Re: [MBZ] Trimmer mowers

2019-06-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
We've got a weed eater at camp with a 3 bladed cutter on it. Its a straight shaft professional series Husqvarna with a harness so you carry the weight on your shoulders rather than in your arms. With the harness properly adjusted I can run it for hours without getting overly tired. Its one

Re: [MBZ] Trimmer mowers

2019-06-11 Thread MG via Mercedes
Use one of those U bolts and two old kids bike learner wheels back to back on the shaft of your trimmer and you should be good to go. ||O / \ [] [] MG Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Anybody have any experience with these sorts of things?

Re: [MBZ] Trimmer mowers

2019-06-10 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Ummm,,, the DR Mower I linked to "should" not be a string trimmer... it has steel blades like a Bush Hog tractor mower and has knobby drive wheels with a hand clutch for motion control... some models also have reverse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vigHVj40dO4 On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 8:07 PM

Re: [MBZ] Trimmer mowers

2019-06-10 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
The DR trimmer mower was the original. My mom bought one of the first Craftsman knockoffs. It's good on decent terrain, but trying to wrestle a string trimmer on a 45 degree slope when it has a 5hp Briggs engine on it is not fun. For wide swaths, get a wheeled trimmer. For agility, get a pro

Re: [MBZ] Trimmer mowers

2019-06-10 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
https://www.drpower.com/power-equipment/field-brush-mowers/walk-behind/fab-13-3-fpt-premier-m-s-26in-deck-new---50st.axd?ctm_id=AT41026DMN=AW199E1XE3963309=COupgPek4OICFTUgrQYdB6ELpg Hate when that happens senior moment at end of long day that's my excuse, and I'm sticking with it ;))

Re: [MBZ] Trimmer mowers

2019-06-10 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Got a link? On 6/10/2019 8:41 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: When you are tired of screwing around with stuff that breaks and works you harder than it does, try one of these. A bit spendy, but for a vast estate such as yours, with lots of stuff to clear up between cars and fence rows, the pay

Re: [MBZ] Trimmer mowers

2019-06-10 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
When you are tired of screwing around with stuff that breaks and works you harder than it does, try one of these. A bit spendy, but for a vast estate such as yours, with lots of stuff to clear up between cars and fence rows, the pay back for having good equipment would come sooner rather than

Re: [MBZ] Trimmer mowers

2019-06-10 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I have a Sun Joe electric rechargeable which is amazing - runs for over an hour between charges - bags or mulches. On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 4:56 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Anybody have any experience with these sorts of things? > >

[MBZ] Trimmer mowers

2019-06-10 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Anybody have any experience with these sorts of things? https://www.lowes.com/search?searchTerm=trimmer+mower Thinking about getting one to trim around and in between cars out in the back 40 As well as the front 40, and also mowing down the weeds in the ditches out from and long the fence