I've tried the Craftsman from our local trail crew which works fine (I don't like the plastic ball footing up front as it breaks), and bought the Earthquake Viper for myself lithium battery powered B&D hedge clippers, my Viper, and my 2 gallons of gas is what I head in with to take on the jungle. The engine would do well to have a snorkel for its air intakes at least with our dry dusty weeds.Īnother problem is they are sensitive to over-filling with oil every time the machines go to another park in the unit they come back with the engines flooded with oil (and ruined oil-soaked air filters) I'd like to try the DR hub with the gripper jaws for the line, I'll probably be ordering one. (the mowers will run with a badly clogged air filter but won't re-start when hot) We find that we need to clean the air filter 2~3 times per every tank of gas also the cooling blower intakes plug frequently but at least that's obvious. And the more modern fuel systems are an improvement. Regardless power is adequate for the length of cutter line so designed. They all have the same old-school flathead Briggs engines they boast the torque rating because the hp is as miserly as it was when these engines were commonplace on old-school lawn mowers. Most are Swisher brand but regardless of make they all suffer the same problems. I've used a half-dozen different walk-behinds they all follow the same design with minor variations. And holy cow the walk-behinds can throw a rock like fastball! Neither design work as well as advertised cutting around rocks and structures (fences) short trimmer line life. If the weeds aren't too heavy the hand-helds can cut more acreage per hour if the operator is fit. (pardon the pun) The much heavier line used on the walk-behinds will take down brushy stems (some types of thistles) that will stall the hand-helds. We use a mix of hand-held and walk-behind they each have their strong points.įor hillside trails the hand-helds are best for larger and nearly level areas the walk behinds have an edge. Once the grasses start to turn brown at a local (California) park I volunteer at we're not allowed to use standard mowers (fire hazard from steel blades striking rocks) so it's line trimmers or nothing at all. Standard String Trimmer - Tractor Supply Co.īut like I said, I went back to hand held. I find it cuts faster, more strategic and I can cover more ground than the walk behinds.īut as I said, if you have a couple of miles of trail that requires being cut back several times a ride season, and it's not filled with obstacles. sold them and invested in a well balanced hand held with the handlebar deal. I borrowed a self propelled one, and pretty much the same thing. i bought a walk behind non propelled one, and it did ok on the skid roads but getting into too many roots, humps, berms, log overs etc. On the trails I volunteer on, it was logged 12 years ago some skid roads still have tall grasses, but it is the blackberry and thorn bushes that we are attacking. Snowkraft- I will just speak to my own experience, if you have a lot of grass or fast growing weeds that require being cut down once a month, then perhaps the walk behind will work.
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