Heavy Duty 3-Wheel Edger: Need Recommendations

[Mowingman]

I just got a bid on edging a 10+acre sewage plant site.It has over 6000' of curbs and sidewalks that have not been edged in over a year. I need to buy a really good, heavy duty 3-wheel edger and need some recommendations as to who makes one that is powerful and will hold up well. Thanks.

[GreenQuest Lawn]

At a LC I used to work at we had Tanaka Walk behind edgers. They are shaft drive (not belt) and just would not stop.


http://www.tanakapowerequipment.com/loadit.html

[Runner]

McClane makes an excellent product as well. Especially for the money. This is what John Deere used for years as their edgers. Also, believe it or not, these are available at many Home Depot stores. If you buy at this time of year, you'll probably get a pretty good price, too.

[HBFOXJr]

Scag had one years ago that I thought was about the best I'd owned. I believe it was made by others or is now made under another name.

Start with a Scag dealer and work down from there.

[UrbanEarth]

I have both a Tanaka shaft drive and a Snapper belt drive. I have to say that I much prefer the Snapper (although I am not fond of other Snapper stuff). I find that the Tanaka is not heavy enough to keep the blades in the ground in a lot of cases, which the Snapper is. The Snapper is very much like the Mclanes.

Alan

[Runner]

I had pretty good luck with a Snapper, myself. Although, I haven't seen one in quite awhile, so I can't even say if they're the same machine they were using before.

[Toroguy]

Little Wonder Xtra. Not a two wheeler but worth a look. Edged a 1000' job yesterday and felt fatigue on the wrists, this prop was a mess.

Good luck

[jdwilliams1]

there is nothing better, shaft drive built like a sherman tank and lasts forever! worth he money

[Green Care]

Mclane, is very good. 3 Wheel

[carlsmower]

I FEEL THE MCLANE PRODECTS ARE SOME OF THE POOREST QUALITY BUILT, I WOULD GO WITH EITHER THE TANAKA OR THE POWER TRIM, BOTH ARE VERY GOOD EDGERS,THE TANAKA DOES NOT SLIP BUT THE POWER TRIM IS A BIT MORE BALANCED, THE TANAKA HAS A VERY HIGH QUALITY CURB RIDING KIT AVALIABLE.
GOOD LUCK!

[leaflawnandlimb]

I have a tanaka that is probably as old as dirt and I still use it once or twice a year, although I use echo stick edgers during the normall season. I normally will use the tanaka for first edging on new props. or when I have a large job to do. Only problem is I have no locall dealer support in the area anymore for Tanaka parts.

[Just Cut]

Tanaka, they are durable

[JML]

Tanaka, all the way.. They will cut concrete if you want them to..

[Mowingman]

Update on edger purchase:
Thanks for all the suggestions on good 3-wheel edgers. Finally got P.O. from our City,s purchasing dept for the 6,000 foot edging job, and bought an edger Fri. Tanaka was my first choice, but no dealer within 100 miles. Looked at Mclane at H.D. but too much plastic on it. Finally bought a Whipper Clipper edger, their 4-wheel model. I'ts built like a tank.I am going to post some info about it on a new thread soon for those who have never heard of them,(which I assume is almost everyone).:D

[scagman]

Id go with the scag commercial edger