It's hard to answer your question. Not enough information.
How big is the yard?
Is it Brush? Scrub? Sage grass? Saplings...about what diameter? Tall grass? Sumac?
Maybe you handle it with a push mower or a kid with a machete or you need to hire somebody with a brush hog. There's no way to tell without a little more info.
Skinny new born sapplings, thick weird grass, rocks, brush etc. He used the mower some, the sickle thingy some and other things... I do not have the money to buy all that stuff...
I need a one thing - thing ---- that might help me sheer this stuff down.
Yes, there is sumac, oak and posion ivy
and Bumps of fire ants
Snakes as well, mostly black
Maybe I can save my money and hire someone once a month - I forgot about the snakes
I hope you get some good advise, but I think you need someone who knows you and maybe can look at your yard. I generally will not recomend power tools to anyone unless I know them, so that I'm sure that they won't hurt themselves or others.
I don't doubt that you have the abilty, but in this forum it's impossible for me to be sure.
Do you have some family member or friend you'd trust to give you advise? Maybe a local handyman you can rely on?
It looks to me that either of the echo brush cutters may be what you need. A key thing to keep in mind while you're shopping wil be the diameter of the brush that you need to cut, that will be what you need to know in order to see if a paricular model is up to your needs. It may be good for your use to look for a model that easily converts between a grass cutting line and a brush cutting blade. That way one machine will do everything you need around your house and/or property.
I'm not a believer in over-reliance on name brand loyalty but I've never been let down by Husqvarna or Stihl tools. They are more expensive than echo tools but are more towards commercial grade too. Google "stihl brushcutter" or "husqvarna brushcutter" to find them.
A company called DR makes an excellent line of brushcutting mowers. Google "dr brushcutter" to find them. I think that this route is the most expensive but also the most heavy duty solution, depending on how big your job is.
If you do not have a good hawdware store or home store, I think any of these companies has free literature for you to look at to tell you what you need to know.
I'd suggest reading through a few of these sites and then comparing notes with a local store with good help, especially one that has service technicians that fix these types of tools day in and day out.
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It's hard to answer your question. Not enough information.
How big is the yard?
Is it Brush? Scrub? Sage grass? Saplings...about what diameter? Tall grass? Sumac?
Maybe you handle it with a push mower or a kid with a machete or you need to hire somebody with a brush hog. There's no way to tell without a little more info.
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Dot Matrix
It is woodsy
Skinny new born sapplings, thick weird grass, rocks, brush etc. He used the mower some, the sickle thingy some and other things... I do not have the money to buy all that stuff...
I need a one thing - thing ---- that might help me sheer this stuff down.
Yes, there is sumac, oak and posion ivy
and Bumps of fire ants
Snakes as well, mostly black
Maybe I can save my money and hire someone once a month - I forgot about the snakes
The back yard is about 3/4 of an acre maybe
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nowayhozay
Have you considered a goat on a rope?
I hear that if you don't give the goat a name, then you can have a nice barbeque around Thanksgiving time.
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Hi Dot,
I hope you get some good advise, but I think you need someone who knows you and maybe can look at your yard. I generally will not recomend power tools to anyone unless I know them, so that I'm sure that they won't hurt themselves or others.
I don't doubt that you have the abilty, but in this forum it's impossible for me to be sure.
Do you have some family member or friend you'd trust to give you advise? Maybe a local handyman you can rely on?
I hope that it works out for you.
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Dot Matrix
Goat sounds good
Jef- No I do not have anyone near or men I know here to ask
Taks a guess- on what you think I need
I will not hurt myself
Like at the bottom of the page here at GS
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000087R4E?smid=A...mp;linkCode=asn
Will this cut sapplings or only thick grass?
or this?
http://www.tylertool.com/blanddegh14g.html
Is it strong enough?
The mower may hit rocks and break the blades
This thing I can hold up in the air better
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Dot Matrix
The thing at the top says
http://www.wisesales.com/EchoBrushCutter.html
Brush cutter
Does that sound like what I need?
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JeffSjo
Hi Dot,
I hope that things are good with you.
It looks to me that either of the echo brush cutters may be what you need. A key thing to keep in mind while you're shopping wil be the diameter of the brush that you need to cut, that will be what you need to know in order to see if a paricular model is up to your needs. It may be good for your use to look for a model that easily converts between a grass cutting line and a brush cutting blade. That way one machine will do everything you need around your house and/or property.
I'm not a believer in over-reliance on name brand loyalty but I've never been let down by Husqvarna or Stihl tools. They are more expensive than echo tools but are more towards commercial grade too. Google "stihl brushcutter" or "husqvarna brushcutter" to find them.
A company called DR makes an excellent line of brushcutting mowers. Google "dr brushcutter" to find them. I think that this route is the most expensive but also the most heavy duty solution, depending on how big your job is.
If you do not have a good hawdware store or home store, I think any of these companies has free literature for you to look at to tell you what you need to know.
I'd suggest reading through a few of these sites and then comparing notes with a local store with good help, especially one that has service technicians that fix these types of tools day in and day out.
I hope that this helps.
Take care Dot.
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waysider
Just a quick thought here.
Maybe you should consider renting something for a day to see if it's the type of equipment you need.
Better yet, if this is just a once or twice a year task, you may want to go that route permanently.
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JeffSjo
Interesting idea waysider.
Maybe a good lawn service company would do the trick once or twice a year too.
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Sweetpea
Hire someone to do it.
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HAPe4me
You will take advice from unsavvy men but not unsavvy women?
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Jim
Sounds like you need a Quick-Cut and a couple interim Corps. Ever thought of starting your on Way Corps program?
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rhino
Bush has the answer .... My Pet Goat
You need to borrow a goat ... put it on a 20 foot rope ... move it around every so often. Maybe two goats ...
Or fence it in and keep a share your goat with a neighbor. Of course they will eat everything ...
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GeorgeStGeorge
One word.
Blowtorch.
Or maybe
Triclopyr
(a strong, brush-killing herbicide, where glyphosate can't hack it)
George
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