Would this work on cutting out black berries,I have about 1 acre to clear?
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You are wanting to clear a football field (without end zones) with a homeowners tool. No this won't do it. This item is great for trimming and can handle probably a 1/3" branch. I only use it about 30 minutes at a time and, with most of the weight on the cutting end, I'm pooped (68 yr male). Get a bush hog.
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Hey Debra, I bought mine from Amazon, it's a flimsy POS which does not cut anything. Even the best trimmer is not a proper tool to clear an acre of thorny bush. I've done mine with Tramontina sugar cane machete, that's the best tool I've found. If you are a strong person buy a powerful gas propelled Stihl weed cutter and replace the string unit with a saw blade. You'll need tall boots or the brambles you just cut will turn your legs into a burger. Best solution - hire Jose and Pepe who know how to use a machete or just one guy with a skid steer and a bush hog and save yourself a lot of trouble. Hey Debra, I bought mine from Amazon, it's a flimsy POS which does not cut anything. Even the best trimmer is not a proper tool to clear an acre of thorny bush. I've done mine with Tramontina sugar cane machete, that's the best tool I've found. If you are a strong person buy a powerful gas propelled Stihl weed cutter and replace the string unit with a saw blade. You'll need tall boots or the brambles you just cut will turn your legs into a burger. Best solution - hire Jose and Pepe who know how to use a machete or just one guy with a skid steer and a bush hog and save yourself a lot of... » Read More Hey Debra, I bought mine from Amazon, it's a flimsy POS which does not cut anything. Even the best trimmer is not a proper tool to clear an acre of thorny bush. I've done mine with Tramontina sugar cane machete, that's the best tool I've found. If you are a strong person buy a powerful gas propelled Stihl weed cutter and replace the string unit with a saw blade. You'll need tall boots or the brambles you just cut will turn your legs into a burger. Best solution - hire Jose and Pepe who know how to use a machete or just one guy with a skid steer and a bush hog and save yourself a lot of trouble. « Show Less
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I have some large shrubs/trees that I use it with. Works well in all of the positions. 1 acre is a lot, you'll have to probably recharge your battery pack or buy an extra one for all the work you'll do. Good luck, I love mine.
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Hi Debra - You need something way more heavy duty for 1 acre. Maybe a Gravely. Think ride-on. Don
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No, it's a great tool but it will never hold up trimming an acre of black berries. I would go with the professional globe Stihl or something comparable. This item is designed for light residential use. Thanks and good luck with your project.
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I would not recommend this trimmer/cutter. It is not powerful enough to be effective.
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Yes,this cuts easily with scissors.If I need to piece it together for bigger areas I use large safety pins .I have some rather large blueberry bushes.
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I cut grass out of my cactus bed. I think it would cut Bermuda grass. It will work to cut the grass if it is a small area because it is a slow process.
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should work fine for that. it works well as a substitute for a hoe since the action of this tool is to cut the roots and base of weeds below thw surface. You still should remove the loostened plant / weed debris. But it helps maintaining a garden space much easier than removing each weed by hand.
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I use a 3 foot wide black berry bed composed of mainly compost...good drainage, and a 3 foot wide blueberry bed composed partly of compost and partly of peat moss, also very good drainage. A single run works perfectly for these beds. I suppose it will depend on what you have planed, how you mulch, and what your environment is like. But in general it should work. Worst case you let it run longer to get better soil saturation. I do snake my single run in and out of the plants. Street side on one plant and yard side on the next back and forth.
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To be honest, I haven't tried blackberries, but I would imagine if you used the finest attachment, it should work very well.
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I don't know if it will work or not with blackberries; best will be to call Wilson. Nothing plugs into the phone but the phone have to be in the vicinity of couple of feet to work.
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yes. it would be great for that. if you use it for bulbs, i would recommend a drill with a handle, when it bites it hurts, but for breaking up garden soil or compost any drill would work great.
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It will suck up acorns. I have rock hardscape and this thing picks up small rocks but it has a metal chopping blade and so far no damage.
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Yes it will but it's slow. It will pull grass and weeds out of the ground, roots and all. You will have to stop and rake the stuff out of the way as you move along the area. I have a mantis tiller which really tears up the ground but it doesn't pull the weeds out as well as the B&D. My battery lasts for about 30 miinutes, but I have 4 batteries so not a problem....
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It should do fine, but be sure to have more cutting line on hand. Some of those thick stocky stems are like steel and use up your line. We have cut small saplings of bushes back with it and it has worked well.
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I can't say for certain. The cut-ability is more about the current length of the grass. If I have tall weeds, I can't use this mower to cut through them. So, if your blue grass is comparable thickness to fescue, which I imagine it is, and you cut it at a reasonable length, you should be fine.
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Would probably be good. It doesn't have a real good height adjustment for real close cutting, but it works great for thicker grass and around bushes, etc.
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Have not tried it on blackberry or poison oak. Instructions says it will work on those, just increase the strength of product.
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It should work just fine. I used mine to grate beeswax and it did the job, it was tough, but it worked. So for veggies, shouldn't be a problem.
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I don't believe it would work. The way it is designed it would take a lot of cutting.