# Looking for the SD on a brush cutter **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 17, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-sd-on-a-brush-cutter/348774 "2006-03-17T16:56:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-sd-on-a-brush-cutter/348774/1 "2006-03-17T16:56:08Z")
30 years ago I bought a nice brush cutter from Sears. The blade was a nice 10 inch blade that could cut through a 3 inch sapling like butter. The shaft that runs between the motor and the blade was what they call a “straight shaft”. Worked great, worked hard for 30 years. Died last spring. ☹☹ Apparently someone, somewhere, must have cut the legs off a small child or a puppy because you can’t buy that style any longer. All I can find in any supply store are little bitty weed whackers where you can replace the string attachment with a 5 or 6 inch blade. Won’t cut anything over half an inch thick. :mad: Does anyone have a favorite brush cutter that they could recommend? Let’s keep it under $500. please. Thanks!