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Gas-powered leaf blowers are being banned across US (www.usatoday.com)

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Don't forget electric weedeater and mowers are not designed for constant use. My buddy and I back in the day had a mowing business in Dallas, Texas. We had gas mower but electric weedeater. We had to replace it twice because it burn up after using it constant for 3 days. Don't know why we didn't buy gas one. I remember we used electric to begin with because all we had. But later? Guess they were cheaper back then.

[–] adude007@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Probably burned up the brushes in the electric motors. Those are usually replaceable. Many tools are now available in brushless.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This was in 1999 and it was a cheap weedeater.

[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Man you would be surprised how much the technology has improved since 1999

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

Just because you bought a cheap electric weed eater doesn’t mean it was the electric that was the problem.