In the UK and Ireland, reach mowers are the ‘go to’ tools for verge maintenance. Though they're great at vegetation control, the main drawback is that, for some jobs, they leave behind too much debris. What is fine for a rural byway is far less welcome in municipal settings. This can see many urban verges trimmed with ride-on mowers of various descriptions, some with a collector that, in turn, needs frequent emptying.
There are, of course,
