Decided its time to convert to petrol :-)

Anyone know the cheapest place to buy petrol strimmers is?.

I've looked at BandQ.com and the cheapest was £80 which seems quite
expensive.

Anyone know the cheapest place to buy petrol strimmers is?.
I've looked at BandQ.com and the cheapest was £80 which seems quite
expensive.


80 is cheap and will probably be quality cheap too. you get what you pay
for IMO. Machinemart is good. Dynamac for 105 inc is v good.

Jimbo

Why not try a local garden machinery dealer, he may have reconditioned
machines, but wouldn't look at anything new costing under £100, depends what
you want to do with it.
I lashed out on a Stihl last year with the attachments, find the swivel
headed hedge trimmer is fantastic, I can cut to over 12 ft, and it will cut
wood over 1 inch thick.
As I now have arthritis in my knees this makes hedge cutting great, can cut
a large area with very little walking.
then pushing it all through the chipper, and from 100yds of hedge that
hasn't been cut in 5 yrs I have 20 nice piles of chippings. In all taking
both sides of my hedges I probably have the best part of a mile of hedge to
cut.
The cutter blade is great on brambles, and the plastic blades do a good job
on rough grass.

--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

"Mike" wrote:

Hello Mike

M Decided its time to convert to petrol :-)
M Anyone know the cheapest place to buy petrol strimmers is?.
M I've looked at BandQ.com and the cheapest was £80 which
M seems quite expensive.

It's not, and they are about the cheapest retailers about.

--
Simon Avery, Dartmoor, UK Ý http://www.digdilem.org/

"Simon Avery" wrote in message
...
"Mike" wrote:

Hello Mike

M Decided its time to convert to petrol :-)
M Anyone know the cheapest place to buy petrol strimmers is?.
M I've looked at BandQ.com and the cheapest was £80 which
M seems quite expensive.

It's not, and they are about the cheapest retailers about.


I think youre right. My lawnmower only cost that.
I expected them to be just less than double the price of a electric one i.e.
about £50-£60. Most seem to be about £100 +

"Mike" wrote:

Hello Mike

M Decided its time to convert to petrol :-)
M Anyone know the cheapest place to buy petrol strimmers
M is?. I've looked at BandQ.com and the cheapest was £80
M which seems quite expensive.

It's not, and they are about the cheapest retailers about.

M I think youre right. My lawnmower only cost that.
M I expected them to be just less than double the price of a
M electric one i.e. about £50-£60. Most seem to be about £100

They've actually come down in price an awful lot over the past 5-10
years or so as the home gardening market has strengthened. Back when I
was doing it every day for six months of the year the cheapest
strimmers were about 400+ and all for professional use, 40cc and
upwards. It's no wonder Black and Decker did so well out of their
little electric ones.

--
Simon Avery, Dartmoor, UK Ý http://www.digdilem.org/

On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 22:26:38 GMT, (Simon
Avery) wrote:

~"Mike" wrote:
~
~Hello Mike
~
~ M Decided its time to convert to petrol :-)
~ M Anyone know the cheapest place to buy petrol strimmers
~ M is?. I've looked at BandQ.com and the cheapest was £80
~ M which seems quite expensive.
~
~ It's not, and they are about the cheapest retailers about.
~
~ M I think youre right. My lawnmower only cost that.
~ M I expected them to be just less than double the price of a
~ M electric one i.e. about £50-£60. Most seem to be about £100
~
~They've actually come down in price an awful lot over the past 5-10
~years or so as the home gardening market has strengthened. Back when I
~was doing it every day for six months of the year the cheapest
~strimmers were about 400+ and all for professional use, 40cc and
~upwards. It's no wonder Black and Decker did so well out of their
~little electric ones.
~
I bought one of the 80 pound 21cc McCullochs from B&Q for two reasons:
I'm not that strong (it's the lightest on the market, just about) and
I'm not that rich... I strimmed two allotments last night (our
inspection's on Saturday!) and another allotmenteer borrowed it to cut
his boundary which was by that time waist high. His new x hundred
pound Husqvarna had literally fallen in two last week and they told
him it would be 3 weeks before he could get it back again. His comment
about the McCulloch was it was a sturdy little thing. And he's had
strimmers and allotments for years, so I guess it's not as bad as all
that!

