[AT] OT- String trimmers and other 2-cycle pieces of garbage

charlie hill chill8 at suddenlink.net
Sun Jun 15 13:25:30 PDT 2008


Stihl is what I intend to buy next time.  Partly because the dealer is a 
friend of mine but Stihl and Husqvarna are both well made.

Charlie
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From: "dglass" <dglass at numail.org>
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Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT- String trimmers and other 2-cycle pieces of garbage


>I bought a Husqvarna string trimmer used at a farm auction over twenty
> years ago for $10.  I have a blade on it and it will cut down a tree up
> to about 4 inches in diameter.  It still starts and runs fine.  I don't
> think the new Husqvarna's are as good.  My neighbor gave me a Stihl with
> a string head on it about five years ago because it was worn out and he
> was going to throw it away.  I put a new plug in it and reloaded the
> string correctly and it always starts also.
>
> WF Smith wrote:
>
>>Is it the new gasoline formulas, cheaper equipment, or just my poor luck
>>that even when I store my string trimmers and other 2-cycle pieces of
>>equipment (with stabil additive) they always come out the next season
>>running improperly, if at all?
>>
>>I have a Homelite 25cc string trimmer sitting beside the shop right now,
>>hemmoraging fuel through the carburetor. It is running so rich it 
>>eventually
>>wets the plug and stops. There is only an idle adjustment screw (really 
>>just
>>a stop for the throttle cam) and one other screw that I assume is the
>>mixture. I've removed the primer bulb trying to stop the flow of gas and
>>everything under there was clean as a whistle- no trash at all on the
>>screen.
>>
>>I'm seriously considering just buying a new 90.00 trimmer each year and
>>donating the previous years model to someone with more patience than I 
>>have.
>>
>>Does anyone have good experience with a particular brand? I'm not going to
>>buy a big professional model because I have so little to trim it would be 
>>a
>>waste, not to mention I could still have the same problems year to year.
>>
>>Warren
>>
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