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re: Weed eaters can KMA
Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:13 pm to lukesbro
Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:13 pm to lukesbro
Twenty years ago, well before battery tech had improved enough to make it an option, gas powered weed eaters were the main reason I went to a yard crew before my budget could comfortably afford it.
The inexplicable and unreasonable amount of anger they would generate in me was must see Saturday morning watching for my kids. They would invite friends over and shite in hopes it would be the quarterly occurrence of me helicoptering a Ryobi into the side of an oak tree.
The inexplicable and unreasonable amount of anger they would generate in me was must see Saturday morning watching for my kids. They would invite friends over and shite in hopes it would be the quarterly occurrence of me helicoptering a Ryobi into the side of an oak tree.
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Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:18 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Use to have string issues, now I keep the string in the garage beer frig. Less breaks keeping it from heat damage.
Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:18 pm to lukesbro
I use an Echo. My arms vibrate for a couple of hours after use but it runs good.
Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:19 pm to lukesbro
You know you have to take them in (preferably every winter) and get them serviced? I take my toro mower, Echo weed eater and blower to Tubbs every January. I never have issues starting them. Only use ethanol free gas. Also, take the filter out every couple of uses and knock the dirt out. Sounds like you and your dad didn’t practice preventative maintenance.
My dad has an electric weed eater with two heavy arse batteries. It’s heavier and kind of loud also. And it’s hard to vary the speed on it. I’m not a fan.
My dad has an electric weed eater with two heavy arse batteries. It’s heavier and kind of loud also. And it’s hard to vary the speed on it. I’m not a fan.
This post was edited on 6/12/22 at 9:20 pm
Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:20 pm to lukesbro
Got a Ryobi electric recently. It seems to have more torque than my gas powered. Might want to try electric. Don’t regret my choice.
Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:21 pm to The Cool No 9
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Im more frustrated that I ran my echo so much over four years that the spool head basically disintegrated and I can no longer rig it to spin string
$40 at home depot
Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:25 pm to CottonWasKing
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Go battery powered and your stress level will thank you
You must have a small baby yard.
Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:43 pm to lukesbro
Get a shindaiwa t262 and you’ll be living the good life again.
Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:47 pm to lukesbro
Cut my own grass. It is therapeutic. Until weed eater busts my azz for something or other. Have experienced great satisfaction in past from tossing that mofo in the garbage and seeing it stick out of top of can.
Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:48 pm to lukesbro
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every 3 mins the string gets caught
Go look on youtube on ways to load the string... I am not joking.. Had the same problem and found one that is easy and no tangles...
Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:50 pm to lukesbro
Carburetors are less than $30 on Amazon. I buy a second one and can swap them in less than 10 minutes. Super easy to clean.
The carb is almost always the issue.
The carb is almost always the issue.
Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:51 pm to lukesbro
After 2 years, if you don’t take it apart and clean it and start using some carb spray, they are such a pain in the arse
Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:52 pm to White Bear
Ryobi works great
Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:53 pm to lukesbro
Spend the money and buy a Stihl.
Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:56 pm to Warfox
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1). Use ethanol free gas.
This! If you have trouble restringing a weed eater you may be retarded.
Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:59 pm to lukesbro
Dude...one of the best things i ever did was replace my last old style weed whacker w a walk behind trimmer mower, like this one. Of course, now i see you can hardly get one w/o spending $500. Thanks you know who...
Posted on 6/12/22 at 10:03 pm to Rize
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Buy a nice Stihl weed eater and use the ethanol free gas in a can.
I go above and beyond that even....I have the stihl (kombi system for multiple attachments), and I use the premixed fuel 50:1 ratio I think it is for most stihls. Had it for 4 years to tend to 6 acres, and it's always started...same with a Hitachi leaf blower I have. I use the weed eater for a little trimming here and there, but have mostly gotten away from that shite. Use the pole saw regularly and do a big clearing/cutting once a year.
Posted on 6/12/22 at 10:20 pm to lukesbro
Get a Stihl straight shaft trimmer, properly mix non ethanol fuel, fill fuel tank, hit primer bulb 3-5 times, turn choke on, pull cord 1-2 times, allow to get warm once started, run the piss out of Stihl weed eater. When you are done turn it off and repeat the process again in a week or two. I also recommend taking some needle nose pliers and removing the spark arrestor/mesh screen from the muffler. If you need to restring it pull about 10 arm lengths of .105 trimmer string out of a roll, cut in two, and wrap around the spool the opposite direction you inserted it. Don’t baby a Stihl either, the harder you run it the better it will run.
Posted on 6/12/22 at 10:34 pm to cable
quote:That would be a lot to replace at once, so if it works for you stick with it. But I will say that Ego has a multi-head system with attachments for string trimmer, edger, hedge trimmer, pole saw, tiller, bristle brush, rubber broom, plus an extension.
I can't bring myself to buy a battery trimmer. My Echo has just about every attachment you can buy. Edger, trimmer, tiller, pruner, blower. It takes the place of 5 different pieces of equipment and it all takes up one shelf in my garage along with my chain saw. If I bought all those things individually my entire garage would be full of the stuff. Plus I have almost every single one of my 12 outlets already occupied with other stuff. My garage is basically another room in my house - there are phone and computer chargers, a freezer, a beer fridge, my chargers for my cordless drill and circular saw, a tv, a sound bar, a light, a radio, a camera, a Dyson vacuum. I just don't have space for one and the Echo has been great.
Posted on 6/12/22 at 10:35 pm to LSUZombie
quote:Don't know what brand you got but probably not Ego.quote:Have one and I regret it. Not nearly as powerful as I want it to be.
Go battery powered and your stress level will thank you
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