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pkveazey:
Over the years, I have amassed 5 or 6 2 cycle gas powered weed eaters. Every one of them have ended up with the same problem. They get hard to start and then they get to where they die when I squeeze the throttle trigger. Today, I said "The Hell with it. I'm going to town and buy a Battery-operated weed eater." They had all sorts of different power ratings and cutting radiuses. I bought one for $150 that was sort of in the middle range. After putting it all together and waiting many hours for it to fully charge, I took it outside and the damned thing actually worked. The grass and other vegetation was pretty high and dense. I almost made it all the way around the House before the battery showed less that 50% so I just stopped and put the battery back on the charger. When I walk into my tool shed that's a complete mess, there are weed eaters everywhere. Ahhh... But I have a plan. I sold my old lawn tractor to a mechanic and told him that he could also have an older lawn tractor that I have for free. When he shows up to pick up the older, non-running lawn tractor, I plan to give him all 5 or 6 of my 2 cycle weed eaters.

Nemo:
I have an 18 volt Worx thats a fairly old.  They are making them 20 volt now.  It needs batteries.  The current ones do not hold much of a charge and its not real powerful for thicker grass.

I'm looking to trade up and was thinking gas.

What did you get electric?  Brand, voltage?

Nemo

JohnyMac:
Great story PKv.  :cheers:

grizz:
Those tiny motors on the weed eaters HATE the corn fed gas you guys have down there. Try using some Sea Foam in a tank to clean it out and they'll purr like little kittens

Jackalope:
I've been using Dewalt 20V weed whackers, because most of my cordless tools are Dewalt, including a 20V chainsaw.  If I use a 5 ah battery, it usually goes dead right around the time I want to take a break.  So, I'll take a break and slap the battery in the charger, and pop another one into the weed whacker.  By the time the next battery is dead, the original battery may or may not be fully charged.  In any case, we have enough batteries to get the job done that day.

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