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Apart from battery type ( not a fan) Stihl fs56
Gtech SLM50 I think is the smallest mower I have ever used .
I bought it for some narrow doughnut shaped lawns with inner and outer planting schemes where the strimmer proved to be a bit haphazard
Depends on the finish required as its only got two settings so not a bowling green finish .
As i told my client the maintenance should have being thought through before they were implemented .
I would use a reasonably light 36 volt battery strimmer like a Stihl FSA85 or one of the smaller Ego 56 Volt models. Or even some "granny" type of cordless trimmer, at a push. Light enough to use without a sling type strap. Very controllable as your muscles arent fighting so much to hold the machine so precise trimming can be carried out, and quickly. The banks sound too steep to use any type of lawnmower on
also use a thin diameter strimming line maybe 2mm as that gives neater results on those type of jobs
It was the first time this week I had to use a fs90 as they was in the van it was tough going.
the banks are only around 1.2 my high and it's a effort to avoid scalping
I have a fsa85 in the garage which we stopped using as it want really powerful enough on some jobs so I may give that try
I use the FSA85 a lot for the neat regularly maintained bits where it matters what it looks like. I have more powerful machines on hand of course, but in some situations they can be a little over enthusiastic
I feel like some pictures of the job would really help, used to mow some very steep banks using a Husqvarna petrol hover mower. Works a treat, leaves a nice finish and doesn't scalp, hard work though
Nice stripes, though off topic and nothing to do with you, I think those mounds look awful and cannot see what purpose they serve apart from hiding some plants from view of the garden room!
onto the strimmmer, I had a maryyama 21cc straight shaft and something like that would be incredibly light and handily moved over the mounds. I'm assuming your stihl strimmer has the cow horns?
I also have a dewalt 18v strimmer and again something like that would be easily handled, though I find the strimmer guard drags on the grass so it probably wouldn't be ideal.
I strim a very steep bank which is about 3m metres across/high and about 50m long. I use my Stihl FSA130 with the backpack battery. The FSA 130 weighs nothing and compared to using a petrol strimmer on this bank, the difference is like night and day. Yes, you have the weight of the battery on your back, but counter intuitively you just do not feel the weight of it once it is on. You just get the benefit of the actual strimmer being exceptionally light, as there is no battery on the strimmer itself.
The FSA 130 is also very powerful. You can cut very effectively using only partial power by feathering the trigger as it has very high torque. So it is easy to strim effectively yet carefully near windows etc.
So I would recommend the high spec Stihl strimmer over the cheaper lower spec models.
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