New tool for yardwork this year - last week I purchased a Milwaukee M18 Quik Lok String Trimmer and also the optional 20" articulating hedge trimmer attachment.
We were up at our property last weekend and tried the combo out on weeds in the driveway and last years waist high blackberry canes that were covering the clearing.
Weather is just starting to get nice up there, spring flowers like Trilliums and Trout Lillies are poking up through the leaf litter everywhere but trees and shrubbery have begun to bud - but no new leaves or shoots yet. That bit is good for clean up work - less mess to rake up.
Hedge trimmer worked great on the berry canes and weeds - it would happily cut through tree branches and new shoots up to about 1/4" in diameter.
was really happy with how quite it was (compared to the gas powered Stihl weedwhacker used up til now - and she also commented on the lack of 2 stroke fumes
Battery life was good too - I worked it pretty much constantly (on the low power setting) for an hour and a half and there was still about half the battery life left from the 12 Ah battery that came with the Milwaukee chainsaw I bought last year. The pole saw attachment and extension pole will probably be the next addition to the tool shed...
'68 Case 195, '84 Case 446, '88 Ingersoll 222 - and 1965 Case 530ck (fullsize backhoe)
