re: Weed eaters can KMA

Gas powered weed eaters have always been my nemesis. I have the reverse Midas touch. About 2 years ago, I bought a Ryobi battery powered unit with interchangeable attachments. I use it for driveway and sidewalk edging and light weed eating around bed edging, etc..

I have a walk behind Cub Cadet mower/trimmer for getting the first 5-10 feet into the woods line where the little saplings, briars, and vines like to grow. It is gas powered and has never failed to start on first pull after 4 years. But it doesn’t have a choke feature so I can’t screw it up.

My riding mower is a gas powered Husq and has never given me issues either after 4 years.

But I gave up on gas weed eaters after I determined that they hated
me. My yard work is much more therapeutic as a result.

Seafoam baw.

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Buy a nice Stihl weed eater and use the ethanol free gas in a can.

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This, I learned years ago just use the True Fuel on thing you don’t use all the time. I have a chainsaw that I use every six months. Prime it, choke it, two pulls and it cranks. Same for weed eater and blower. Using true fuel was life changing.

I always put stabilizer at the end of the year in any gas cans. Not necessarily a bad idea to crank up the weedeater either. Athletes work out during the off-season to stay in shape. No reason my machine shouldn't get a few squat thrusts in.

thats my go to

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Go battery powered and your stress level will thank you

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Yep. My yard is pretty small. So I made the jump this year and got a Ryobi 40V lawn mower, weed eater and blower. I love those things. The only issue I have now is I have a 6Ah and a 4Ah battery to share between the 3. I need to get 1 more battery so I can have a battery for each piece.

Ego--available at Lowe's

I used to mow full time in my late teens and early 20's and loved the Echo 225's with the Speed Feed heads. They're a little light duty for heavy, dense stuff but work great for general lawn work.

I'd take the guards off to make it easier to get behind and around stuff.

The Speed Feed heads are one of the best innovations in the lawn maintenance industry.

Also, run your equipment dry of fuel before storing for the winter.

I can't even recall the brand, but I had one for a long time until we moved into a rental, and I unloaded all the crap I didn't need. When we bought a house, I got a Husqvarna. I used it yesterday.

Long story short, in 20+ years of owning weed eaters, I have owned 2. Get ethanol free gas. Etc etc.

Now chainsaws? I have owned about 6 chainsaws, including Stihl. I have had my current one now for at least 7 years, but I went thru some crap for a while and they weren't worth fixing at some point.