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Don Foreman wrote:

On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:25:35 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:13:35 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote:

On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:52:59 -0400, "Tom Gardner"

Does it have a bent tube and flex shaft or a gear box? The flex shaft
ones are
rated for homeowner use only.

Bent, with flex shaft. I just tossed one last April.


Its a bent flex shaft. Shrug...I have no need of an industrial string
trimmer, there is so little vegitation here that Ive managed for years
with a B&D electric trimmer, but the cord is a pain in the ass to deal
with over long distances and getting hung in the cactus.

Ive another gas trimmer, a Mitsubishi...chuckle but finding a new gas
tank for it..is impossible.

Gunner

Your best solution might be a weed whip if they still make 'em.

Also called a "grass whip":
http://www.acehardware.com/sm-seymou...e-30--pi-12745
29.html


Good out in the open, not so good for trimming close to things. Hard to
find one with good steel in the blade, so many are permanently dull and
thus hard to use. Older units are better, and cheap at flea markets.
Simple enough to home-brew one.

Joe Gwinn

This
scythe-like implement is the manual ancestor of the weedwhacker.
They're incredibly effective if sharp, once one learns the technique.
It's all in the wrist. It's actually less fatiguing than hanging onto
the weight and vibration of a gas weedeater, and they're very quiet.
They don't do as good a job on borders as a weedwhacker, though, as
when holding it sideways to route out a groove while driving sand and
green **** into the shins of your jeans.