How far away can a stone be flicked from grass trimmer

[GeorgeMokka]

My car is parked around 3-4 feet away from where I want to trim grass using a grass trimmer (strimmer), I’m just wondering if a stone could be flicked from this far away on to my car? Thanks

[Moley RUFC]

Sounds like a programme Partridge would present.

[Fastdruid]

Yes.

I've got a stonechip in our patio doors from a stone thrown up while mowing the lawn...the doors are 3.5m away from the edge of the lawn.

[anonymous-user]

Yes, it could easily.

[Big Al.]

To answer your question, yes quite easily.

Waits for next futile question thread.

[Kawasicki]

Small stones, no problem, they will easily travel 3-4feet with enough velocity to mark paint. It obviously depends on how stony the area is though, in normal grass/weeds it would be a very rare occurrence.

[Bear-n]

Buy a stihl. Anything they flick doesn't move. Hence the name.

[kambites]

Fastdruid said:

Yes.

I've got a stonechip in our patio doors from a stone thrown up while mowing the lawn...the doors are 3.5m away from the edge of the lawn.

There's a bit of a difference between a lawn mower and a strimmer though!

Still I'd say there's a small but not negligable risk that a strimmer could flick a small stone a few feet.

[anonymous-user]

More than a few feet! When I was doing gardening work I took out a huge window on the customers house from a few metres away, and I know someone who did the windscreen on a nearly new Aston with a strimmer

[LordHaveMurci]

Bear-n said:

Buy a stihl. Anything they flick doesn't move. Hence the name.

[AlexRS2782]

Courtesy of a poster on the last thread the OP started - i think it's worth repeating the request here too

monzaxjr said:

You are an utter, utter, nipple. Please go away.

[Mexman]

WTF?
Are you allowed out on your own George?

[mikeyr]

First few stones will probably not come close enough to damage paint but, watch out, after a while they could grow a little boulder.

[Mexman]

Can we move on and have the next Stooopid question please?

[Pothole]

GeorgeMokka said:

My car is parked around 3-4 feet away from where I want to trim grass using a grass trimmer (strimmer), I’m just wondering if a stone could be flicked from this far away on to my car? Thanks

surely easier to move the car than post this drivel?

[Mexman]

Read all of his previous posts, this one is one of the more sensible ones, believe it or not.

[ozzuk]

If the conditions are right, anything could happen. I once saw an apple turnover, a horse fly and a sausage roll.

[Haltamer]

For the sake of the concern, I'd expect it's easier to just move the car down the road for a few minutes whilst you deal with it.

[KrazyIvan]

mikeyr said:

First few stones will probably not come close enough to damage paint but, watch out, after a while they could grow a little boulder.

...assuming one is still allowed to laugh at puns

[CanAm]

GeorgeMokka said:

My car is parked around 3-4 feet away from where I want to trim grass using a grass trimmer (strimmer), I’m just wondering if a stone could be flicked from this far away on to my car? Thanks

You’re in luck. Your car is what we in the trade call “mobile”. Have a word with someone who can, as we call it, ‘drive’ and they will probably be able to move it temporarily for you to a place of relative safety. Then when you have finished trimming they will be able to ‘drive’ it back again to almost exactly the same place.
HTH