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Hmm I may have to consider one too. My factory rebuilt Weedeater that is over 20 years old is starting to get tired.
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Well I only ran it for about 45 minutes. But it was knocking the snot outta all kinds of stuff. Little pizz elm trees were no match!
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Can you run blades on it, or string only?
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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string. Basically all I needed. So I'm satisfied. But I can see where one that had attachment capabilities would be an asset.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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Son measured it at 27"! Big un!
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Yours is bigger than mine! 
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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That one's long enough for a hatband!
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Got pretty ruined when they ran over it! But yes! Very pretty. Had a quick class with the little grand daughter who plays here in the yard!!!
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Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Never seen one here in N. Texas, and I hope I never do! But we got more than our share of Rattlers, and every once in a while, a Copperhead.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
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Neal, I remember when I was a kid in Ft. Worth there was this Boy Scout. Yes! A Boy Scout at Worth Ranch (Palo Pinto co) one weekend who just HAD TO play with a Coral snake he found on a camp out. Bit him several times in the web of his fingers good! This was about '68. They flew anti-venom in from Florida on a B-52 from Carswell AFB!!!
Back to the weed eater!! I love this thing!!!!!! Mebbe it's because I've done without for so long. But it meets my needs. And w/o fuel mix and noise to boot!
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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... my problems with gas ones ... miles When God expelled Adam and Eve from the garden, his final action was to hand Adam a gas-powered weedwacker.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
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You can throw battery powered yard tools in the back of a car or SUV and no worries with gasoline spillage or odor of fumes. Took ours to the cemetery this morning to trim up close around family grave markers.
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After buying a battery operated weed-eater a couple of years ago the only question I have is - "Why did I put up with the gas engine ones for so many years?"
drover
223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.
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I'm on my 2nd year using a Ryobi 40v and all is good. Be aware, these new batteries don't slow down. They go from full bore to dead in a heartbeat.
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Bringing the topic back up.... cause a gal at work is looking for one, so I'm gonna point her to DeWalt.
In the meantime Carolyn caught a coral a few weeks ago in the yard and was thinking we could give to research for antivenom alive.
Alas she found no place to keep it and I was coming from a fire run and got paged to a CPR call so I told her to kill it.
I didn't measure when I got home but did put 2 feet aside it, it was at least 3-4 inches or so longer than my boots back to back which are exactly 12 inches each...
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Jeff, I still like the Dewalt! It's been getting a lot of usage lately!!! Not cheap. But good!!!
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Thinking seriously about one of these
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FWIW, I have a Ryobi battery powered string trimmer and I love it! If you have a large yard, you may need to buy a spare battery, but I can't see any scenario where I'd go back to a gasoline powered string trimmer.
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Hhave any of you that have purchased one of these battery powered weed eaters, bought any of the other attachments or other tools that can go with them? The small chainsaw on a pole looks like something I could use to trim back a tree that is raising hell with my gutters has me curious.
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