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Long reach hedge trimmer

fwor · 2015-08-11 10:46:26

I have the great pleasure (not) of having to trim the hedges at two properties (mine and elderly parents), and I'd like to get a long reach trimmer (aka pole trimmer) so that I can do them from ground level. Professional petrol tools by the likes of Stihl are out of the question, because they are all more than £600 in…

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peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite

14 August 2015 at 6:38PM edited 15 August 2015 at 8:17AM

Best of luck, whatever your choice.

Whatever you choose check the availability of spares as its a large investment and you want it to last a long time. Very few of the cheap models have any as they are bought from the likes of Alibaba and sold on. You can look on their web site to see what they cost etc.

I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
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