stick edger vs. walk behind

[jlyons]

I'm looking at buying an edger and would appreciate your input on the positives and/or negatives to a stick edger and walk behind. Also who makes a good walk behind? I've heard McClane....any opinions?

[zeke]

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I am in the same Boat , currious to see replies!!

[CCLS]

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Stick edgers are more versitile, for a stick edger I would recommend a Echo PE-310. Walk behinds are good also, but if you get a walk behind edger make sure you get the adjustable wheel so you can do curb edging. Out of the two I would recommend a stick edger because of its versitility. If you are looking at a powerful machine with minimal curb usage, I would recommend a walk behind. Personal preference and depending on what you will be using it for should be your determining factors.

[Extreme Lawns]

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I agree with what CCLS said. I have both types, and the walk behind just sits in the shed. My stick edger gets used everyday. Its all about personal preference!

[Sammy]

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<font color="blue"><font size="3">I use the new Stihl FC-85 stick edger.

I t works great !</font id="size3"></font id="blue"> [8D]

[Lawn Storm]

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what xtreme said

[kutnkru]

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I agree with Sammy that Stihl has some very nice user friendly sticks.

As for the wb, I would go with a Little Wonder Pro series or a Tru-Cut.
http://216.153.196.12/trucut/EDGERS.asp

[imograss]

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i use a walk behind edger about once every other month to establish an edge, after that i just use my string trimmer. thats one less piece of equipment i have to keep on my trailer on a daily basis.

[Mow Pro]

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I run a shindaiwa 260 stick edger it works great.I paid 350 new.Try lowe"s walk behind edgers $219.

[kutnkru]

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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><b>Originally posted by imograss</b>
<i>i use a walk behind edger about once every other month to establish an edge, after that i just use my string trimmer. thats one less piece of equipment i have to keep on my trailer on a daily basis.</i><hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">If you consider that a wb edger will probably run you in the neighborhood of $225 for an extra $50 -- now you will have a much more versatile piece of equipment added to your aresenal.

You also will be able to continue charging what you have for the edging service and cut your time by half-2/3 depending on site conditions.

[Really Well Cut]

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Can the stick edger handle as much debris (grass and dirt build up) as the walk behind. When is there to much material to move like on a side walk that hasn't been edged in years?

[indmowing]

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We were discussing this on another forum and we were told that walk behind edgers were for fat home owners lol, and this did seem the general consensus. Now after such a comment we looked into these stick edgers (never seen one used) and apparently they once tried introducing them to Australia but they never took off.

It seems there is a big difference between forums lol [] The new rage in Australia are Atom Edgers http://www.atomindustries.com.au/edgers.html They have a video/infomercial on this site. Not that we use or recommend them!

Now from what I know or can work out from the stick edgers you would need a 3 wheel edger for establishing the edges (especially those really bad ones hehe)

Wow, what an amazing contrast between two forums! I much prefer this feedback lol as we love our wb's lol. For a good edge there is nothing better in my opinion. Stick edgers may be are faster and easier to manoeuvre, but that same argument is used here in Australia for using brushcutter to do edgers and there is no comparison!

Take Care All

Ebony

[alcpi]

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I didn't know they even still made walk behind edgers! I've never seen anyone under 75 use one! If your looking to make money pick up a Shindaiwa 260 or so, or if you ain't got many accounts, the Echo will definately get you by.

[65hoss]

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Stihl FC85 stick edger.

[dancom]

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I have a little wonder edger 3.5 hp it is great for establishing a edge where on has been neglected or you have bermuda grass. i also have a split shaft shindiwa trimer that i bought a stick edger atchment for for an extra 100.00 i use this for 90% if my edgeing. it is alot easier than using a weed eater to edge. I used my weed eater to edge for two years. now i use my stick edger does a nicer job and less work.