I've had a couple of pull start trimmers, 2 cycle, and it always seemed that after a year or so the carburetor would get so gummed up that they would get very hard to start, I had one that would start great when cold, but if you shut if off while using it, you'd have to wait until it cooled off before it would restart, so I started doing some research on trimmers.
I looked at a few that were electric start (on board battery), but I didn't like the weight and balance, plus I figured I'd have to buy a replacement battery every other year or so, not what I was looking for.
Finally wound up with one of the Troy Bilt 4 cycle trimmers and got the attachment that fits in a drill. Man, what a difference that thing made! No pulling a rope for what seemed forever, just shove it in the top, make sure it's primed, hit the drill trigger and that bad boy is running! Then if I'm away from the drill and have to shut down for something, I've got the rope start to get it going and on a warm engine, it's just one pull.
The starter may seem frivolous to some, but if my trimmer disappeared today or suffered damage beyond reasonable repair, I'd have a new one tomorrow. Life for me is too short to be fussing and fooling with a pull start trimmer that doesn't want to start.
I looked at a few that were electric start (on board battery), but I didn't like the weight and balance, plus I figured I'd have to buy a replacement battery every other year or so, not what I was looking for.
Finally wound up with one of the Troy Bilt 4 cycle trimmers and got the attachment that fits in a drill. Man, what a difference that thing made! No pulling a rope for what seemed forever, just shove it in the top, make sure it's primed, hit the drill trigger and that bad boy is running! Then if I'm away from the drill and have to shut down for something, I've got the rope start to get it going and on a warm engine, it's just one pull.
The starter may seem frivolous to some, but if my trimmer disappeared today or suffered damage beyond reasonable repair, I'd have a new one tomorrow. Life for me is too short to be fussing and fooling with a pull start trimmer that doesn't want to start.
