A long reach petrol hedge trimmer can sometimes be referred to as telescopic hedge trimmer, or if the length is adjustable as a pole hedge trimmer. If you have high hedges or large shrubs in your garden, you will find one of these machines indispensable. Using a broad range of trimmer, you can stay firmly on the ground when you cut your hedges and to avoid any possibility of getting hurt, falling from a ladder.
It 'important to have a well balanced car for youthe job. Inevitably, a petrol long reach hedge trimmer is bound to be more difficult to use because of the length of the machine that you have to manoeuvre. So, don't try to economise as although a cheap model might look appealing in the store, if you try it out and find that it is so badly balanced that it makes you ache and not want to use it, it will have been a false economy.
There is no comparison between the power available from a petrol hedge trimmer and the power from a cordless electric model as far as I am concerned. Although it has to be said that a cordless trimmer is safer to use than a mains electric model because you do not have to worry about a trailing cord, you really do need a petrol model for cutting through the thicker twigs that you are bound to encounter when cutting your hedge.
If you have any concerns at all about using a petrol machine, maybe because of the fumes, you only need to look at the way the petrol long reach hedge trimmer is designed, to realise that any fumes will be discharged at the furthest possible distance from your face when the machine is in use.
The best feature of a long reach trimmer is being able to rotate the blades on the cutting bar. This has two great advantages for me, the first is that I can angle the blades just right so the machine is comfortable for me to use and I can work for longer without fatigue. The second is that I do not want to be going up ladders at my age and so being able to rotate the blades at right angles to the handle and cut along the top of my hedge whilst I am standing firmly on the floor is really important to me. It also means that I can retain my independence and do not have to get someone in to do the job for me (and this saves me money so that is good too).
One thing you must do when you use your hedge trimmer is to wear proper eye protection. When you are looking up, using a petrol long reach hedge trimmer, this is even more important as the cuttings will be falling down towards you and the last thing you want is a sharp bit of twig in your eye, especially as you will have a power tool in your hands at the time! You also need to wear a pair of ear defenders. Petrol models are noisier than their electric counter-parts but for me, this is well worth putting up with for the benefits of using such a great machine for the job.
So, to sum up my views on a petrol long reach hedge trimmer, it will save you time, keep you doing your hedges independently, save you money by not having to pay someone else to do the job. There are no electricity cables to cause an accident and you will not have an accident falling off a ladder. I, like many others who have tried these great tools would never go back to a general-purpose machine for cutting my tall hedges and shrubs.
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