The string trimmer is dead to me.

Undertoad · 09-20-2008, 03:30 PM

The string trimmer, as useful household equipment, is dead to me. As a thing I will buy, own, operate. Never again. They are a fraud and *never* correctly operate, even out of the box.

If they actually do start, they will fail to start on the second occasion they are needed. If they manage to stay running, they will operate until the first amount of string is gone, and then no amount of coaxing will get string correctly feeding. They are designed specifically to hit you in the face and over your entire body, painfully, with flying gravel, stones, muck, and weeds. They leak fuel, which is custom mixed for their little needs, because of their shitty little fuel delivery system. They cost too much and their function can be performed with better accuracy and zero fuel, with hand-held equipment.

Dead to me. Dead.

monster · 09-20-2008, 05:04 PM

electric is what you need. electric.

lumberjim · 09-20-2008, 05:05 PM

LAWN SERVICE

SteveDallas · 09-20-2008, 05:16 PM

I broke down and bought an edger. The (ELECTRIC) string trimmer is still great for trimming around the edges of walls & stuff where you can't get the mower, but the sidewalk just ran through too much string.

monster · 09-20-2008, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

the sidewalk just ran through too much string.

you're supposed to trim the grass, not the sidewalk

SteveDallas · 09-20-2008, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

you're supposed to trim the grass, not the sidewalk

Dammit!!!

Couldn't you have told me that about 10 years ago??

zippyt · 09-20-2008, 05:27 PM

Ahh,, fence in yer yard and get some goats !!!

footfootfoot · 09-20-2008, 05:40 PM

you get what you pay for and when it comes to string trimmers you really don't want to pay what you have to, even if you're doing it for money. Figure on spending at least $400. for a good trimmer.

monster · 09-20-2008, 05:44 PM

right. if you have several acres to trim.

footfootfoot · 09-20-2008, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

right. if you have several acres to trim.

We've got 1/4 acre but about 67,000 miles of edging. It's like the fucking fjords over here. it takes me longer to edge than to mow.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-21-2008, 01:40 AM

Oh noes! there's some blades of grass overhanging the sidewalk... a tuft of grass by the tree... another by the mailbox.
SO FUCKING WHAT? America, stop being so damn anal about the yard.

glatt · 09-21-2008, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Oh noes! there's some blades of grass overhanging the sidewalk... a tuft of grass by the tree... another by the mailbox.
SO FUCKING WHAT? America, stop being so damn anal about the yard.

Bravo!

This is what I use, about twice a summer, once the edges get over a foot or so. I spend maybe ten minutes on it each time. Perfect lawns are bullshit. My lawn looks 90% as good as a perfect lawn, and takes 10% of the work. You can get really close with the lawn mower.

Shawnee123 · 09-24-2008, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Oh noes! there's some blades of grass overhanging the sidewalk... a tuft of grass by the tree... another by the mailbox.
SO FUCKING WHAT? America, stop being so damn anal about the yard.

Seriously!

busterb · 09-20-2008, 07:15 PM

I put my last one out for trashman. Useless crap, besides killing your back.

Clodfobble · 09-20-2008, 07:18 PM

Is this the same thing as a weed whacker?

09-20-2008, 03:30 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The string trimmer is dead to me. The string trimmer, as useful household equipment, is dead to me. As a thing I will buy, own, operate. Never again. They are a fraud and never correctly operate, even out of the box. If they actually do start, they will fail to start on the second occasion they are needed. If they manage to stay running, they will operate until the first amount of string is gone, and then no amount of coaxing will get string correctly feeding. They are designed specifically to hit you in the face and over your entire body, painfully, with flying gravel, stones, muck, and weeds. They leak fuel, which is custom mixed for their little needs, because of their shitty little fuel delivery system. They cost too much and their function can be performed with better accuracy and zero fuel, with hand-held equipment. Dead to me. Dead.

09-20-2008, 05:04 PM	#2
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09-20-2008, 05:05 PM	#3
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09-20-2008, 05:27 PM	#7
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09-20-2008, 05:40 PM	#8
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	you get what you pay for and when it comes to string trimmers you really don't want to pay what you have to, even if you're doing it for money. Figure on spending at least $400. for a good trimmer. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

09-20-2008, 05:16 PM	#4
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I broke down and bought an edger. The (ELECTRIC) string trimmer is still great for trimming around the edges of walls & stuff where you can't get the mower, but the sidewalk just ran through too much string.

09-20-2008, 05:44 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	right. if you have several acres to trim. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-21-2008, 01:40 AM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh noes! there's some blades of grass overhanging the sidewalk... a tuft of grass by the tree... another by the mailbox. SO FUCKING WHAT? America, stop being so damn anal about the yard. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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