I see this all the time and i just cant help but laugh. Today i was driving down the road and saw a crew of guys doing the maintenance for an HOA. The guy weed eating was walking backwards and still had 1/2 mile to go. I use to be one of these guys that walked backwards. I know it is very time consuming and also hurts my back. What do you do?
Weed eating....Walking backwards...??!
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It all pays fifty dollars a man hour or better and well I'd carry the wacker behind my back upside down for an extra 25 on the tab. When I worked for the guy who sold me my company I did it the fastest way possible, Running backwards. Now I own the company and I do it at my leisure.
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Us as well, i never could walk forwards and trim.
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OKAY, here's my theory about walking forward versus walking backwards.
Operator gets peppered with more debris being discharged from the trimmer when walking forward.
Operator gets peppered with more debris being discharged from the trimmer when walking forward.
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i mainly walk backwards because of being able to get the most accurate / clean cut , ecspecially in heavy growth . then also when ive got the whipper upside down to edge you get the most clean cut backwards . but sometimes when ive got a long run with light grass i walk forward with the whip pointed away from my right side and holding it with just my right hand , thats the best way to expend as little energy as possible . while also moving fast . but in that posistion i cant get as accurate of a cut as i can backwards .
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I trim backwards as well.
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I go both directions depending on which way I want to throw the clippings.
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If you walk forwards trimming a chainlink fence the line will grab the fence and take a chunk out of the customers lawn.
Be patient Grasshopper some day you will arrive at the finer art of skilled trimming.
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Care to share some tips?
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With this being my 20th year, I can trim backwards for 10 hours on chainlink fencing on 1 spool of trimmer line.
You will not be able to do that walking forwards.
After 26 years odds are my skills might surpass yours. Can you peel a apple with that string trimmer?
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not to get off the topic,last friday i was walking backwards with the backpack blower on, in the smallest property we have. The driveway has 3 cars potted plants and a wheel barrow full of sand that they had left over from doing patio blocks.My dam carpenter pants the part where the hammer goes,grabbed onto the handle and tipped over the full wheelbarrow.that was pretty embarrassing
Quality line that does not fray.(Shakesphere or suffix ultra twist) . High powered Trimmer (Shindiawa T270) using a long single line. A long single line will deflect at high speed because of air resistance near obstacles, this reduces tendency to bite in, Also understand you have two axis to trim from, use this to your advantage. A single long line will also flex or roll at low RPMS in corners of a fence post .
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Not as well as I used to peel the skin off my ankle....
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man, i must be the only one who goes forward. I was to slow going backwards.
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i was wondering if your left handed , maybe its easier for a lefthander to move that way with the counterclockwise spinning whip .
or maybe a bigger person who it would be more difficult for to move backwards as coordinatedly as an average size person .
its got me wondering how ide whip as a right hander if the whip spun clockwise .
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I didn't know they had weed eatters, or grass in Az. Lol!
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