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frustratedearthmother said:
Yikes! I've done it once - and same place - right across the forehead. Feels like getting hit in the head with a hammer. But, I've got to say that I wasn't depressed afterwards. Electric shock therapy apparently works, lol. :lol:
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You might have something there. I was getting ready to quit for the day but after the shock I went ahead and did almost another hours cutting. :)
 
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Damn Mike... and FEM... Seems like it's a case of familiarity... You know it's there and yet you still get nailed. Like the table you always stub your toes on at night when trying to navigate in the dark. But now, maybe you have something to fall back on when you're behind the eight ball and really need to get something accomplished in a short period of time... Just go down and walk head first into the hot wire! Genius! :hide:gig Hope it didn't leave a mark... ;)
 
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Mike CHS said:
I was on a roll getting it done and soaking wet with sweat and managed to again hit the ground wire and hot wire with my forehead. It's amazing how fast that wire can set you on your butt.
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:lol: Sorry -- it's shocking, to say the least! Been there several times myself. Wakes you right up, after the body shakes stop.
 
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Mike CHS said:
Most of my weed eating is on steep slopes outside the fence so it's by hand or Roundup and so far I haven't completely given in to Roundup. :)

I do use it in the sprayer on the driveway but that's almost 2000' long and I'm not doing that by hand.
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Something like that, I use the glyphosate/diquat/Imazpar mix. Several different brands sell it cheaper than the Roundup-365max. It kills off existing vegetation and has pre-emergent herbicides to keep new vegetation from coming up for "up to 12 months".

(my experience is it doesn't always work for a full year but it does lots better than regular glyco/roundup.)

Beats the heck out of weedeating. Just don't use it anywhere you may be planning on planting something in the coming months...
 
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Mike CHS said:
I forgot to mention that I again was not aware of what was around me when I was trimming grass along a fence that has hot wire above the gate. Yep - I was on a roll getting it done and soaking wet with sweat and managed to again hit the ground wire and hot wire with my forehead. It's amazing how fast that wire can set you on your butt.
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Geez Mike, I bet that hurt for quite a time.
 
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The problem is your fence energizer is simply too small. Not enough rated output.


Let me see if I can draw it out for you.

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