What we started out as a New Hampshire hill farm carved out of the rocky soil and heavy forest with goats and donkeys and chickens, has mellowed out into more basic hobby farming and maintenance off the beaten path.
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I replaced those plugs with grease fittings on all of my Ryobi 40 volt attachments. Now I have to see if I can grease the bearings in the motor as it is getting noisier.
Glad I found this. My brush cutter is less than a year old and when I used it last weekend the gearbox was too hot to touch. Opened it up, dry as a desert. Not impressed 😡
I have not; it's such a big driveway I don't think it would be worth the effort. I do have one of the Ryobi power broom with the flaps that I've used on the walkway with mixed results.
@@coldcomfortnorth6663Thanks. I have a 40V Expand-It snow shovel and was considering getting the broom/brush because I have a part of my driveway that is gravel but I don't want to spend the money if it doesn't work well...or at all because I have no other use for it.
@@Pro1er I"m sure it would remove the snow, but probably more gravel too than you'd like. And flinging the stones possible at something which could be damaged. Even my regular snow blower can pick up some gravel with heavier snow and fling it too close to the house.
@@coldcomfortnorth6663Thanks for the reply. I've been considering a DIY brush for the past few decade now but have never gotten around to it. Now that Ryobi (and others) have a brush attachment I had thought about trying it.. I'm not too worried about the stones flying because there would be nothing in their path to damage, besides, they would probably be frozen to the ground for the most part. It's superposed to be near 60 degrees today so all of the snow will be gone by the end of the day. I guess I'll have to put off thinking about it until next Winter.
Ive been looking at both these newer expand it attachments, the bristle brush as well as the paddle brush style too.. But my question for you is this: i live in the desert were its nothing but dirt, rocks, sticks, and bushes.. and the single most irritating part of doing any landscaping work here is cleaning up everyone's dirt yards. Basically hula hoe up all the lil weeds n bushes, and then have to rake all that and all the rocks out from the dirt for a nice clean looking sand lawn lol... But the issue is that while im raking sticks and rocks thru the dirt, im always always raking and moving around so much excess dirt where once im done i just have a sand pile i have to almost sift the rocks n etc out, then go back and re distribute all that sand back evenly. And that can get very tiring as sand weighs alot and having to push it around all day is miserable. Now my question for you is, which of these 2 styles do you think would work better for kicking up n out the ricks and sticks n weeds from the dirt while trying to avoid having to move mounds of dirt in the process?? Now im obviously leaning towards the bristle brush, hoping it can fling the rocks n sticks up n out of the dirt and not throw soo much dirt w it, but im concerned that itll end up doing the opposite and just fling all the dirt all over and leave the rocks... I feel like the paddle brush will def throw sand everywhere, but i feel like it may be better at tossing the rocks up too.. and at least if it tosses everything up, the rocks will be un buried and on the top and the dirt will just blow about. Vs trying to rack rocks thru dirt it tends to gather them all together and they kind of burrow down and the sand buries it over making it harder to rake out lol.. Sorry for the damn novel, but ive asked several people about this and barely anyone has experience w desert landscaping to understand what im saying, so i try to explain as much of the situation as possible to hopefully get some decent advice lol. If you have any recommendations or tips ill greatly appreciate any feedback i can get
Great questions and scenario! Naturally, your conditions are very different than mine, but I may have some insight. The bristle will move loose soil along with the stones and sticks, but I've found adjusting my angle (lower the handle/rear end) lessons the approach and keeps it from wanting to dig as aggressively. So things on the surface can get thrown with less dirt grabbed. Unfortunately, that is not friendly on your back. There is an adjustment for three or four points that might get you a good angle without having to bend your back much. If you can find a floor model put together, take a look at that and see if it's an option to add to your equation. My donkey area tends to be drier at the surface, with more compact stuff underneath and wetter underneath. The paddles are much less aggressive with the bigger stones and will buck like crazy, but smaller stones and sticks will get thrown with everything else. If your sand is very light the wind may help blow it otherwise you might end up with a pile of everything together. If your dirt is pretty compact, I'd lean toward the bristle and play with your approach angle. But if possible, see if you can rent one first to be sure it works for you. Let me know what you decide and how it works for you!
Yeah those are essentially the same scenarios I had imagined would be the more likely case for each attachment lol..... and I get what you mean about trying to come in at it more parallel than perpendicular/upright. Hell you could get one of those 2 wheeled rolling mount attachments they make for weed whackers n cultivators n all that for when you've got a giant work area, you can have it hold your trimmer up lets u just angle it hpw u want nd push it n roll along so u don't have to hold it all up non stop... That may be able to like keep it a bit more steadily right above ground maybe idk.. And yeah in my area of so cal, the dirt is legit a lil bit of every texture n consistency haa, just depends on which spot ur in lol But basically it's more of a heavier dirt really chunky not loose smooth beach sandy. And the top soil is loose but full of lil rocks, but as u work your way down deeper it get progressively harder more compact and filled w more hella densely packed rocks. So as much as I'd like to believe the brush attachment would work well for me, I know that it will be a hassle any which way I can go about it. And if I could rent or even try and borrow someone else's or sumn to be able to give em a test run that'd be sweet but idk where I could go to rent those around here... like we have a home depot, but the one in my town has always had a shitty rental tool selection and its usually just demo/jack hammers augers compactors n such... but I will go and def look n see haaa And thanks for the reply I appreciate it alot. Gave me a lot of helpful info
Hey, I live in the SoCal desert too (High Desert). I got these low lying weeds that hardly have roots. I don't know what you call them, they're more like ground cover than roots. I usually wait until July when the desert sun has dried them all up and then I got out with a heavy duty rake and rake them up. It sucks. I searched for "electric weed puller" which admittedly is not a perfect search for my situation. But I ended up here. Did this expander sweeper tool work for you? If not, what is your solution and how can I learn from you? Thanks.
@@interested891shit I still haven't gotten a chance to try either this or the rubber brush still, and I'm still stuck Doing it all w my hula or I have a mini drag I use n pull it across my yard to rip out all that lil green stuff that pops up.. Basically it's just like a 2 foot by 2 foot piece of chain link fence that I tied a few pieces of 4x4 wood on top n made a rope handle and then I'll just pull that along the dirt.. it works to rip up most of the lil stuff thas jist sitting on top..... it does get a bunch of dirt piled up on front of it so occasionally u ha e to stop n rake that out of the way.. but yeah I'm convinced that there's no miracle tool or way to clean out a desert yard....
@@dabmanian_devil Haha, I know your pain. I might try your chain link drag idea. I wish there was a way to try/rent one of those things in the video above before buying. I really hate making a $150 or $200 purchase or whatever it is and finding out it's just going to take up space in my garage. But if the actually did work for our purpose, and I could know in advance, I'd probably pay $300. Thanks for your reply.
I know this video has been up for a while, but my Ryobi (same model) was literally smoking today. I’ll be greasing it up before I use it again next time!
I'd think it depends on the size and weight of the seedheads, and how long the grass is. You can put more down pressure to scour the ground but risk more grass damage and it really kicks back with resistance.
But it works really good for the tough backwoods grass I have up here; I'm always happy to find a tool that works great in the application I need it for.
I replaced the plugs on my attachments for my Ryobi 40 volt weed eater with grease fittings today. The weed eater head was starting to get noisier. The new grease quieted it right down.
