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String trimmer told the wife she was done buying the $49 Black & Deckers.
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Stihl
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I do my lawn with a garden tractor and cut as close to the obstacles as the rig will get me. Then that is all! Much of my landscaping is matted and planted with day lilies around most of the trees. I cut things pretty flush and haven't had much of a weed problem.
had my echo for about 6 years now , been a darn good trimmer
I have a DeWalt 60 volt and love it. Would recommend it to anyone. Never have to worry about a carburetor or mixing gas.
I use a Solo brand trimmer . One carb rebuild in a 35 plus year career Beats anything else I have ever used . Made in the USA in Virginia .
ECHO. Pay the bucks and don't look back.
Jon
I know of a great place to buy a DeWalt on June 12-13th. Great deal. Let me know if you are interested. Trimmers and everything DeWalt.
I should explain my post .My yard is close to 3 acres and I cut with a riding mower . Anything I cannot get to with the mower gets sprayed with roundup . My solo is mainly used for brush trimming with a cutter blade
How big is your yard?
Wife had trouble starting the 2 stroke, but in her defense it’s a pretty big one that I bought to trim a lot when we had a Christmas tree farm. Anyway, bought an AP series Stihl. I can move the battery to a small electric chain saw she wanted for fallen limbs and other smaller things.
You might not need one with as large of a battery, as I do around the edging and some rocks around the house, all the way around the barn, around a bunch of maple trees, and a ditch that is about 50 yards by 6-8 feet, too steep for the mower and a bit at the neighbor’s house... I seem to get a lot of use out of HER trimmer! I like it, no hearing protection needed, lighter than the gas one.
so I bought the troy built and the starter to go with it ( its a rechargeable unit like a battery drill best I can describe it )
just push it into the keyed slot and hit the go button it will crank over the trimmer and fire right up
the trimmer has the string start also . it became her favorite one to use
the starter unit at the time was about thirty dollars and I also bought a 10.00 attachment that just fits in a drill that does the same thing
many years ago started just using the pre mix gas a bit spendy but around us no regular gas to buy its all the crappy ethanol BS its saved a lot of carb rebuilds / replacements