Need a weedeater trimmer

[jymbee]

Not sure just how handy the OP is but if you can change the oil on a push mower, maintaining a gas trimmer is even less difficult.

You make some good points. It's just that given the amount of grass I trim around here, I'd consider any sub $100 trimmer as "disposable". Doubt it would last a single season.

I recently bought a Stihl FS 130 R (4 stroke) to handle some of the tougher spots my trusty Husky 325L couldn't handle as well. It's simply amazing how well the Husky runs as I work the crap out of it year after year. This spring I finally wore out a mechanism in the head which my dealer replaced and it's back on the job.

The Stihl is another ball game altogether. I have to be careful trimming around large sugar maples for fear I'd chop on of those off at ground level! :laughing:

 

[gerford]

Get a Honda 4 stroke weed trimmer. At the store I bought it they recommended a different head that's easy load, just cut off 10' of line thread it through to the halfway point and wind it up. Fill it with Gator Line and your wife can use it for hours and hours without a problem. I had a Stihl and it was constantly needing attention almost always line problems. The 4 stroke starts and anybody who has used it is amazed. You will need heavy pants and goggles because it cuts stuff! I bought a straight shaft model so you can put a cutting head on it for small bushes. It was more expensive, and worth it.

 

[tractorski]

Get an Echo SRM 225, they are around $200. It is the smallest of their commercial trimmers. They are almost bullet proof. More than likely it would be the last trimmer you would need to buy.

 

[foreman Etexas]

I got a Troy-Bilt (TB32 EC) it was $129.95 has interchangable attachments its worked everytime I needed it to and my parents use it all the time also(chainsaw attach:thumbsup.

 

[whistlepig]

Need a new weedeater!
I am looking to get a new weedeater.
I need a light weight gas trimmer.
It does not need to be the biggest or most expensive.

What do you suggest?
sherpa

Need a little bit more information than this. This description would indicate the lightest and cheapest weedeater that is made. Is that truly what you are looking for?

 

[JDgreen227]

You make some good points. It's just that given the amount of grass I trim around here, I'd consider any sub $100 trimmer as "disposable". Doubt it would last a single season.

I recently bought a Stihl FS 130 R (4 stroke) to handle some of the tougher spots my trusty Husky 325L couldn't handle as well. It's simply amazing how well the Husky runs as I work the crap out of it year after year. This spring I finally wore out a mechanism in the head which my dealer replaced and it's back on the job.

The Stihl is another ball game altogether. I have to be careful trimming around large sugar maples for fear I'd chop on of those off at ground level! :laughing:

About my $75 trimmers....I have a 5 acre yard with many dozens of trees and numerous outbuildings and I do not baby my trimmers, I run them almost full throttle much of the time and the oldest one is going on 5 years now and still works great. The 6 year old one lasted 4 years of hard use before that d*** flywheel tab broke and ruined it beyond cost effective repair. I do a great deal of scalping on our long driveway edges and sometimes tackle 18 inch high grass and weeds in the back field....and I am truthfully amazed at how well my trimmers hold up to hard use.

 

[Bird]

I had a Stihl and it was constantly needing attention almost always line problems.

I guess you could get a bad one in any brand. I put a new spark plug in my Stihl FS 55 RC after the first year, but when I saw the old one, I knew I had wasted time and money. So I haven't done that again in the last 6 years. It was 7 years old in March, and I did replace the air filter for the first time this spring, and I do add a little grease to gears once or twice a year. Of course, I paid $239.99 plus tax for it, but after 7 years without a failure, I've gotten my money's worth from it if it dies tomorrow. In fact, I worked it hard for about 2 hours today.

Needless to say, if something happens to this one, I'll be going right down to my Stihl/Toro dealer to buy another one.

 

[jymbee]

Amazing how long these small engines can last considering so much heavy use...

About my $75 trimmers....I have a 5 acre yard with many dozens of trees and numerous outbuildings and I do not baby my trimmers, I run them almost full throttle much of the time and the oldest one is going on 5 years now and still works great. The 6 year old one lasted 4 years of hard use before that d*** flywheel tab broke and ruined it beyond cost effective repair. I do a great deal of scalping on our long driveway edges and sometimes tackle 18 inch high grass and weeds in the back field....and I am truthfully amazed at how well my trimmers hold up to hard use.

 

[The kid]

Get an Echo SRM 225, they are around $200. It is the smallest of their commercial trimmers. They are almost bullet proof. More than likely it would be the last trimmer you would need to buy.

You are correct. Echo is the best. Bump head is easy to load string. Just line up the arrows and use a 10-15 ft of line each end in each hole and wind it into the bump head. Mine was hard to start. Trimmed out the mixture and it runs great. I use a can of starting fluid and shoot a small shot into the air breather cover and it fires up on the first or second pull. Not enough starting fluid to damage the engine but makes it fire up without choking it. Straight shaft is the only type to buy. There are so many different heads to put on it making it a invaluable yard tool. - Robert

 

[Pete Judd]

I have a 5+ year old Stihl bent shaft, goes like heck, I use the nylon "wing blades" on a special head. Only thing that will cut the canary grass that grows around here. Not the cheapest, but fairly light, and takes the abuse. Went through to many of the cheap ones over the years.