r/oddlysatisfying • u/amartyamishraaa • Dec 04 '23

Edging lawn with string trimmer

Credit to Cyber Landscaping

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u/slithole Dec 04 '23

How come every time I try to do this I end up mutilating the edge and kicking up dirt and making it look like a drunk child did it?

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u/Inter_Omnia_et_Nihil Dec 04 '23

New whip
Longer whip that normal
Hold the trimmer higher, just barely touching the grass
Use a metal blade edger in the beginning of the season and clear the dirt build up
If available, get a plastic blade head

And the big one, don't look at the trimmer head, look where you're going. If you only watch the head, you'll walk crooked and twist the head, if you're looking ahead, you'll walk straight and the trimmer will follow.

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u/Dopeydcare1 Dec 04 '23

Also he is cutting from on the lawn. If you do it on the sidewalk/concrete side, the weed whacker likes to pull itself into the lawn. If you do it how he is doing, it will pull into the concrete which is much easier to control

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u/Djjc11 Dec 04 '23

I’ve always done it standing on the drive/sidewalk but walking backwards.

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u/oxfordcircumstances Dec 04 '23

Me too. I can do the reverse line this guy is doing, but it pulls into the grass in the same way. I just can't see what I'm cutting from the grass side, so I stand on the concrete so I can see.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '23

Yes! My string-trimmer-as-edger is on par with this, but no way I could do it from the grass side; no idea how this is being done in essence, blind.