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  • What will a strimmer cut down?

    Ive bought another old house in Bulgaria (this ones for my mum when its fixed! as she wants to move here ), the garden a few years ago looked great in photos, but now its about 10 foot high....ive always just been able to mow it down, this looks a little high for the lawn mower!

    What would be the best to chop it down?

    I have a chainsaw for big things if needed, for the rest would a strimmer do it? or do i need a brush cutter? , there are some fruit trees in between the `whatever it is` that has grown and i dont want to chop the trees

    Would one of the lightweight electric strimmers do it? ( slower obviously but trying to save car space ) , but will they chop brambles and things like that , it could be anything, due to fruit trees over here i think its probably plum suckers ,brambles and grapevine mainly

    This is it last summer, before and after some was chopped down using something, not sure what though.





    This is a few years ago, to show the size i need to clear its about 1600 sqm , will the electric ones blow up if i try and clear it using one of them

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    Last edited by starloc; 10-04-2012, 07:39 AM.
    Living off grid and growing my own food in Bulgaria.....

  • #2
    I'd get a petrol brushcutter/strimmer with interchangable heads. It will do the hard work now and make upkeep easy in the future. We had a stihl one that broke in two for transport and wasn't too bulky.

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    • #3
      There is a bloke at work who got an attachment for his strimmer with 4 chains for heavy duty clearing - these would be no good with light grass. I'd imagine a good petrol strimmer with the wire, blade and chain attachments would be ideal for clearing.

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      • #4
        A decent Petrol strimmer with strong line will tackle most jobs, but brambles and thistles will keep snapping the line. There is a product that will make the job easy, but I don't want to advertise and get in trouble with the Mods.

        I'll PM you.
        All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
        Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Glutton4... View Post
          There is a product that will make the job easy, but I don't want to advertise and get in trouble with the Mods.
          Goat.....?

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          • #6
            Our patch is only half cultivated, we are clearing it bit by bit, the main culprits are brambles and false acacia tree seedlings. A strimmer is of no use whatsoever...we have to use a brush cutter and a small saw.Yours looks as though you would need a brush cutter but as has been said previously if you buy one with a detachable head you can also use the strimmer bit for the lighter parts.Buy a petrol one.
            http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...gs/jardiniere/

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            • #7
              I did some work with an industrial strimmer for a while, we cleared really overgrown graveyards etc, 10ft high nettles and brambles.
              The strimmer did them, but we had to use an up-and-down motion to hack them up, not the usual side-to-side sweep
              All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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              • #8
                I think ive decided to get the b&q own brand brushcutter for £99 , the pictures on the website show it as a strimmer, but i looked at one instore and it has the blade ,

                Im still thinking about the ryobi one as you can change ends on it to rotorvators and allsorts , but im not sure, i think the b&q one looks stronger

                i will test it over here in the UK so i can take it back if it falls apart or anything like that the engine looks the same as the b&q chainsaw i got and that runs fine
                Living off grid and growing my own food in Bulgaria.....

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                • #9
                  I wouldn't buy a B&Q brush-cutter because of the amount of B&Q hedge-trimmers we've had to return due to premature failure. The Homelite strimmers are very good though and, when used with square section strimmer line, will go through surprisingly thick growth.
                  Tried and Tested...but the results are inconclusive

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