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Thomas wrote:

> On Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 9:46:12 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2021-05-30 8:56 a.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
> > > On Sun, 30 May 2021 Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >> On Sunday, May 30, 2021 Sqwertz wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I was gonna weed-eat today, but I said fuggit. Is anybody

> > jealous >>> of me whether I weed-eated or not? Yeah I didn't think
> > so. >>
> > >> I'm jealous you didn't. My arms are sore from swinging the

> > weed-eater >> yesterday.
> > >>
> > >> Cindy Hamilton
> > >
> > > By weed-eater do you mean string trimmer?
> > > The gas powered ones are heavy, blow fumes right in your face,
> > > and often difficult starting. The new B&D ones are battery
> > > operated, weigh half as much, no fumes, no cord to hassle with
> > > pulling, no gas/oil mixture storage, runs a full hour on a
> > > charge... best gardening tool we recently invested in, retired
> > > that smelly/noisy gas guzzler. And since we have a lot of
> > > trimming we bought a second battery to charge while using one.

> > I had an electric line trimmer. It was basically useless. It didn't
> > have enough power for the greenery I was dealing with. I bought a
> > Weed Eater and it had a lot more power, but those were cheap pieces
> > of crap and I had to replace them regularly. I took one into a
> > local garden equipment shop for repairs and the owner told me he
> > didn't really want to repair it. He said they are cheap pieces of
> > crap and that the repair would cost almost as much as it was worth
> > and it would just break down again. He suggested I get an Echo. It
> > was about twice the price but he assured me that it would last for
> > years and do a much better job.
> >
> > He was right. I have had that thing for years and it rips right
> > through the grass and weeds. It takes a fraction of the time and
> > effort the electric one and the WeedEater did. I bought a steel
> > blade attachment for heavy duty work so it can handle wild roses,
> > prickly cans, seedlings and heavy weeds. I make sure not to leave
> > old gas in it and it usually starts up with just a couple pulls and
> > a tank of gas mix is enough to get me through the entire yard. I
> > one gallon can of mixed fuel is enough to get me through the season.

> I bought BD battery trimmer. Used it for 2 feet then chucked it. Back
> to gas. Total waste of 90 bucks. BD battery trimmer for sale. Like
> new...5 bucks. Really.


Grin, depends largely on just what you are trimming. THey are made
just for stray grass that lawnmower can't reach (like under my dwarf
and semi-dwarf apple trees).