How To String Trim a Lawn Like a Pro
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2023
- How to string trim a lawn with a weed eater. This is how I weed eat our lawns for our lawn care business. I start in the front right corner and try to finish in the front right corner. I remove the trimmer guard from our weed eaters and also run the ECHO PAS system as my primary weedeater. I do this so I can also switch the weed eater attachment out for a hedge trimming attachment when I need to do a hedge trimming jobs.
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Oh this vid is perfect for me lol My first season, I was taking about a hour+ on residential yards most the time was spent trimming because I was trying to have it 100% perfect. Not that it's a bad thing but still lol
Crazy difference from using a Stihl to watching you use a eco, seems so much easier and more controllable, keep crushing it my friend
Great content. Difference for me is that I go the opposite direction with the thought that the counterclockwise spinning head throws grass and debris away from beds and hard surfaces. Not right or wrong, just how I learned.
This ^^^ 💯
That's probably the correct way, however, it is uncomfortable for me to weed eat that way... I feel awkward holding the trimmer 😂
@@FloridaTurfPros the “correct” way is the way that gets the job done without complaints from your customers.
@@FloridaTurfPros Agreed, I don't understand why they don't make commercial gas trimmers that spin clock-wise...just makes sense in my head. Trim walking forward as a right-hander and throwing the grass towards the middle vs smashing it against the wall and not cutting well.
Also edging you can walk forward if the trimmer rotates clockwise vs. battling going against it. Other solution is holding it "left-handed" but that's just too awkward for me.
I also work with the Counterclockwise rotating head to spit the debris back into the grass away from hard surfaces and flower beds but with that being said I have to walk backwards to do that, 🤦♂ lol @@FloridaTurfPros
I’m finding that this is the same way I do it and then I remembered that I do it that way because I learned it by watching you. You did a video back in the day and you were emphatic that it was the most efficient way that you know of to do it. And I agree ,it’s all about efficiency and workflow /ease of execution. I think we all enjoy videos like this as well as the ones pertaining to back office stuff.
My policy is do any lawn as if it was your own
Amen to that that's how I treat every lawn I cut
This is exactly the way I have always soft edged. never understood why guys on youtube videos hold the trimmer straight up in the air all awkward, I have never seen any lawn guys out on routes doing it that way
Man I enjoyed this video, great work brother 😊
Glad to hear it!
Backwards is key for me. And, it depends on the direction of the trimmer string (clockwise/counter-clockwise)!
Same way in Az.
Dude we work identical! Trash cans included!
You are crazy.... crazy awesome!
Same way I trim!
I do pretty much the same. Pull up the trash cans etc
Curious, what trimmer blind are you running? I've been using the Echo Diamond. Quality of cut doesn't seem as good anymore.
Plus, you can grease the PAS haha
Heard you talk about drought conditions. Do you still cut lawns on regular schedule when not growing or do you skip
We cut em
Up here in va ,we do too. Sometimes I’ll skip or offer a substitute service. Weeding or trimming.
I have to trim the edge of the driveway / sidewalk because for some reason the mower seems to lift on that end and leaves little bitty hair type stragglers that annoy me and bothers the OCD in me. Seems like a big time killer.
How are you mowing it without leaving those stragglers? This mostly happens to customers who want it mowed long (4 - 4.5"). The ones that don't request it too long, I mow at 3.5" and don't notice this.
One thing I've noticed is not smashing the edge down with the tire. If you can just straddle the edge without smashing it down it tends to not make those stragglers so noticeable.
@@FloridaTurfPros Cool, gonna have to try that out..I usually have the edge in between the wheels, so left side wheel on concrete and right side wheel on grass so I don't smash the edge with the tires. Maybe that's what's causing those little stragglers. Will try straddling the edge next time and see if that helps.
My Ferris Z1 36" has a small trim side on the left so will see how much it can get done.
Thanks!
What trimmer line are you using?
Stihl
What kind os string do you use?
Whatever I can get my hands on the cheapest. I think I’m running Stihl .095 on this just cause I still have a bunch from when I bought in bulk
Why not go right to left so grass is flung into the lawn
I do this around pools for that very reason, but it’s uncomfortable for me to walk that way with the trimmer
What model echo is that?
ECHO PAS system... i just did a recent video on this... check out my newest
I dont trim the the edges either that the mower deck gets. Saves so much time. Dont understand why people do
Some do because depending on 1. What state you are in. 2. What type of grass you are mowing. 3. What type of mower you are using and 4. What type of blades you are using. There you go. Sometimes it is very neccessary.
Agree... I actually had to retrain some of my guys to NOT trim the sidewalks and drives because it wastes so much time... typically is unneessary.
Its like I taught you how 😂.
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Those edges are rough. Big gaps.
Ya, def could've been better.
You gonna be worn out !