The weed eater does not tie into the article the way the apostrophe does, but I can see a connection with Detroit.
I have spent most of the last two decades in Ontario, and the last thirteen years about one climate zone colder than most of the people in Ontario. Having lived a summer in Nashville and a year in Southern Kentucky, I would say that you would need a weed eater entirely out of my league. Good luck on getting better advice. (Any tips on good winter boots? :)
We don't get that much snow where I live... most years.
Maybe some others can come to our rescue.