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back garden looks worse than the rough at the Johnny walker after not cutting it all summer, getting major earache from SWMBO and the electric strimmer was as useful as a pair of nail scissors, I progressed at the speed of the continental shelf :eek:

so a petrol one is the job, any recommendations or pro's and con's?
 
Drawboy is spot on,hire shop is your best bet.Any of the cheaper,small cc petrol strimmers you find in DIY stores would fall to bits at anything other than a bit of light work,there simply not designed for any heavy or prolonged use.
I cut my lawns twice a week,although luckily its been once a week over the last few months because of the dry weather.
 
I have cheapish petrol strimmer. When I moved in my grass was 6ft deep, minimum. It did the job fine.

Trouble is, once it is done, the strimmer sits gathering dust forever and a day.
 
Go and hire one from your local hire shop, they are cheap enough and always well maintained.
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Great suggestion ... I own a hire company and can agree whole heartedly. Make sure that the include a forestry helmet that will have a visor and ear muffs as it will chuck up all sorts of stff that can be dangerous. Be sure that they run through the starting proceedure and the type of fuel mix that it takes and look after it as loss or damage is chargeable

Chris
 
i bought a Stihl FS 45 petrol strimmer a few years ago.

Pros - petrol means you are not fighting with miles of electrical flex , uses thick line which doesnt break every 2 minutes, auto dispensers new line, man enough for most weeds and brambles, safe to use in all weathers,

cons - a bit pricey new, you can easily tear up your lawn if you are not careful with it.

I wont go back to electric now.
 
You can also get a pedestrian flail, they can manage anything upto about 6feet high brush with upto 1&1/2" stalks.

You can get them from hire shops, but they are a little more expensive to hire than a strimmer. To give you an idea, a flail costs around 3k to buy, a strimmer about 5ton.

Pros: Will rip the vegetation down about 10 times quicker than a strimmer, a decent one can do upto an acre in 2 hours. So less fuel.

Cons: a tad more expensive to hire, and only available a a few hire companies.

I can give you details of a national groundcare specialist that hire them out and deliver/collect if needed. PM mer for details.
 
Wear boots too. These thing smash snails to bits, and coat you in 'stuff'.

Safety glasses and gloves a must.

Strimming is proper messy when done two stroke stylie.
 
i bought a Stihl FS 45 petrol strimmer a few years ago.

Pros - petrol means you are not fighting with miles of electrical flex , uses thick line which doesnt break every 2 minutes, auto dispensers new line, man enough for most weeds and brambles, safe to use in all weathers,

cons - a bit pricey new, you can easily tear up your lawn if you are not careful with it.

I wont go back to electric now.
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I have the same - a great piece of kit - even better when you add a long reach hedge trimmer to it - saves hours on big hedges
 
i bought a Stihl FS 45 petrol strimmer a few years ago.

Pros - petrol means you are not fighting with miles of electrical flex , uses thick line which doesnt break every 2 minutes, auto dispensers new line, man enough for most weeds and brambles, safe to use in all weathers,

cons - a bit pricey new, you can easily tear up your lawn if you are not careful with it.

I wont go back to electric now.
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I have the same - a great piece of kit - even better when you add a long reach hedge trimmer to it - saves hours on big hedges
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Yours is probably a straight shaft model, the FS45 is a curved shaft and pretty sure it wont take a trimmer or anything else.
 
I work for Stihl and would just add that if you are cutting only grass then a standard nylon line head machine will work a treat but if you are cutting tougher roots or small branches then a metal brushcutter head is recommended (this can even cut down small trees). As someone else mentioned PPE should be worn (steel toe capped bots, eye protection, full face visor and ear defenders) this should be allocated by the hirer if that is the way you go.

;) This is my own opinion and not that of Stihl GB ;)
 
ok decided just to buy, nothing heavy so SWMBO can use it, plus not dangerous, feeds the line out and easy to use.
stihl the one then?
 
ok decided just to buy, nothing heavy so SWMBO can use it, plus not dangerous, feeds the line out and easy to use.
stihl the one then?
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Stihl is best as far as I'm concerned


Chris
 
Honda do some excellent strimmers, with auto feed, and also 4stroke so no need to mess about with mixing oil and petrol.

Also really easy to service yourself, much quieter and they vibrate much less than a 2 stroke strimmer.

As madandra said make sure you get all the PPE, with the full face mask, dont get mesh, nothing worse than bits of slug, snail or whatever splatting on your lips.
 
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