I've heard of guys using a small section of chain on their trimmer head to get through really tough weeds. It's a lot safer and cheaper than blades - these will not cut through your tendons, muscle and bones or through your boots if you have an accident.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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