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Thread ID: 122612	2012-01-02 22:44:00	Weed eaters or line trimmers	tut (12033)	PC World Chat

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1251790	2012-01-03 07:47:00	Battery powered are the bottom of the heap seriously, Consumer rated them as fair and with a 15 min usuable run time on the best model...... If you have a small section, are good at regularly doing the lawns, and only need to trim grass. Then electric are fine, but get one of the big ones with dual refillable nylon cords and the motor at the top of the shaft not the stupid little ones with a single bit of dental floss and the motor at the bottom. If you have a large section, tend to let it get away on you occasionally, or want to cut more than just light grass, buy a petrol model. Even the cheap 22 cc bunnings type petrol ones walk all over electric. Downside is they are loud and vibrate a bit more and only work if you have some 2 stroke fuel on hand. I replaced the head on mine with one that is a bit easier to load and lasts longer, the default ryobi/homelite (same manufacturer) head always annoys me. If all of this sounds too hard buy some westminster weedkiller from the warehouse for $12 and kill everything on the fenceline.	dugimodo (138)
1251791	2012-01-03 07:51:00	Oh by the way, SJ you seriously use steel wire on yours? I was tempted to try that but I decided it would be to dangerous and figured it would fray at the ends fairly quicky. The head I use just uses four precut lengths of thick nylon doubled over to give me 8 cutting strands, takes about 30 seconds to replace and lasts 30-45 mins of cutting depending on how good the nylon is and what I'm cutting against.	dugimodo (138)
1251792	2012-01-03 16:48:00	Yeah I use fishing leader on it. I also were a face shield, but have not in the four or five years had any projectile wire thrown at me with enough velocity to cause any harm. I thought about putting a deep sea sleeve/crimp on the ends to keep the ends from flaying out, but decided against that idea. A few years back I built an eight foot wide deck mower with three hydraulic motors driving arbors with bicycle chain as horizontal flays on them to clear acreage for weed abatement. It mounted on the front of my other Blazer and ran off a pump that was electrically clutched and driven by the engine. I could clear an acre in about forty minutes, and that included heavy brush, small trees and weeds. That bicycle chain lasts for weeks and it really can cut things!	SurferJoe46 (51)
1251793	2012-01-03 19:17:00	SL you should be living down here. You sound like a real Kiwi. All you need is number 8 fencing wire and you can do wonderful things. Too many Kiwi DIYers are getting soft and have forgotten the power of invention on the fly!!	Bryan (147)
1251794	2012-01-03 20:22:00	If you don't want to be quite as brutal as SJ and want to stick with plastic flays, and you have an electric weed-eater with reasonable power (i.e. NOT a Black and Decker), buy the "Littl' Juey (http://littljuey.com/)" conversion head (Mitre10 has them, and probably Bunnings) - I believe they fit most weed-eaters. Real quick to change the lines (no cartridges), effective and long-lasting. And if you have "small trees" you can double-load the head (see power comment above)... EDIT: And I believe it's a Kiwi product too!!	johcar (6283)
1251795	2012-01-03 20:36:00	I have a crappy litlle cheapie Whipper Snipper. I use refill nylon for the spool and can easily do that myself, also have a 30 metre long power cable for it. My husband had a Husquvarna, petrol one, but It was too heavy for me to manage. So got the cheapie one with Flybuys. I have no trouble using it, just a bit of a pain with the long cable. I have some long handled clippers for doing the bits the trimmer misses and use them on the hedge too. LL	lakewoodlady (103)
1251796	2012-01-04 16:16:00	Thanks for those comments. I think it is obvious what I should do now. I will go the petrol engine model.	tut (12033)
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