When I first got the allotment 2 years ago the cheapest petrol one was
over a hundred. I bought a £40 battery one instead, and have lived to
regret it. Battery life gradually but inexorably fell off, leaving me
with no means of doing anything. And this seems to be common to
several makes as I compared notes with another chap who'd bought a
more expensive one. Don't get a battery one, please. It will be fine
for the first year and then...
(They're heavier than petrol strimmers too, and don't have nearly the
power even when fully charged)

For other help, there's a thread we were running last week on usage
and safety etc.


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks!

"jane" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 22:26:38 GMT, (Simon
Avery) wrote:

~"Mike" wrote:
~
~Hello Mike
~
~ M Decided its time to convert to petrol :-)
~ M Anyone know the cheapest place to buy petrol strimmers
~ M is?. I've looked at BandQ.com and the cheapest was £80
~ M which seems quite expensive.
~
~ It's not, and they are about the cheapest retailers about.
~
~ M I think youre right. My lawnmower only cost that.
~ M I expected them to be just less than double the price of a
~ M electric one i.e. about £50-£60. Most seem to be about £100
~
~They've actually come down in price an awful lot over the past 5-10
~years or so as the home gardening market has strengthened. Back when I
~was doing it every day for six months of the year the cheapest
~strimmers were about 400+ and all for professional use, 40cc and
~upwards. It's no wonder Black and Decker did so well out of their
~little electric ones.
~
I bought one of the 80 pound 21cc McCullochs from B&Q for two reasons:
I'm not that strong (it's the lightest on the market, just about) and
I'm not that rich... I strimmed two allotments last night (our
inspection's on Saturday!) and another allotmenteer borrowed it to cut
his boundary which was by that time waist high. His new x hundred
pound Husqvarna had literally fallen in two last week and they told
him it would be 3 weeks before he could get it back again. His comment
about the McCulloch was it was a sturdy little thing. And he's had
strimmers and allotments for years, so I guess it's not as bad as all
that!

When I first got the allotment 2 years ago the cheapest petrol one was
over a hundred. I bought a £40 battery one instead, and have lived to
regret it. Battery life gradually but inexorably fell off, leaving me
with no means of doing anything. And this seems to be common to
several makes as I compared notes with another chap who'd bought a
more expensive one. Don't get a battery one, please. It will be fine
for the first year and then...
(They're heavier than petrol strimmers too, and don't have nearly the
power even when fully charged)

For other help, there's a thread we were running last week on usage
and safety etc.


--
jane


Thanks for that Jane.
I think I will give one of those £80 B&Q ones a go.

On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 10:15:17 +0100, "Mike" wrote:


"jane" wrote in message

I bought one of the 80 pound 21cc McCullochs from B&Q for two reasons:
I'm not that strong (it's the lightest on the market, just about) and
I'm not that rich... I strimmed two allotments last night (our
inspection's on Saturday!) and another allotmenteer borrowed it to cut
his boundary which was by that time waist high. His new x hundred
pound Husqvarna had literally fallen in two last week and they told
him it would be 3 weeks before he could get it back again. His comment
about the McCulloch was it was a sturdy little thing. And he's had
strimmers and allotments for years, so I guess it's not as bad as all
that!

When I first got the allotment 2 years ago the cheapest petrol one was
over a hundred. I bought a £40 battery one instead, and have lived to
regret it. Battery life gradually but inexorably fell off, leaving me
with no means of doing anything. And this seems to be common to
several makes as I compared notes with another chap who'd bought a
more expensive one. Don't get a battery one, please. It will be fine
for the first year and then...
(They're heavier than petrol strimmers too, and don't have nearly the
power even when fully charged)

For other help, there's a thread we were running last week on usage
and safety etc.


--
jane


Thanks for that Jane.
I think I will give one of those £80 B&Q ones a go.

Just to muddy the waters slightly. I also have a battery strimmer and
need more power and endurance (strimmer needs it too) for the
allotment. I've started looking at the B&Q ones and see that although
they still have the 21cc McCullough strimmers, they now also have an
own-brand (Performance Power) range. There's a 24cc one for 90 quid
and according to their web site (www.diy.com) there is also a 24cc
trimmer/brushcutter for, I think, about 130-140 quid. I can't see the
difference between the two apart from the brushcutter blade that is
included with the more expensive one.

Has anyone tried either of these new models?
--
Stuart Baldwin
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