jekjr
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Are any of you guys running the new battery powered equipment commercially? I have been using a 58 Echo string trimmer for a while now. I bought my first one last August and it literally shocked me how good it was. I just bought a second one to have as a backup when I start up this spring. It uses the same string and has the Speed Feed head and will run .105 line. It is a split pole unit and will pull and edger and the other attachments also. It is not strong enough to pull the bed redefiner but it takes a bigger gas powered unit to pull it anyway. Pulling the string head or the edger it will run as long on a 4AH battery as the gas unit will run on a tank of gas.
I also have a 58 Volt Chainsaw that is impressive. I bought the 58 volt hedge trimmers and they are great. I bought the 58 volt hand held blower also. It will out blow the comparable gas powered hand held. No gas, no cranking, jut pull the trigger and it is running.
I can see where theses units might not be for everybody or every crew yet but I was running Echo gas equipment and was shocked to find out that the battery was actually comparable to the gas in the real world.
I also have a 58 Volt Chainsaw that is impressive. I bought the 58 volt hedge trimmers and they are great. I bought the 58 volt hand held blower also. It will out blow the comparable gas powered hand held. No gas, no cranking, jut pull the trigger and it is running.
I can see where theses units might not be for everybody or every crew yet but I was running Echo gas equipment and was shocked to find out that the battery was actually comparable to the gas in the real world.