On Sun, 30 May 2021 07:17:29 -0700 (PDT), Thomas >
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>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.
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
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