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12ft? Hmmm I know the hondas have lower revs but higher torque, but that would not translate to raw speed in a stone - the speed is still limited by the rotation speed of the strim line and its mass - I would says a) welcome to the club, b) get a beer, c) edging shears within 10ft always.
A useful idea would also be to strim so the rotation of spin is away from any buildings, where this is not possible I always accept the time doubling hit and hand edge.
I have seen, but can find no where on the net, a double sided strim guard, for just this purpose, being used by Leeds City Council - it looked like a second strim guard attached ahead of the strimm, so both sides were protected.
a lad working for a friend was strimming an overgrown garden till he went through dog poo and got it all over himself
lol thats why im always careful strimming over grown gardens wish the customer was home so they can invite us in for a nice cuppa as we are covered in it.
Brendan McHale said:
Having hit two french windows last year costing £150.00 plus for each it can be very costly, it is always a good thing to check the ground your strimming, half revs is a must and the 12:00 to 9:00 o clock position is always the most dangerous position to aim from, the plastic defense Gary mentioned does sound's extremely efficient but not always practicable. Sometime i think pure luck comes into the equation, you can strim the same spot several times and nothing happens but aal it takes is one misplaced stone to hit the window. Time and care is the only solution for preventive.
A little roundup can also be helpful
Robbie....;-)
I just done it this week :(
First time to this new garden, Small garden and they have stone chipping along the edge and some have made their way onto the grass.Straight into the lower part of the patio door, shattered just like a car window.
The women said just forget about it, and wouldn't let me leave without paying for my cut!
Very lucky.
A big garden i took over this year from a retired gardener, the house has massive windows along the front, the old gardener broke the window 3 times last year :/
After i done the patio window this week, the rest of the week i was a nervous wreck strimming lol
hmm, im afraid soon or later, we all shoot, hit and score don't we. I do a few only 3-4 ft away from windows panes, my guys wont do the strimming, boss you an do it ! I try my best to strim well away from the sight of fire. I aslo use the minimal amount of revs. Like tick over
Andrew
Judging by the comments above, I think a little less strimming and a little more snipping is required all round!;-)
It's horizontal edging most of the time Colin, and over the areas some of us commercials do it wouldn't be possible to manually snip with horizontal shears.
edges strimmed high enough to clear stones or sprayed are the way to go, treading carefully on low revs and in the direction away from glass. In 3.5 years trading I've had one broken window, and that was a staff member using the mower.
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