Gotta be an easier way to learn ...

njrqs · Mar 14, 2002

Cool thanks Harv.

Can't say I have ever come across these gadgets over here.

I guess we either slash (bush hog) it or mow it, or use the brushcutter. But I sure can see some uses for it. I mow my dam wall with a push mower as it is too steep to slash, but push mowers don't handle long grass real well.

We do have something similar to the field & brush mower you refer to, but not many around. Us fatties prefer to ride on the mower, thus reducing the amount of excercise we get to the bare minimum /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Cheers

njrqs · Mar 14, 2002

Yep you are right bird. We have a few of the "Weedeater" brand, but not many. Yes I should refer to it as a string trimmer.

I am impressed by the DR website that Harv showed me. We don't have those thingies here /w3tcompact/icons/hmm.gif

Maybe, along with snake skin boots, I could go into the importing business????

Then again a little birdy tells me there may be one for sale in Texas in the near future /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

RobertN · Mar 21, 2002

Harv, What have you been doing, just letting the trimmer run till it runs out of gas/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

Harv · Mar 21, 2002

just letting the trimmer run till it runs out of gas

Yep! Stops it real good, too.

Fact is, the thing's got a single-lever control up on the handle, which I assumed was just for the throttle. Guess I was assumin' you just starved it to shut 'er down.

Never dawned on me that every motor I've ever had on anything had an ignition shutoff, too. /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif

Remember, Robert, I was the one that had to call you on the phone just to figure out how to change the oil on my tractor. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Chuck52 · Mar 22, 2002

Harv,

 Remember, Robert, I was the one that had to call you on the phone just to figure out how
to change the oil on my tractor.

The easy way to change the oil on a tractor is to wipe it off with a rag and pour on fresh!

Chuck