The Husqvarna Bed Bug suffers from low quality undersized components, and sloppy workmanship.  Some of the issues are blades that explode to a point that even the safety shroud dose not always contain the broken chunks. The blade is supported by undersized components that are not designed to take the abuse of a tool that engages the ground.

In trying to get answers to fixes for the frequent breakdowns, I have contacted Husqvarna Sales and Service Rep’s, Blue Bird Engineers, and met with a Rep from the Company that manufactures the Blades for Husqvarna Blue Bird.  I find Husqvarna Blue Bird is a wasteland with no answers, ignorance, and a total disregard for Safety and reliability of the equipment it produces.

Blades;
The most costly and serious problem with the Bed Bug are Blade Failures.  These breaks in the blade seem to be caused by undersized blade material.  We do not see these failures on our other Bed Edger’s.  Cleaning and closely inspecting blades now occurs on every rental, because this is not a failure that can be gauged by wear or hours of use.  We have seen catastrophic failures on brand new Blades during there first use.  

Failures of the Bed Edger Blades are the Carbide tips tearing out of the blade blank.  All failures are the same ½ moon tear my picture shows.  A blade failure causes a vibration that our Customers tend to ignore until the safety cover vibrates off.