On Sun, 30 May 2021 12:57:50 -0500, "cshenk"
> wrote:

>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).
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
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