How to Choose a Brush Cutter
There are many great tools these days that can be used to make the gardener's life a little easier.
In fact most of them make the hard job of gardening a great deal easier, faster or more efficient, thus saving the homeowner a great deal of time and effort.
One such tool is the brush cutter that can be used to cut back hedges, trim overgrown bushes, cut down saplings and do the edges of paths and fences where the grass gets so long and straggly.
They come in various sizes and types and so to choose the right one you need to think about your gardening needs first.
A brush cutter is rather like a miniature hand-held lawnmower that has a straight shaft and a head that contains rotating blades - only of course, you can lift it for use well above the ground.
Such a device will certainly take care of many pruning and cutting back needs in the garden, making the gardener's life a great deal easier.
Such chores are more quickly done than if you simply used hand-held tools like pruners or shears.
For those with fewer needs the handheld brush cutter could be the perfect solution.
The head attachments can be changed to suit the job at hand.
You can choose between saw blades and replaceable plastic attachments.
Plastic blades cannot be used for cutting harder stems.
Some models have just a trimming string, but these do not last as long and are more suited to trimming paths of grass rather than anything with a woody or even sappy stems.
The petrol powered types are defined as being two-stroke or four-stroke models.
With two-stroke models you need to mix the fuel properly as it is not possible to buy ready mixed fuel.
You will have to buy both petrol and oil and make sure you mix the quantities to the correct ratio for your chosen brush cutter.
The instructions for this should come with the brush cutter.
Two-strokes have fewer moving parts and so there is less to go wrong with them; thus, less maintenance.
The four-stroke engines take four steps to convert fuel to energy, hence the name.
These steps are intake, compression, combustion and exhaust.
They are not as noisy as the two-stroke engines and of course, you don't have to mix fuel for them.
When choosing a brush cutter always pick it up and swing it about to gauge how heavy it is.
Not everybody can wield a brush cutter satisfactorily.
And remember it will be somewhat heavier when it is full of fuel.
You will also need to wear goggles and suitable protective clothing such as gloves and boots when using the brush cutter.
Make sure you read the instructions carefully before starting it so that you hold it in the correct position.
Those blades spin around very fast and will throw up any debris that is caught in them.
For this reason you need to ensure that they are clear of sticks and stones before you start the motor.
In fact most of them make the hard job of gardening a great deal easier, faster or more efficient, thus saving the homeowner a great deal of time and effort.
One such tool is the brush cutter that can be used to cut back hedges, trim overgrown bushes, cut down saplings and do the edges of paths and fences where the grass gets so long and straggly.
They come in various sizes and types and so to choose the right one you need to think about your gardening needs first.
A brush cutter is rather like a miniature hand-held lawnmower that has a straight shaft and a head that contains rotating blades - only of course, you can lift it for use well above the ground.
Such a device will certainly take care of many pruning and cutting back needs in the garden, making the gardener's life a great deal easier.
Such chores are more quickly done than if you simply used hand-held tools like pruners or shears.
For those with fewer needs the handheld brush cutter could be the perfect solution.
The head attachments can be changed to suit the job at hand.
You can choose between saw blades and replaceable plastic attachments.
Plastic blades cannot be used for cutting harder stems.
Some models have just a trimming string, but these do not last as long and are more suited to trimming paths of grass rather than anything with a woody or even sappy stems.
The petrol powered types are defined as being two-stroke or four-stroke models.
With two-stroke models you need to mix the fuel properly as it is not possible to buy ready mixed fuel.
You will have to buy both petrol and oil and make sure you mix the quantities to the correct ratio for your chosen brush cutter.
The instructions for this should come with the brush cutter.
Two-strokes have fewer moving parts and so there is less to go wrong with them; thus, less maintenance.
The four-stroke engines take four steps to convert fuel to energy, hence the name.
These steps are intake, compression, combustion and exhaust.
They are not as noisy as the two-stroke engines and of course, you don't have to mix fuel for them.
When choosing a brush cutter always pick it up and swing it about to gauge how heavy it is.
Not everybody can wield a brush cutter satisfactorily.
And remember it will be somewhat heavier when it is full of fuel.
You will also need to wear goggles and suitable protective clothing such as gloves and boots when using the brush cutter.
Make sure you read the instructions carefully before starting it so that you hold it in the correct position.
Those blades spin around very fast and will throw up any debris that is caught in them.
For this reason you need to ensure that they are clear of sticks and stones before you start the motor.
