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Re: weed eater

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Subject: Re: weed eater
From: Shannah Miller <shannah@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:34:33 -0800
Jan Goethals wrote:
> I need a really heavy duty weed eater to trim/keep weeds off of an 
> electric wire surrounding 20 acres as well as cross fencing inside the 
> 20 acres.  Tractor mowing will not complete the job well enough to get 
> up under the fence.  The "weeds" are really thick and often growing in 
> an area that stays wet/muddy.  The weed eater I have now (Ryobi 775i (?) 
> is a 4 cycle gas engine and OK for the one acre yard but not the pasture 
> trimming and other maintence around other buildings.  Any 
> recommendations?  I really get tired of changing the plastic string and 
> the trimming I do really eats it up fast.  Have any of you used the 
> metal blades that can be attached to a weed eater?  Consumer reports 
> recommends a John Deere weed eater, but I don't think it is much more 
> powerful than the Ryobi I have now.
> Thankyou,
> Jan  
> 
Maybe I'm a scaredy-cat, but I'd be afraid to use metal
blades on a trimmer that would be used near an electric fence.

What we used to use was goats.  Our pastures had a lot less
weeds, and more grass, than it sounds like yours do.  The
goats did a great job, though, and we never had any problem
with them getting zapped by the fence, or tangled up in it.

Can you rent the John Deere and give it a try?

Shannah

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