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I need to choose a heavy duty industrial type petrol strimmer for our 2 allotment sites.  It would be used for doing paths and clearing overgrown plots prior to being allocated to newbies. Total site areas cover over 140 plots.

Strimmer requirements:

Ideally 4 stroke but 2 stroke if I must
Automatic feed
Steel cutting blade
Harness.
£200 - £400 Maximum

I have looked at 2 from B&Q but do not really know anything about them.  I am to have the final 3 for our Town Council Meeting this coming Wednesday.  Any ideas and suggestions welcome.

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?fh_location=%2f%2fcatalog01%2fen_GB%2fcategories%3c%7b9372012%7d%2fcategories%3c%7b9372021%7d%2fcategories%3c%7b9372064%7d%2fspecificationsProductType%3Dedgers__trimmers___cutters%2fspecificationsSpecificProductType%3Dbrush_cutters&fh_reftheme=promo_159030003%2cseeall%2c%2f%2fcatalog01%2fen_GB%2fcategories%3c%7b9372012%7d%2fcategories%3c%7b9372021%7d%2fcategories%3c%7b9372064%7d%2fspecificationsProductType=edgers__trimmers___cutters&fh_refview=summary&icamp=ns_1&fh_sort_by=_price_rrp_min&fh_sort_order=-1&ts=1244758782961&action=compare&fh_secondid=10377703&fh_secondid=10377704

What a great site you have and a lovely idea :)

OK well for starters for those ones in B&Q for the money I would personally want a much better make than Mountfield so this is what I would recc:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Makita-Petrol-4-Stroke-Brushcutter-EM4340L_W0QQitemZ360057844819QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_GardenPowerTools_CA?hash=item53d51eb453&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A3|66%3A2|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A2|294%3A50

Makita is a fantastic make up there with the likes of DeWalt etc etc and this is a really nice strimmer looking at it, or another alternative would be a Sthil again great make, for this kind of money you want something thats going to really last well with little problems Mountfield Im just not sure about :(

might be worth having a look here, i've just bought a 40cc one for £103.00 inc delivery and it's over £200.00 everwhere else.

http://www.ryobi-direct.com/acatalog/index.html?gclid=COP1-tKSq5sCFZgU4wodE08_Aw

KT,
If you want to know which is the best then check out the reviews given.
http://www.nurseriesonline.com.au/Fact%20Sheets/BrushCutter.htm
http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews156744.html
hope these can assist you if making a firm decision about which to choose.