a breeze.
With STIHL ErgoStart, loop handle and shoulder strap it’s easy and comfortable to use. Combine with one of the twelve attachments to tackle a range of garden tasks.
mix £190
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For those with a passion for tool intelligence, our KombiSystem is the perfect fit, with a powerful petrol engine featuring interchangeable heads – each with its own unique specialism – this multi-purpose unit can single-handedly make all the difference in your garden this year. To find your perfect ‘Kombination’ the engine is the place to start with four power versions available, depending on your needs. From there, simply choose from the attachment heads on offer, including a lawn trimmer, pruner, leaf-blower and more. Now you can create the KombiSystem HL-KM 135˚ KombiTool that’s right for you. Long Reach Hedge Trimmer The KombiSystem is extremely flexible Perfect for trimming tall hedges from the ground, this attachment also has and versatile; you can purchase additional an adjustable cutting angle to make tool heads as your garden evolves and the for easy handling. £305 need arises.
D E A L E R ’S TO P T I P >> MS 180 Petrol Chainsaw Ideal for cutting firewood and maintaining trees. With 2-MIX technology, there is low emissions without compromising performance.
£255
£239
FSB-KM KombiTool Brushcutter Ideal for harder to reach corners around the garden. The bent shaft offers easy manoeuvrability which is handy in restricted spaces.
£82.50
WE OFFER A FULL RANGE OF CHAINSAWS TO SUIT E VERY NEED AND REQUIREMENT F ROM JUS T £ 17 9
MS 211 C-BE Petrol Chainsaw With low vibrations, good cutting speed and plenty of power, this STIHL chainsaw is just the thing when it’s time to get the job done.
From £395
MSA 200 C-BQ Cordless Chainsaw The most powerful cordless chainsaw in the range. Thanks to its quiet motor, the saw is perfect to use in noise sensitive areas.
£295
Excl. battery and charger
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Put safety first when using a chainsaw and wear the correct personal protective equipment (PPE) for the job at hand. The new ranges of STIHL PPE mean working safely has never been more comfortable. Your local STIHL dealer will be able to advise you on what PPE is most suitable for the tool and the task. Chainsaw safety trousers and chaps from just £80.
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Take back control of your garden. If winter has brought down branches or left trees looking worse for wear, it’s time to fire up that most trusted tool from your garden arsenal – the STIHL chainsaw. Whether you’re in rural or built up areas, a STIHL chainsaw keeps you ready for the fallout from rough weather all year round. STIHL is the world’s premier chainsaw manufacturer, and with good reason. Our chainsaws are meticulously crafted with precision to ensure the highest performance possible and our wide range will cater for all needs. Our Approved Dealers have extensive hands-on know-how for anyone seeking expert advice and guidance. Every element of every chainsaw is designed and built by STIHL, and that means results each and every time.
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