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Propane Powered String Trimmer (weedeater) Review
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Hi Everyone. This is Keith with StartALawnCareBusiness.com. We are in the beautiful Tennessee Valley at Falling Water Falls. We are surrounded by nature and today we are reviewing an eco-friendly product. It’s the Lehr 4 cycle, propane powered, string trimmer.
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Environmentally Friendly
Propane power offers lawn care companies greater flexibility. During code red air pollution days in some areas lawn care companies are(voluntarily in some areas) disallowed from using 2 cycle gasoline powered string trimmers. However, they are allowed to use propane power since the pollutants released from the trimmers are less than using 2 cycle gas-oil mixtures.
Propane Canisters
The Lehr model uses 16.4 oz. propane canisters. You can purchase these at most any department store or retail store. They are most commonly found in the camping section. They cost about $3.00 per bottle and Lehr says you can operate the string trimmer for about 2 hours from a full bottle of propane.
No choke. No primer bulb. No mixing of gas and oil.
Refilling the unit is simple. Take a new bottle of propane. Slip it into the housing twist on the coupling. Slide the bottle so the end is flush with the housing then secure the latch. That’s all there is to it. There is no mixture of oil and gasoline. You do not have to worry about a choke and you do not have to worry with a primer bulb to prime the fuel system.
Once the system is charged with propane one or two pulls of the starter rope starts it right up. The Lehr propane string trimmer starts very quickly and easily. The string trimmer seems to idle quieter than other trimmers. Don’t let the low decibels fool you. The trimmer torques very quickly when you press the throttle.
Lawn Care Safety Equipment
Before using any lawn equipment take proper safety precautions. Ear and eye protection are necessary.
If you need to make an environmental statement with your lawn care company, I highly recommend the Lehr propane powered string trimmer. It is high quality. It is responsive. Your customers will love you for it.
Weedeater is a brand name of the Poulan Company but lawn care enthusiasts often refer to string trimmers as weedeaters.
For more information and proper assembly instructions, visit the manufacturer’s website at: www.GoLehr.com
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#1 by RAYMOND DUTY on November 18, 2009 - 1:33 pm
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DEAR SIRS,
I AM AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE MINGO CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER, I TEACH AN OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CLASS AND WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE INFORMATION ON THE TRIMMERS THAT RUN ON PROPANE, WOULD POSSIBLY LIKE TO ADD TO OUR LESSONS ON ALTERNATIVE FUELS. ANY INFORMATION OR EQUIPMENT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU
RAYMOND DUTY.
INSTRUCTOR
#2 by butch smith on February 26, 2010 - 4:23 pm
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i am very interrested in starting a green friendly lawn service in texas .i have a few quistions about emissions can you give me a few stats on how much better propane is compared to gas allso what does a person do with empty bottles?
#3 by Lawn Care Business on February 26, 2010 - 5:10 pm
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Butch, before you get started with your green friendly lawn care business, I hope you will give our LCB Guidebooks and Software package a try. Learn more at our main website: http://www.StartALawnCareBusiness.com
To answer your second question first: Propane bottles are made of steel. As such, many salvage yards will accept the bottle for recycling.
Additionally, for some uses, the bottle are refillablable. You can purchase a refill adapter through Amazon.com Before you refill a bottle for your lawn care company, please check your local laws to determine if refilling is allowable for your intended use. There may be some laws restricting transportation of a refilled bottle for commercial purposes. (I’m not an expert on this so please check your laws.)
For your first question about statistics, I will refer you to the Lehr website. They have a lot of information over there. Here’s an article:
http://www.golehr.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?record=9
#4 by Propane Lawn Equipment on March 5, 2010 - 6:45 pm
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#5 by Matthew on May 23, 2010 - 8:41 pm
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going green is good but the emty propane tanks go to land fills places do not take them as junk to recycle do to the risks of explosion when crushing them so now you have a metal bottle with gases laying in landfills rusting up putting gas into the air we breath. What about Carbon Monoxide poison as well from the weedeater fumes you will breath in while running it. Propane operated things can cause this to happen.