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Dandai
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I just looked up how powerful the ms250 is. 45cc isn’t bad, low end of the middle of the road. What are you cutting up that’s giving you trouble? It might sound like I’m fucking with you, but if you have cut through any amount of soil or embedded soil in tree bark, your chain needs to be sharpened. It’s annoyingly easy to dull a chain.
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Just some larger downed trees/branches. I went out again yesterday to do more cutting and it wasn’t as bad.
I have a few down trees that are fucking huge (like maybe a few feet in diameter) - I don’t even know how I’d cut those… probably not with this chainsaw
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So I have a 15 year old stihl weed eater I like that uses plastic wire.
Id like something that can clear thicker brush.. Would these metal blade weed eaters be a good option?
Id like something that can clear thicker brush.. Would these metal blade weed eaters be a good option?
Dandai
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I don’t have any experience with those, but I will say you absolutely want to be wearing eye protection and probably a face shield using one of those. It would also behoove you to bring a buddy because if you piss off a hornets nest and get dozens of stings you might not make it to a medical facility on your own.
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I’ve got full face shield, helmet, and chaps now. Waiting for my haix AirPower xr200 boots to come in. I’m pretty big on safety, no budget there for me.
Lanx
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you don't have a tractor and lawn and supply or one of those local lawn stores? thats where you'll find husqvarna
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You can just rent a real one. Dethatching isn’t something you need to be doing every year. Just another thing you’re going to be storing that barely gets any use.
it actually has decent ratings, i'm gonna see how it does
i won't be able to reach most of the my yard tho, i can only find 1 50ft 12gauge cord, i have no idea where my other one is.
Lanx
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it's 70bucks for a rental and all the youtubes show the electric being pretty awesome. i have a regular true temper rake and it's already pulling up tons of thatch, and i have a half dead lawn it's already so much
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Lanx
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it's already here, i was just spending time trying to find where that other cord went
Dandai
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The thatch layer does have a purpose so don’t overdo it. Obviously it’s too thick if water sheets off of it and can’t get to the ground, but removing ALL thatch and/or dethatching too frequently will stress the fuck out of the turf. There might be other equal quality products, but I recommend D-Thatch from Greene County Fert. Be prepared to mow more frequently as the thatch breaks down.
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I have a neighbor that dethatches every single year. I ask why but they just say “it needs it, we do it every year” and I say ok and leave it alone. They’re the only neighbors that do this so I’m not sure why they don’t see that everyone else’s lawn is fine and realize it’s unnecessary.
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It looks fine from a distance. It looks like shit for a couple weeks after they dethatch. I don’t really know if it looks better/worse up close, haven’t really paid attention enough to compare it directly to his neighbors that don’t do it. From across the street there’s no difference to my eyes.
Don’t you only need to do it if it’s so thick it is causing mold / rot type issues?