So what did y'all think I meant?
I listened to some of y'all and bought the 40v Ryobi weed eater with the carbon fiber shaft. It gets the job done with less fatigue and WAY BETTER throttle control around chain link to keep from wasting so much line on it. My gas Ryobi still runs fine after 3 years of HARD use and will continue to use it with the brush cutter because I get pretty ignorant with that thing but hopefully the 40v will run the pole saw attachment. When the gas unit blows up/forces me to throw it across the field out of anger I'll be hard pressed to go back to gas.