I just got done with 3 ten hour days on a stihl weedeater. I use the head that I load precut 8 inch pieces. A speedloader would not last a day with me!
Is this the line head you are using for your Stihl?
Yes, I believe it is! I have never used one before this job, to be honest, and I really like it. I use a lot of trigger control around trees, stakes, rocks , etc to prolong the use of my line. All the heads I used before were the speed load type.
I have a brand new Stihl here that is in reserve when my old Craftsman dies. I'll be getting one of those heads for it when the time comes. The one on my old Craftsman is better as you just feed one single pc of line all the way through it and make sure the ends are even. I taped a pc of old garden hose to my shaft and put all the pre-cut pcs in there ready to use.
I like the system on my old Craftsman wacker. Cut a length of trimmer, feed it through a hole on the head and go. When it gets short, repeat. Simple and no auto feed to screw up.
Yup
I just carry a pocket off pre cut snippets.
Which is great until you’ll get into poison ivy and you have to grab that head and slip in a fresh pair of cording
You do have Round Up in TN, right??
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I like the system on my old Craftsman wacker. Cut a length of trimmer, feed it through a hole on the head and go. When it gets short, repeat. Simple and no auto feed to screw up.
Yup
I just carry a pocket off pre cut snippets.
Which is great until you’ll get into poison ivy and you have to grab that head and slip in a fresh pair of cording
I have been eradicating poison ivy since my formative years working on farms and estates doing chores. I have never gotten infected. This week I got into a forest of poison ivy, I just said FIDO and mowed it down. I walked into a campsite and this little darling kid comes up and starts fondling my weedeater ( the working end) which is completely covered. Grandparents grab the kid ( could not tell if it was a girl or boy). I felt bad and I should have told em to get kid soaped and watered. I went to latrines and washed myself down. Two days later I am still fine and happy! I am talking forests of the crap around here!
I like the system on my old Craftsman wacker. Cut a length of trimmer, feed it through a hole on the head and go. When it gets short, repeat. Simple and no auto feed to screw up.
Yup
I just carry a pocket off pre cut snippets.
Which is great until you’ll get into poison ivy and you have to grab that head and slip in a fresh pair of cording
Good point ...... No poison ivy here, but we do have a slew of wild parsnip that one has to be wary of. I pretty much have all of that gone off my property.
I don't have issue with the oem Stihl units as they work fine, the only problem I have seen is lazy arseholes failing to adjust the harness and wearing the head out by running the unit on the ground.
These work even better. Slightly more expensive than a string trimmer, but you can't argue the results!
Maybe on grass, most ignore weeds.
They just plant weeds!
Pull grass up by the roots, plant and fertilize weeds, all in one motion. The invention of the internal combustion made the horse obsolete.
You're preaching to the choir. My point in posting presupposed that folks understood that horses will turn any patch of grass into hardpan if left there long enough. Hence my original comment...
My old Echo that I leave the blade kit on has been used 16-17 years and I've never had it serviced or greased the head myself pulled the bolt out, full of grease! I tried to pack more in to see if it would take any...it didn't. I guess if it isn't leaking out not much need to worry about it.
The combi unit Stihl with the speed feed weedeater head installed worked as expected. I will be taking the little anti kick back attachment off of the handle though it kept poking me in the leg which was annoying and I don't really plan on using a blade on this one anyway.
Mike
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I just use the really heavyweight zip ties. They are cheap, outlast any string made, and easy to zip on and off.
Maybe it is more intuitive than can be utilized by my small brain; but, can you elaborate on this please. Do you just zip one or two down tight around the spool?
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