Sling blade
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Topic: Sling blade
Posted By: ACinSC
Subject: Sling blade
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 3:13pm
| Had mine in the bed of the truck today. 17 year old grandson asked what it was. Told him it was a manual weed eater. Used it on some briars today. Worked well. |
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Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 3:20pm
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Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 4:39pm
| Still have a Weed Wacker blade hanging in the Shed, also have TWO Sickles/Scythes, one was Great Aunt's she used for Fence row mowing to keep the Hot Wire clear. |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 6:40pm
Had a similar experience around 12 or 13. Pawpaw had one in his truck and I asked. He said "wanna see how it works?" I said "sure". I think he thoroughly enjoyed saying "I don't think you got it yet. Probably need to keep going"  ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
ACinSC wrote:Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2025 at 2:44am
Sneaky Old farts weren't they!!! Mine did same 'Lessons teachings'.
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Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2025 at 6:10am
| My grandson was using his Dad's Stihl gas powered weed/brush eater. Guess he'd never since the caveman type? |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 06 Sep 2025 at 9:48am
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Got plenty of practice with those as well as ditch bank blade and bush axe when I was growing up. Still got some at the farm. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: JoeM(GA)
Date Posted: 06 Sep 2025 at 10:56am
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My Grand daddy was a walking Boss on a chain gang in South Georgia (think "Cool Hand Luke) I can remember sometimes going out to take him food when we were small and seeing all the convicts passing a file around as they touched up the blade after eating. I still have his double barrel shotgun he walked with. I always hated using one, but they worked great sharp and with the right rhythm and swing. Still think the weedeater is one of the greatest inventions around! I still remember a bad report from school guaranteed a weekend with one on the ditch in front of the house, or around the lake! ------------- Allis Express North Georgia 41 WC,48 UC Cane,7-G's, Ford 345C TLB |
Posted By: Dennis J OPKs
Date Posted: 06 Sep 2025 at 11:20am
| Some of the weeds we had only got cut once a summer and sunflowers/etc. were tall-like 8ft.+. Dad put a corn knife blade in the end of an axe handle and you swung it kind of like an axe and that sucker would hack off some pretty big stuff. Not great for a large area but worked well around buildings. |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2025 at 2:45am
| Interesting story Joe. I also have a couple ditch bank blades. Haven't used them lately. |