BRUSH CUTTERS - V - STRIMMERS
By Tosh
Essex,
United Kingdom 
I need to buy something to get the weeds under control in a 3 acre garden. The job is mainly weeds as opposed to saplings, and they are, in the main, on the boundary edges and round trees, but from past experience, a regular strimmer seems to be too feeble and often only flattens large stringy weeds like nettles. I was toying with the idea of a 30cc petrol brush cutter - having only seen them online and compared prices and specs they seem ok, but does anyone have any experience that they feel they could pass on?
19 Apr, 2009
Answers
Yup B uses one to keep the area of the field nearest our garden under control.
19 Apr, 2009
i used to work for the suffolk truast and they had doubled handled petrol strimmers but with metal blades.i was strimming and hit a pheasant .not nice trust me but that would take out small shrubs
20 Apr, 2009
Thanks folks. Have narrowed search down to 3 models - vary in price enormously but have to grasp the nettle (so to speak) and get it sorted before the weeds take over!
20 Apr, 2009
grab the one thats middle price.you can probably find out more info b4 you decide on the internet tosh
20 Apr, 2009
you can get heavy duty strimmers that are petrol and more than up to stingers etc
19 Apr, 2009