Whats goin on out there

[Jim Oaks]

I knew a guy that put a circular saw blade on a weedwacker. Made a menacing sound when it was running. Also had the ability to cut your leg off.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I knew a guy that put a circular saw blade on a weedwacker. Made a menacing sound when it was running. Also had the ability to cut your leg off.

A brushcutter is a factory option, comes with different handles and a harness (now anyway)

We had a guy bring in a Stihl that wouldn't get up to speed right. He had replaced the three bolt on plastic blades that were the fad a few years ago with steel eye lag screws.

 

[adsm08]

I like those plastic blades. The only thing I tried to whack with one that it wouldn't cut ended up taking the chain saw.

 

[Craig0320]

I live in FL so it rains about everyday, then get ridiculously humid, so even when there is no rain it is hard to go outside unless you have too. I have to wait until about 6 in the evening before it is even manageable to do any labor. good thing it don't get dark until almost 9pm.

I feel you brother been 110 on heat index and humidity through the roof down here in south ms.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I like those plastic blades. The only thing I tried to whack with one that it wouldn't cut ended up taking the chain saw.

A lot of people still do.

Apparently they didn't last long enough for this guy. He was lucky his eyebolts didn't hit something and come apart or come uncurled and depart the trimmer.

 

[adsm08]

A lot of people still do.

Apparently they didn't last long enough for this guy. He was lucky his eyebolts didn't hit something and come apart or come uncurled and depart the trimmer.

I cant use them anymore. My gas whacker bit the big one and since we don't use it much, but need to have it for a few spots we got an electric one. It's nice enough, but not as capable. And it can't take the bladed heads because it has a push-button auto feeder for the string.

 

[pjtoledo]

I was wondering who I could blame...



Nice thing about living in the sticks is I don't have to be that fussy. As long as it looks decent from the road at 50mph its good. We had a dry spell so the grass actually went dormant for a bit, then monsoon season hit and wouldn't let go for awhile. Grass was at "kinda shaggy" stage but the weeds were terrible. Like stick weeds (wild carrot to be exact), not a lot of them but you had to go over each one like 3x with the mower. After the mower ran out of gas the second night I actually hit it with the tractor and shredder to knock the weeds down as I was waiting for the mower to cool down.

A lot easier on the allergies to use the tractor first I discovered. With a mower you are right there in the thick of the wild carrot stink, with the tractor you are going 3x faster and it is all 6' behind you.



The joy of small engines...

You can have everything just right... or not and they will work... or not for no reason at all.

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having been married for over 40 years I can assure you that phrase applies to more than weed wackers.

 

[Ranger850]

This is my WeedWacker
Not an Echo, it's Sthil FS 66, Does everything I need it to.

 

[Craig0320]

I got an old Stihl fs110r. Lots of power and grit.

 

[Ranger850]

I just wish mine had the detachable head so I could put an edger on it too.

 

[Ranger850]

This is how I run my string
Started out as a fluke, then I realized it works pretty damn good, and you know what they say, " if it ain't broke, Let me see what I can do..."