My neighbor has one of these. based on his experience, I’d probably pass.
he got the wrong tool for the job he has to do. He has a couple of small fields he lets an area farmer cut for grass hay, and he wants to trim the edges of the field against fieldstone walls. it’s a lot of in and out and back forth and rock eats trimmer line.
I’ll second the note about getting the heaviest line you can put in it. handheld, four cycle, it don’t matter. My personal preference is for trimmer line with edges, tri-wing or whatever. I have no hard evidence to support this preference, just my observations based on my experience.
I got something called a gorilla grip last winter, as the bending with using a weed eater really gets to me. A friend of mine with a lawn business also got one. We think we’re old dogs and new tricks may be too much for us. Either that or we need to fiddle with the adjustment and tweak it to our use. fyi.
Got a question for you: What do you call rough terrain?
I use a zero turn mower like most people use a walk behind billy goat brush mower. only thing that defeats me is wet ground. or gravity. I use gator blades, with the rakes on the back side, and I kid you not, if I can drive over the stuff, I can cut it.
I have an exmark and a simplicity courier. the courier is small and light, and that is the strength and the weakness. slopes are harder with the simplicity because the drive pumps are smaller, and going downhill, gravity can overcome the controls. i have a theory that r4 tires would change how this machine handles (for the better), but I don’t have the motivation to do this.
the exmark…the only thing that stops me is mud.
alan…you’re not too far from me (danbury, ct area). i have a bcs sickle bar. if you can use it, i’ll make an offer you might have a hard time saying no to.
