String Trimmer?

[irul&ublo]

I My first one was a straight shaft, replacement is curved - both work well for me. Also have all the attachments for it.

Heh......

[biggins]

Whoa. Thanks all.

A quiver at no less than, what was it, $10,000? Done. Also $950 for a minivan with blown out suspension for my daily Home Depot parking lot runs.

Stihl you say? Word. Thanks again. Also thanks for the maintenance tips.

[BmillsSkier]

Whoa. Thanks all.

A quiver at no less than, what was it, $10,000? Done. Also $950 for a minivan with blown out suspension for my daily Home Depot parking lot runs.

Stihl you say? Word. Thanks again. Also thanks for the maintenance tips.

Those Amigo Depot guys can fix that suspension as well. Just sayin.

[Hugh Conway]

A quiver at no less than, what was it, $10,000? Done. Also $950 for a minivan with blown out suspension for my daily Home Depot parking lot runs. .

FYI: If you are in the midwest, Menard's has awesome mountain bikes on special this week - $20 + a $20 merchandise credit so effectively free.

[BmillsSkier]

FYI: If you are in the midwest, Menard's has awesome mountain bikes on special this week - $20 + a $20 merchandise credit so effectively free.

He already said he has a minivan for the help.

[Ted Striker]

76 stations aren't necessarily ethanol free, although Starvin' Sam's in B'ham are.

Huh. I just assumed that was 76's shtick. If it weren't for cheap beer, and air-cooled engines, the one near my house would go out of business, because they sure don't compete on price.

The brand name on the gas station doesn't even tell you who is supplying the gas.

That I knew. I worked at a gas station when I was in high school. Even though it was a name-brand station, the tanker truck said something like "joe's refinery".

[grrrr]

Ethanol free runs 50 cents more at the station I go to (and it's miles out of the way), but it's what I run in the bike.

[My Pet Powder Goat]

This thread was a reminder that we needed a new trimmer. The old one was a Home depot cheapy that I always hated after having, unfortunately, spent thousands of hours of my life trimming our golf course with a legit husqevarna

So, I Got this bad ass mutherfuckker.

http://www.stihlusa.com/products/tri...rimmers/fs130/

STIHL fs130 pro series. ($409) the 130 has a larger engine than the 110 for only about $30 more. We put our weedwhackers through the paces up here in the jungles of VT so it seemed like a smart choice. Also bought a 22in circular saw for clearing saplings and a tri-blade for brush. Thing fires up with one pull, and doesn't bog down in the thicker stuff.

ps: recommending this shit...

will get your man card Revoked

[Hugh Conway]

if you just need to do a small lawn, the B&D battery job's pretty cool

unless you need to be the GSA of lawn maintenance.

[My Pet Powder Goat]

Nah, I've got several properties to maintain; a couple of acres of horse fence etc.... those little things cant hang.

just gotta bust balls in a Tim Allen kinda way

HAR HAR HAAAR!

[climberevan]

I just bought a place with 1.35 acres that's mostly weeds and sagebrush. Obviously I needed a string trimmer.

The Shindaiwa I bought has been excellent. 2-3 hours at a stretch with only minimal discomfort. It's a lot nicer (and lighter) than the four-stroke Makita that I rented to try out. It's a little more expensive, but my motto is always: "Buy the best, and only cry once."

[XXX-er]

if you just need to do a small lawn, the B&D battery job's pretty cool.

you trust a battery to not fuck up?

Even tho I hate cords I would just get something with a cord

[PNWbrit]

Can someone PM Dunfee and request a lawn care forum...

[Hugh Conway]

you trust a battery to not fuck up?

like 99% of the people on this forum he probably lives in civilization here such things are easy to fix and you aren't clearing half of BC worth of slide alder, or whatever.

but he probably needs a diesel dually pickup to hall his trailer of lawn care equipment for his 200 sqft yard.

[Garth Bimble]

[QUOTE=Tippster;4283435]I have a Black & Decker Cordless. It's been great for the last 5 years.



I have this one too, works great for my needs, only if I were to buy another I'd get one with lithium batteries. Lighter and hold a charge longer.

[Marshall Tucker]

on second thought, I'd get the one with bigger tits.

[XXX-er]

whatever i was running quit on me last summer and stihl wouldn't start this spring

since this trimmer came with the house and I didn't really love it any way I waited for a good deal on FB market place,

so as oposed to fixing the dead trimmer I picked up a used STHIL FS 86 on FB marketplace in great shape for only 125$,

this thing is fucking huge, I'm way over gunned with this bad boy

[goldenboy]

I just want to know who the hell calls that tool a string trimmer. First time I've ever heard that term in my life was seeing this thread.

[Core Shot]

I just want to know who the hell calls that tool a string trimmer. First time I've ever heard that term in my life was seeing this thread.

I guess you’re a whacker

Whack on. Whack off

[Ørion]

I just want to know who the hell calls that tool a string trimmer. First time I've ever heard that term in my life was seeing this thread.

Kleenex vs Facial Tissue...

The real question is are the Weed Wackers or Weed Eaters?

[AdironRider]

One of the surrounding towns is having quite a to-do about weed whackers and leaf blowers this spring.

Camp 1) - Very loaded people who can afford a groundskeeper are very vocally in opposition to listening to their neighbors landscaping services use these. They have no problem paying three times as much in labor costs to have the help rake all the leaves and detritus. Claim either noise or environment issues are the motivating factors. Have some surprising allies in the very not loaded people who give zero fucks about their yard and no jobs and just want to drink high lifes in peace.

Camp 2) - The upper middle class people who have either landscapers or enough free time to take care of their yards, and utilize the tools. They have aligned with the middle class Dad's who like a nicely mowed lawn.

You would think the end of days had arrived given the vitirol. Local contractors are piping up and you'd think a bomb went off. Highly amusing all around and is probably the most Vermont problem I could imagine.

[XXX-er]

I just want to know who the hell calls that tool a string trimmer. First time I've ever heard that term in my life was seeing this thread.

weed eater is the name brand, string trimmer is generic

this uses a weedeater motor

[t-the-east]

I just want to know who the hell calls that tool a string trimmer. First time I've ever heard that term in my life was seeing this thread.

String trimmer - professionals, landscapers, people who know or work with small engines

Weed whacker - homeowners who didn’t have to mow a lawn until they bought a house

[billyk]

I’d just like to say that the power loader on my E-go trimmer is the nuts. Just hope it doesn’t break.

[Woodsy]

I have an electric Ryobi weed eater