#1 EASIEST Way To Edge A Sidewalk (How The Pros Do It)

What’s your guys technique for edging? Do you do it the way Conor does or some other way?

From Australia and just started using a whipper snipper at work, this helped a lot thank you!

90 being the hottest day oif the year but im here in floridawhere its 100+ daily

Ok, I see how the pros do it. I came here to find out how I can do it.

Great video. Just got the Ego Line IQ trimmer. Great for auto loading but I’m still trying to master edging a driveway, just doesn’t feel right. Again nice job

Stick edger, the actual way professionals do it😂😂😂

Watching these guys tap their speed feed heads on the concrete is giving me anxiety. The plastic wears and then the spring pops through. I’ve had the same head on for 5 years. Just a small bump in the grass. Why waste time/money buying new caps when the solution is so easy?

Does anyone one else prefer trimming and edging walking backwards? Or am I the only one?

If the guy that does my edging ever showed up with just a string trimmer he would be fired immediately

I was new to lawn mowing and purchased a mower, trimmer, edger etc. together. It took me a few rounds to get used to the trimmer. I feel it is more convenient to get trimming and edging done in quickly instead of taking out a new tool, swapping batteries, etc. It takes some attempts to know your trimmer especially the balancing part.

Stihl triggers make it hader

I like this kid! Not got my power tools yet but saving and Stihl is the plan. In Scotland the edges aren't as neat or maintained as this so am gonna have me work cut out to get remedial works done first. People have fences or hedges and the grass verges on pavements go right too (and over) the edge so hmmm

Kid knows what he’s talkin about! Keep up the great work man💪🏽!!!

I think edging from inside you don"t have enough visibility than from outside, you have plenty control of the edger.

What would u suggest the best trimmer to get on the budget and why ?

I find it easier to get a straighter line walking in the grass backwards then on the concrete, you are right though you do need to learn how to do it both ways. My families weed eater is a curve shaft, it works great but I am to tall for it and would love to buy a straight shaft, anyways I hold it it straight up and backwards and control the throttle with my pinky and do half throttle.

My old lady trimmed her bush last week. it looks like a turkey neck now. Not a fan.

At age 66 it's kinda hard holding a string trimmer at a certain distance from the grass at times I find myself either holding it too low or to high. So I still use a Troy Bilt walk behind gas edger. I have to admit using a string trimmer looks a whole lot better!

Always in grass if you do it from walk stuff still hangs over

What about the positioning? Should the string be going straight down just over the dirt area or just over the sidewalk? How far down should you let the string go, let it hit the dirt (or sidewalk) or just hover it above? And how should the string rotation direction be? Should the lower side only rotate away from you (in case debris is projected so it goes away from you?

That kills yer weed eater ,it wears out the clutch .you'll gett about half the life out of the machine. Only do that for somthing small far away in the back that's not worth carrying an edger back tbeir. Not to mention sting is getting somewhat expensive and stuff always hits you in the face it's terrible. Buy an edger

just a heads up, you do not have to buy a stick edger , at least not when using Sthil all of the Sthil heads are interchangeable so all you have to do it by the head and put it on your stick trimmer

Love it! But why does my trimmer (2023 Husqvarna 130L) always stall when I flip the head perpendicular to the edge/lawn. Signed Frustrated. 😤

That young man lays down a great edge!

15yrs i tend to walk forwards more since i can walk faster and have better vision on the curb i feel like the angle is better, i dont like the angle of it looking down if any1 knows what im talking about

So when youre edging does the line on the trimmer need to be atleast a foot long to get that result

No guard, no eye protection......idiot!

Thank you for your sharing. Your skill is perfect. Thank you very much. Good luck.

Walking backwards and on the concrete is much easier for beginners

I go through way too much string when I use the weed wacker...solid blade for me.

which winder do you use? Great video, keep up the good work :)

This kid has skill. However it is truly dangerous and will
Never have the clean and beautiful line and results of an edger. But this kid is great.

This is how I've always done it glasses a must, face shield a plus too. Im not a pro just a regular dude that has been mowing for 40 years or so.

tough legs on that man

I think the best thing is to learn how to edge all kinds of ways so that no matter what direction your going you can adjust your technique

Man I love your channel! This is my first year running my own landscape business & I learn so much from you, thanks man! It helps so much to learn proper ways or better ways of doing certain things!

Damn ... that's crazy , edge it 20 feet in 10 seconds

He got some skills! 👍

Hey guys with my Stihl trimmer I turned the head then you can hold upright. Might take some getting used to.

Edge it pro is better.

I've tried a handful of times to flip edge. My hands just aren't steady enough to keep from butchering the nearby grass or smacking sprinkler heads.

Is there any problem with turning the trimmer with gas tank over like that? It seems like gas would leak out or it would not get gas from the tank turned upside down. Thanks.

What happens when you hit a rock. Aren’t edgers safer.

I’m a home owner but I prefer standing in the grass. I feel I can see my line better and have more control when in the grass at least with my Husqvarna expandable. I also walk backwards or forward depending on the situation.

Hit myself in the face with a rock last year while trimming, I was wearing safety glasses but it still hurt. Now I wear goggles with a face shield attached when I trim.

When you remove the guard from your trimmer, how do you control
the string length?

I like the "Young Goats attitude"

I finally broke down and got an edger attachment. Mainly because I don't do this enough to build up the technique to do it correctly or acceptably good looking. The other annoyance was that I would need to break out a socket driver to remove the guard on my trimmer and risk losing the bolt. Now, I just use the edger for when it's really over grown or I need to re-establish the nice little trench. For touchups, I just flip the trimmer (with guard on) to get a quick clean line. With the trench established from the edger, the line from the trimmer seems to settle in better and stay straight.

Please wear PPE, no need to lose an eye at 16.

Breaking off why can't I cannot do that