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Would a proper wheeled edger not be a better choice for such an amount of edging? Such as this
https://www.frjonesandson.co.uk/products/lawnflite-550g-lawn-edger-... Won't cost any more (actually less) than buying the stihl handheld.
It's a huge job and when I say hundreds of meters I really mean thousands as it's over 400 areas of grass. Ranging from 2 by 2 meters to 50 by 20!
I reckon 3 months work without some mechanical help!!
Richard, we have a 3 wheel one similar to the above and also the Kombi Edger
If you're just 'cutting' the edge grass they will work but you need to be accurate otherwise you end up cutting a "new" edge.
If you use a turned around Kombi/Strimmer attachment that is probably the easiest and lightest with the cord easily cutting the grass, but not massively cutting into the soil.
Look at KM94 as they are a new style traditional 2ST but is light and more than man-enough for those sort of tasks.
The job is to cut back verges to the curb line. This could mean taking the "grass/turf" back more than a foot in places as its overgrown massively over the years but they are keen to try and get it back in order after years of neglect. So whatever I buy needs to be able to cut turf/soil as its primary purpose (at least to start with for this job!)
Then the 3 wheel dedicated edger or the one wheel Stihl Edger attachment should fit the job well and get a long handled square mouth shovel - makes clearing path edges easier with less back strain
Think I might try and hire one to get an idea how quick it works because the next issue is price!!
The KM90 4 Mix runs the edger just fine, so any of them will do it I guess.
The edger blade is supplied with blunt edges, bit rubbish methinks, sharpen the edge and it does a great job.
Think I would go with a wheeled unit too, for that length - I have a Tanka TLE 550, 280mm or something like blade 80mm drop, would make short work of it.
I've found it pretty good and can be a timesaver.
Have to go careful though, it is easy to take a chunk out of a border.