Need a new weed eater

I will second the 22" wheel trimmers. We have the Dr brand. Best tool I bought last year. Found it used on C/L for $250. 6hp 4 cycle engine,no mixing gas.Starts first pull,DW can use it, she likes it much better than trying to carry a trimmer,just push and cut weeds!

we love our push trimmer but it will not do edging around the driveway or around the garden rocks.

I have never figured out how they can put the man on the moon but can't get a pull cord to start everytime with out 30min of work before and tons of language.

PrettyPaisley, you own goats. Why would you want any other weedeater?

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Because the goats don't eat a clean line around the barn without meandering over to the garden to nibble!

I decided to buy my very own weed eater today. Just for me, just around my flower bed and sidewalk and barn ... just where I have an electrical plug-and with the certainity that SO won't mess with my girly electric weedeater. The guy at Home Depot tried to talk me out of it but when I get my mind made up I don't take much advice. He did help me decide between the three electrical ones they sold ... the longest one since the other two seemed short for my long arms, which was also the lightest one.

I cannot wait to flip a switch and have a weedeater working. I have fought and fought and fought and cussed and kicked and pitched a fit for two years over that gas powered piece of crap and I am tired of messing with it. It might not do the fence line but that's been SO's chore since the beginning anyway. And SO can fight with the darn thing - and mix the smelly gas and breathe in the exhaust. I will be just fine with my simple little Black and Decker and very long cord. I did that with a chain saw - couldn't work the gas powered one so I got an electrical one and I do just fine with it. But if you ever do drive by you will see one lone ornamental plum tree still standing; I buzzed down 4 but couldn't find a cord long enough for the last one. The neighbor still gets a kick out of watching that-he was in his barn and I didn't know it and was having a rough, hormonal week so down they went. It was one of those, "Christina-BRING ME THE AXE" moments!

Good for you!

I have 2, some 10 year old, Stihls that I rotate through so that THEY can cool off between tanks ( yeah, right).

I actually had to have a lower hernia surgery from trying to crank a "Weedeater" brand back in the early 90s. Got to throwing it and holding the cord ... sad example of hating to pull a dang cord and not having it crank

Later, I found that ants had stopped up the muffler because I left it out one night. Bad example of being well-tempered but ... complete understanding of the aggravation of pulling a cord though

A friend bought one last year ( do not remember the brand) but it had an electric start accessory ... note to self to revisit him!

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