TUHIMO Buwico Grass Trimmer Line, 3.0mm*41m Nylon Steel-Wire Core Brush Cutter Line Heavy Duty Strimmer String for Over Grown Grass and Weeds

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Attempting to clear a rough area of long grass and heavy tough weeds will only succeed in destroying your equipment if not designed for such work. If light trimming wire were to be used, you would be spending most of your time stopping and starting due to broken and tangled line. LJN's professional business forum is unrivalled and open to anyone within within the UK landscape industry Handle types. There are two types of strimmer handles. The most common is a round, circular handle on the shaft of the strimmer, called a loop handle. It makes the strimmer easy and comfortable to control, and on the best models, it can be slid up and down the shaft, so you can adjust it to your height. Alternatively, there are ‘steer’ handles - two handles rather than a loop. These offer more control and let you use a comfortable scything motion when you cut, but they take up room, and can be a little more expensive. They’re also far more common on brushcutters and petrol strimmers than electric or cordless strimmers, so you might not find steer handles on many domestic models. Personally I prefer to use my heavy gauge nylon line on as many of these tough jobs as much as possible before moving up to the metal blades. Even then, this will be done in stages if I had some difficult cutting to do.

See the post 5 Best Cheap Electric Strimmers for some examples of units you would use this type of trimming wire on. Metal blades come in a variety of shapes. The most common are the 3 arm versions and the multi-teeth type which resemble a circular saw. See a popular example here which is the Silverline 675319 strimmer blade. Cutting head. The cutting head is the most important feature on a strimmer. It should be adjustable, so you can change the angle of the cut to cope with inclines and fiddly jobs. In most models, the head turns 90°, so you can trim along the edges of paths and flowerbeds. In the very best models, the cutting head also has wheels to help guide along edges and support the weight of the strimmer.Moving on to commercial use there is a selection ranging from 3.3 to 4mm sizes mentioned earlier. These include serrated, twisted and also brush cutter blades. These will make light work of undergrowth such as brambles and thistles etc. Learn more about the strimmer blades available in this post. What Strimmer Line to Use – Just Common Sense If you do not fabricate a cage around it, you will hurt something or someone really bad. And if you build a cage around it, you can't use it to trim so I would really dig into the negative scenarios a little more before going to the patent office with this one. Often after purchasing your grass strimmer the first question can be, what strimmer line to use with it. It’s even possible you have gone ahead and bought the wrong type for your needs Plus, there is some sort of argument about having a head full of metal having more rotational mass, thus possibly causing clutch issues down the road from overworking, esp when used on a smaller trimmer that is much more suitable for every day trimming, as opposed to a larger one that has the ability to use blades (which kills you when used for normal trimming every day..). HSE have partially looked at this area (in particular the use of chains on strimmers) and there final parting line was : ".....users should discontinue use of any non-standard metal cutting accessory immediately and consult the brush cutter manufacturer for guidance."

The good news is that many of these lines will not be required for general garden use. A lot of them will be more suitable to the professional garden maintenance people. Line feed and blade replacements. It’s useful if a blade strimmer comes with spare blades, so you don’t run out if one breaks in the middle of a job. You should be able to get a new spool of line for a line strimmer or replace the whole head. With both types it's helpful if the spare blades or line can be stored on the tool. This heavier gauge would also be suitable to maintain areas that have longer grasses and weeds to keep in trim.Anything heavier such as long tough overgrown areas of grass, nettles and other tough weeds will be best trimmed with a heavy duty petrol strimmer. Preferably fitted with something like 2.4mm strimmer line up to 3mm heavy duty type. Mainly the type of garden or area that needs to be maintained will determine what type of trimmer you’ll need. Once determined and your trimmer has been chosen then you’re pretty much tied into which line you can use. So choose your equipment wisely.

It's all good until a piece of that wire breaks off. You could be injured or worse yet, you could seriously hurt somebody else. Seems like I've read warnings with new line trimmers that specifically say NOT to use wire. If the above situation of cutting against hard surfaces is something similar to your own situation you might consider moving up to a medium 1.5 to 2 mm strimmer line. This is a lightweight and powerful cordless strimmer with a telescopic shaft. Even with the large 4.0 Ah battery installed, it weighs just 3 kg, which earns it a BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy for large areas.

Anything heavier than this is moving up to a commercial grade such as, 3.3 and the 4mm sizes. If Your Strimmer Line Keeps Breaking Straps and safety harnesses. A shoulder strap or safety harness is an excellent bonus feature. It takes some of the weight of the tool, making it more comfortable to use, and also helps balance it, for better manoeuvrability and a more precise cut. We all have ideas. I had one once dealing with utilizing "cool laser" technology and putting up barriers around flower beds and trees. Turn it on, zip zop. 3" grass in less that 30 seconds. It’s a cordless version that uses a 14.4 NiCad battery. If you want to learn more about cordless strimmers, go here. Medium Type Work