"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On 2 Jun 2005 07:23:50 -0700, covehithe wrote:

Looking to buy a Brushcutter/Trimmer as a retirement present
(approx 1/4 acre grass , trees and rough area to cut).

Retirement, hum... Using as brush cutter or large strimmer is fairly
hardwork. I used to do our "lawn" with a medium strimmer (something
over a 12" cut) it would take at *least* couple of hours and I'd be
fairly tired afterwards. The "lawn" in question is roughly 50 x 10 yds
or less than 1/8th of an acre. (1 acre being 4840 sq yds).

Now have an 18" rotary mower that'll do it in about 30 to 60 mins
depending on how long it's got and thus how many trips to empty the
box are required...

If you do have brambles or serious undergrowth to deal with I'd be
tempted to hire a brush cutter to clear that and buy a reasonable
rotary mower to keep it down afterwards. Set on the highest cut they
are pretty effective at only allowing grass to thrive. And a smaller
strimmer to go around awkward objects that the mower won't touch.

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Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

After making false economies on chepies over the years, I now place my faith
in Stihl equipment. It's not cheap, but it is the best I've found -
reliable, effective, robust, easily maintained - and I hate things that
don't work!