Eric Salop
Elite Member
Good morning all. Again we look to be having some kind weather for the end of November, must get out and make the most of it.
Yesterday I trimmed back the hedge I laid last winter. It is a mixed species hedge, the hawthorn hadn't put on that much growth, unlike the cherry, field maple and hazel, which had all thrown up lots of new shoots. Having been impressed with EGO's chainsaw, I had bought one of their hedge trimmers, half expecting it to have insufficient capacity for my needs, in the knowledge I could swap it for the Tanaka 2 stroke that has spent the summer with my son. Again, as with the battery chainsaw, it sounds more like a child's toy when it is turned on, yet it had no trouble cutting down the finger width stems. The battery managed to run for well over a hundred yards before needing to be swapped over and all without a single pull on a starter cord.
The end of an era can be filled with sadness, but the demise of the 2-stroke engine can't happen soon enough for me - my usually aching right arm has never been happier.
Yesterday I trimmed back the hedge I laid last winter. It is a mixed species hedge, the hawthorn hadn't put on that much growth, unlike the cherry, field maple and hazel, which had all thrown up lots of new shoots. Having been impressed with EGO's chainsaw, I had bought one of their hedge trimmers, half expecting it to have insufficient capacity for my needs, in the knowledge I could swap it for the Tanaka 2 stroke that has spent the summer with my son. Again, as with the battery chainsaw, it sounds more like a child's toy when it is turned on, yet it had no trouble cutting down the finger width stems. The battery managed to run for well over a hundred yards before needing to be swapped over and all without a single pull on a starter cord.
The end of an era can be filled with sadness, but the demise of the 2-stroke engine can't happen soon enough for me - my usually aching right arm has never been happier.
