Anyone with equipment as per the subject with any thoughts, gripes, thumbs-ups please?
The grass between my willow/apple rows has gone hay-wire this year (partly because I have been unable to attend-to as much as I would have liked for various reasons). My mulch mower really can't cope and the rest of my kit is too big for inter-row management.
I am now looking at wheeled line trimmers - must be a self-propelled line trimmer (SPLT) cos I'm not about to push one around several acres of quite bumpy ground. Also, one such machine will supplement the PTO driven flail for seasonal tackling of Field 3 bracken in areas where I have yet to clear "moor stones".
This far on I wish I'd gone for an SPLT instead of the Stiga self-propelled mulch mower. (The latter may well end up being advertised on some sort of sellers' web-site before too long, unless I suddenly get a few gardening clients requiring lawn-care.)
There aren't that many manufacturer options available in UK: top of the list (actually the only one on the list at this early research stage) is a Hyundai HYFT60SP for some £540 or so.
Also, need to speak to Al-Ko who, apparently, are UK suppliers for American DR Pro machines - however, the only DR self-propelled is seemingly their very top model so I'm not expecting a great price compared to the Hyundai.)
Any recommends (or otherwise) please ? Comments on non-self-propelled models might also prove useful as to reliability/spares etc etc. (I know there is a Tondu "push" wheeled-trimmer, but seemingly no Tondu self-propelled model. I mention cos I really liked my cheap non-professional Tondu (now LawnFlite Tondu) petrol multi-tool until I eventually wore it out with some 6 yrs of very hard use.)