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Lol, I've found these same mixed reviews online in my research. On one end they don't do anything and are a waste, on the other end they do break up the brush, just not very well, but good enough that I can throw it in a single container for collection. The city picked up my 3 cans this week, I'll fill them up again and see if they come by next week as well. And maybe just for the hell of it, I'll pick up an electric shredder, expecting the worst, just to see how it goes. I really wish we had a bit more 240v adoption in the US. I've heard of people importing British electric kettles and replugging them and convincing electricians that yes they really do want a 240v outlet in the kitchen. Likewise a 15 or 20 amp outlet outside at 240v would be great, if an ecosystem of equipment existed beyond air conditioners. For reference, the pile of brush I'm dealing with. One way or another, I seem to end up with one of these about every year. That's a 32 gallon trash can next to it, for reference. 
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If I had to do something with that pile of brush in a suburban setting I'd spread it out and run it over with my mower and rake it back up before I'd bother trying to use an electric chipper.
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May 6, 2024 22:52
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There are a few inch or so diameter branches in there, so first I'd have to strip those bigger branches. Which I'd have to do anyways with a little shredder. But that's not a bad idea, just throw the little stuff down into the lawn and mow over it.
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May 6, 2024 23:16
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FISHMANPET posted:Lol, I've found these same mixed reviews online in my research. On one end they don't do anything and are a waste, on the other end they do break up the brush, just not very well, but good enough that I can throw it in a single container for collection. Also check with the city collection schedule because sometimes they might do special collection days in spring or fall where they'll take more stuff than normal or bigger stuff
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May 7, 2024 01:18
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I guess I’m just spoiled but my city will pick up a pile bigger than that of basically anything twice a month with a giant claw thing.
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May 7, 2024 01:43
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My town has designated areas with big bins you can take all that stuff and grass clippings and dump it off. It's very handy and I'm surprised more places don't seem to have this.
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May 7, 2024 02:34
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They don't have them because they quickly get used as dumpsters for regular trash. All the recycling dumpsters and yard waste bins and what not around here have been removed because people were just dumping trash in them.
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That’s about what my brush pile looks like and the sun Joe thing has been good for it. My city only takes yard waste in bags and charges per so having it be smaller is very helpful for me. It also kinda works like a big paper shredder and sucks in larger (in the context of small brush) branches so it goes pretty quick. If you only have to do it once a year I don’t know that it’s worth it but I’m glad I have it. https://snowjoe.com/products/sun-joe-cj603e-electric-silent-wood-chipper-shredder-15-amp-1-6-inch
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May 7, 2024 05:04
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I have a burn barrel and I use the ash as beet fertilizer
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May 7, 2024 05:34
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What do you do with the beets.
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May 7, 2024 05:43
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Can always burn them for ash. Do any of the mass-market retailers in the US have cheap-and-cheerful metric drill bits? It's not a tough or particularly pressing job, I could get away with ordering them, but it feels silly to pay $10 shipping on what should be a $1 part and I'm probably never going to get to it if I don't have the bit on hand or buy the bit if i haven't already decided I'm doing it that afternoon.
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Speaking of drill bits, any suggestions for brad point bits? I did this to a harbor freight bit in white oak 
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Famag is the good poo poo, but it's a German manufacturer so I have no idea if they're sold in your part of the world.
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powderific posted:That’s about what my brush pile looks like and the sun Joe thing has been good for it. My city only takes yard waste in bags and charges per so having it be smaller is very helpful for me. It also kinda works like a big paper shredder and sucks in larger (in the context of small brush) branches so it goes pretty quick. If you only have to do it once a year I don’t know that it’s worth it but I’m glad I have it. https://snowjoe.com/products/sun-joe-cj603e-electric-silent-wood-chipper-shredder-15-amp-1-6-inch When you say like a paper shredder, does it have many teeth that are cutting by biting into the material and slicing or taking off a chunk the width of each of the many teeth (like a paper shredder) or does it have 1-4 rotating teeth that chop stuff as it passes over a hole (like a scissor)? All the ones I've seen, including mine, are the latter and they are the ones that suck. I use mine to turn spikey rear end in a top hat bougainvillea shoots into raised bed filler but its tedious and many types of inputs will jam it or get wrapper around the spindle/cutter head.
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NomNomNom posted:Speaking of drill bits, any suggestions for brad point bits? https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/tools/power-tool-accessories/drill-bits/42247-hss-lipped-imperial-brad-point-drills?item=07J0128 Not cheap, but they are great and sharp af, cut very clean holes.
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withak posted:What do you do with the beets. eat them like apples
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FISHMANPET posted:I really wish we had a bit more 240v adoption in the US. I've heard of people importing British electric kettles and replugging them and convincing electricians that yes they really do want a 240v outlet in the kitchen. Likewise a 15 or 20 amp outlet outside at 240v would be great, if an ecosystem of equipment existed beyond air conditioners. I really hope 240v pressure washers become a thing with everyone getting EV chargers put in their garages. The little 15a ones aren't really enough, but I also don't feel like maintaining a small gas engine just for that. (and by become a thing I mean come down in price from $800)
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They're not that cheap, but there are industrial grade pressure washers that work on 120v 15a power.
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EGO has one that runs on their 56V batteries but it seems to be much closer to a 120V 15A electric in performance than a gas one. I'll still probably end up buying one if/when my gas one ever pisses me off too much.wesleywillis posted:They're not that cheap, but there are industrial grade pressure washers that work on 120v 15a power. They can build them as heavy duty as they want, but a max of 1440W actual continuous draw just isn't much when it comes to delivering a high volume of high pressure water, compared to a 5000W gas engine.
