Weed Eater?

[Mr.Glock]

Beings a fellow member had a situation with the plastic head attachments. What about the one in the photo? I like the looks and how it is shown to work.

Has anyone tried one?

 

[Perplexed]

Seems the wire bundles would grind rather than cut vegetation. I would think also they would clog up badly with damp vegetation.

 

[2busy]

I've never used twisted wire wheels on a weed eater but I have on angle grinders. The strands of wire break off and do stick in clothes.

 

[swampratt]

I've never used twisted wire wheels on a weed eater but I have on angle grinders. The strands of wire break off and do stick in clothes.

That is what I was thinking would happen but then thought the RPM is way less with a weed eater.
Looks like it may work.

 

[adamsredlines]

Just put a circular saw blade on it and call it a day.

 

[turkeyrun]

Tried one, didn't like it.
I got nothing like the performance in that vid. Yanked out roots. Twisted up and clogged on brushy weeds. Where brushing against foundation, curb, or concrete; it worked fairly good, but wire did break off and fly.

The blade type, I tried same as OP. The plastic "swords" done a good job on grass, but the brushy weeds were very tough. If brushed against concrete, the sharp edge was gone, ground down to ragged, rounded uselessness.

The circular saw blade intrigued me. Not enough RPM or torque to do a good job. Grass was ok, not great. Heavy brush had to be cut VERY slowly.

The best results I've had, come from the X shaped extruded line, the auto feed round line is cheap and will safely get the job done. I will stick with it.

 

[SlugSlinger]

Loose wire strands will embed nicely in your skin and maybe even bone.

Hopefully, there would be enough wire sticking out to grab it with some dykes (wire cutters) to pull it out.

This happens a lot with an angle grinder and a wire cup cleaning up my ugly welds. Those wires go through jeans like they aren’t there.

 

[SlugSlinger]

This stuff works pretty good.

ECHO .095

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[264killer]

Loose wire strands will embed nicely in your skin and maybe even bone.

Hopefully, there would be enough wire sticking out to grab it with some dykes (wire cutters) to pull it out.

This happens a lot with an angle grinder and a wire cup cleaning up my ugly welds. Those wires go through jeans like they aren’t there.

Had to go to Doctor to get wire dug out from weed eater.

 

[mtnboomr]

I've seen wire brush wheels used on weed eaters before. they will clog up. The aftermarket heads with the plastic serrated blades work much better.