Hand tool for tall weeds?

[kalakoa]

attachments for 1 power head

Great ... until that one power head is in the shop.

[1voyager1]

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Originally posted by kalakoa

attachments for 1 power head

Great ... until that one power head is in the shop.

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I never sent power tools out for repair.
If I can't fix them, I replace them.

[Mr nice guy]

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Originally posted by rainyjim

I have been wanting to try some sort of chain / wire cable in place of the string on my wacker

Anyone have any experience with this?

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Wire coat hangers worked great for me, but I haven't tried it on guinea grass. If you do use it on something really tough, be sure to let everybody know how it does.

Straight wire with a tiny loop to hold it inside the rotor.

Cut wire so it does not contact the razor that normally cuts the line to length.

Pros:
It is very effective
Cheap
Uses zero nylon or whatever crap they make line out of.

Cons:
Will quickly chew up you and just about anything else it contacts.
Slightly heavier than trimmer line, not recommended for underpowered trimmers.

[bananahead]

dont wait so long to recut your grass weeds... if you wait til its 2' tall you deserve to have to weedwack it a few times in one session to mulch all the extra crap....
weedwackers work if you use them correctly... using a handtool on weeds, besides roundup, is going back to caveman days especially if you have multiple acres to weed 2X/Mo.
fwiw I weedwack 6 acres weekly.... 3 in HA and 3 in Volcano Village...

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[microage97]

Still FS130 I swing the .155 and it will just about take anything within reason.