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IOwnCalculus posted:EGO has one that runs on their 56V batteries but it seems to be much closer to a 120V 15A electric in performance than a gas one. I'll still probably end up buying one if/when my gas one ever pisses me off too much. I guess it depends on how much paint you need to strip.
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CarForumPoster posted:When you say like a paper shredder, does it have many teeth that are cutting by biting into the material and slicing or taking off a chunk the width of each of the many teeth (like a paper shredder) or does it have 1-4 rotating teeth that chop stuff as it passes over a hole (like a scissor)? All the ones I've seen, including mine, are the latter and they are the ones that suck. I use mine to turn spikey rear end in a top hat bougainvillea shoots into raised bed filler but its tedious and many types of inputs will jam it or get wrapper around the spindle/cutter head. It’s a single rotating cutter with seven teeth that bites into the material and cuts it by pushing against an anvil thing. It’s like a paper shredder that only has one turn thing the cuts against a stationary piece. It works great with sticks and twigs but not thin green stuff or vines, which do wrap (but I dont care about as most of what I’ve got goes through it well) It pulls stuff in on its own once it bites you don’t have to push. Edit: picture here https://photos-us.bazaarvoice.com/photo/2/cGhvdG86c25vd2pvZQ/bb757e3b-9896-5e9a-a0fd-a483f66ffe37 powderific fucked around with this message at 05:07 on May 8, 2024 |
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I have the same model. It's fine for what it is and performs about how I expected it would. I leave any brush out to dry for a season before running it through and then it works much better. One of these days once I have enough larger logs and branches stacked and ready to go, I'll rent a bigger machine. But this little electric guy is helping clear some brush without having to burn it all and provides some free mulch in some pathways as a bonus.
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I want to replace the head of my 20V string trimmer, any suggestions?
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Calidus posted:I want to replace the head of my 20V string trimmer, any suggestions? I wouldn't use anything other than OEM if it's an otherwise good trimmer. I've replaced the head on my echo with the OEM parts a couple of times now.
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May 11, 2024 02:32
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FIXED BLADE 20V WEED WHACKER
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Calidus posted:I want to replace the head of my 20V string trimmer, any suggestions? Do you mean the string feeder or like the whole head? The echo speed feed one is good though it's heavier than the OEM one on my DeWalt 20v so you can hear it working harder and probably shortens battery life
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Feeder my bad
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Calidus posted:I want to replace the head of my 20V string trimmer, any suggestions? https://a.co/d/diWWAFD I've been retrofitting this head on every string trimmer I've touched for the last 15 years Take a look how you reload with line, you'll never want to touch another type of head. That's what she said
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I can't remember ever having a problem loading line or getting it jammed on any string timmer that wasn't broken or worn out (they are wear parts). If that's what you've got going on replace the head. But it's really not difficult to load string on a regular head, and there are far fewer parts to break. And you probably have one already. So get good string (echo x-fire or similar) and watch a youtube or something.
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aswert1223 posted:https://a.co/d/diWWAFD That looks drat near identical to my Ryobi 40v trimmer. Poke the sting through, pull it even, and start cranking. They even include a little crank that slips on the head for easy turning. Longest part of the process is walking my rear end back to the garage for string when it inevitably runs out at the farthest point in the yard.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:That looks drat near identical to my Ryobi 40v trimmer. Poke the sting through, pull it even, and start cranking. They even include a little crank that slips on the head for easy turning. Longest part of the process is walking my rear end back to the garage for string when it inevitably runs out at the farthest point in the yard. I love this feature, it’s on the 18V version too. I keep a couple pre-cut lengths ready to go when it’s time.
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Im think done with this stihl battery trimmer. I think its the fsa 45? Its maybe 6 or 7 years old. I can get everything outside of my backyard done on one charge. I do not have a large property at all. Its a tiny suburban lot with a somewhat small house. Maybe i was an early adopter and thats why this one was not great? I think this was the first stihl battery trimmer with their AP battery. Anyways. Should i get another stihl or is there another brand that you guys favor? Im not tied to any battery family. None that would be relevant now.
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I've been happy with my ego brand tools. I'll be getting their weed whacker next when my dirt cheap Black and Decker finally dies.
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ZombieCrew posted:Im think done with this stihl battery trimmer. I think its the fsa 45? Its maybe 6 or 7 years old. I can get everything outside of my backyard done on one charge. I do not have a large property at all. Its a tiny suburban lot with a somewhat small house. Maybe i was an early adopter and thats why this one was not great? I think this was the first stihl battery trimmer with their AP battery. Has it always had this problem, or is it more recent? Because at 6 ot 7 years on the original battery I'd guess it's time for a new battery which should fix the runtime problem.
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Motronic posted:Has it always had this problem, or is it more recent? Because at 6 ot 7 years on the original battery I'd guess it's time for a new battery which should fix the runtime problem. Its gotten worse over the years, but it has always burned through its charge pretty quick. First day i used it, i was able to get into the backyard, but not complete it.
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ZombieCrew posted:Its gotten worse over the years, but it has always burned through its charge pretty quick. First day i used it, i was able to get into the backyard, but not complete it. Yeah then I wouldn't bother replacing the battery. Sounds like you're done with it. And the new stuff really is so much nicer.
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grabbed one of those 6 in 1 fastbacks and immediately got another for when I missplace it
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