27-09-17, 05:06 PM
(26-09-17, 10:44 PM)Hugh Mungus link Wrote: The strimmer cord is too thin. Buy some heavy duty stuff (make sure it will still fit through the hole), it lasts for nearly two minutes before it breaks. Better still, buy a bush cutter. A bit more expensive as it uses metal blades. Be careful though cos when those metal blades snap...
Some of the really cheap cord is plastic/pvc or some such material and is useless. Breaks almost instantly.
Nylon is best.
The only issue with using some of the petrol strimmers in domestic gardens (apart from your neighbours complaining about the two-stroke din :lol) is that they can be a bit overpowered.
Combined with the heavier gauge cord, you can quite easily go round stripping the bark off of all your shrubs and trees.