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Chatting => Equipment Shed => Topic started by: Salmo on February 25, 2010, 21:18

Title: Allen LRT2300 hedgecutter blade. No spares? The solution.
Post by: Salmo on February 25, 2010, 21:18

I have broken the blade on an Allen LRT2300 long handled hedge cutter. My repairer says they cannot get spares. They tell me that the makers (Allen or Zenoah/Komatsu?) apparently went out of business and the firm that bought up all the spares had a fire which destroyed them.

Does anyone know if this is true?

Does anyone know where I might get a spare blade?

My repairer says that they may be able to replace the head with a similar Stihl.

Any opinions or other options?

Title: Re: Allen LRT2300 hegdecutter blade. No spares?
Post by: Gwiz on February 26, 2010, 05:28

Allen definitely went out of business.
I don't know about the fire, but the suggestion that another head can be fitted may very well be correct depending on the type/size of the drive shaft within the aluminium tube. :)

Title: Re: Allen LRT2300 hegdecutter blade. No spares?
Post by: smud6ie on February 26, 2010, 09:23

If you post the diameter of the tube  and the size/ shape of the drive shaft within it, hex or number of splines  I can measure a Stihl head to see if it  will fit.
smud6ie

Title: Re: Allen LRT2300 hegdecutter blade. No spares?
Post by: Salmo on February 26, 2010, 10:09

Thanks for replies. The machine is with the repairer so I cannot measure. He thinks it will fit but the cost is obviously going to be more than if spares can be found.

Title: Re: Allen LRT2300 hegdecutter blade. No spares?
Post by: smud6ie on February 26, 2010, 11:42

We find the price of just blades is not that far off the price of a complete head,so with the time of the old head stripdown and rebuild we buy new heads.
smud6ie

Title: Re: Allen LRT2300 hegdecutter blade. No spares?
Post by: Salmo on March 05, 2010, 18:41

I had hoped that other heads would fit. My repairer has looked various makes of similar cutters and says that the drive shaft will not fit any he has found.

I have to either find an Allen spare blade/cutting head or replace the machine. Anyone ideas on where I might start searching for spares?

Allen LRTZ2600 also fits.

Title: Re: Allen LRT2300 hedgecutter blade. No spares? The solution.
Post by: Salmo on March 13, 2010, 00:04

After trying without success to locate any spare blades I have made the cutter workable by grinding off the two blades that were no longer crossing and shortening the end slightly. Works a treat.

Title: Re: Allen LRT2300 hedgecutter blade. No spares? The solution.
Post by: mower man on March 26, 2010, 20:23

Ref spare blades for Allen LRT23  hedgecutter
I am sure you can still obtain these parts. have you tried the dealer
in Torquay Devon as i know someone who purchased parts from them recently
for his Allen Zenoah machine

Title: Re: Allen LRT2300 hedgecutter blade. No spares? The solution.
Post by: mower man on March 31, 2010, 19:31

Ref the Allen Zenoah LRT2300 hedge cutter blades
I have looked into this and found you can get all parts
for these machines from the Torquay dealer
the blade you require is part number 6782-13411

hope this helps you with the problem

Title: Re: Allen LRT2300 hedgecutter blade. No spares? The solution.
Post by: Salmo on April 02, 2010, 10:30

Thanks Mower Man.

Who is the Torquay dealer?

Title: Re: Allen LRT2300 hedgecutter blade. No spares? The solution.
Post by: mower man on April 03, 2010, 06:49

Good morning Salmo

The torquay dealer I tried was Devon garden machinery
phone number  01803 872124

they said that Allens were only an importer and other people
now supply all the spares.