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Posted by Bob Hobden on May 24, 2007, 6:06 pm
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"barry makepeace" wrote after
> "Bob Hobden" wrote ...
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>> "barry makepeace" wrote
>>> Does anyone know where I can get a reliable strimmer.
>>> I work as a self employed gardener part time.
>>> I have purchased several black and decker strimmers but they develop
>>> problems with the line after a while.
>>> The line starts to tangle or wrap round the spool housing.
>>> I would like one with an edging facility
>>> I would appreciate any help.
>>
>> I'm afraid that if you want a "proper" strimmer you have to pay.
>> I have a £120.small Husqvarna 2 stroke and it's excellent for the small
>> jobs around the allotment but most professional people go for Stihl
>> because they are simply the best built and, like mine, spares are readily
>> available. Honda do a 4 stroke strimmer that is superb too. But you pay
>> for that quality.
>> Just think how much you have wasted buying cheap crap strimmers...and
>> they won't seem so expensive. :-)
>>
> Cheers Bob,
> I seem to be buying a new black and Decker every 6 months to a year. They
> are good until they start to wear and then the line starts to tangle. Do
> you have any problems with the line on your machine. I do about 10
> gardens so they do get a bit of hammer.
> many thanks
> barry
My Husqvarna has a two line head and, no, it's never got tangled and I've
not had any problems with the line on it in all the years I've had it and
it's had hard use around our allotment especially the previous one where we
gardened in a totally unkept site. Importantly, spares are readably
available from proper garden machinery suppliers.
10 gardens would suggest to me you need a quality machine at quality machine
prices. :-(
If you can find time take a look round a few Garden Machinery Suppliers and
see what's on offer, Stihl is used by most professionals although I've seen
one using Echo just last week but I have no experience of that make although
it looked well made.
Some links...
http://www.echo-tools.co.uk/
http://www.stihl.co.uk/
http://www.husqvarna.co.uk/
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Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK
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