It's the little things

notjustair · May 23, 2014

I bought myself a present today - a REAL trimmer. For the last 15 years I have been nursing a throw away Riobi. It has actually been very good but had no power and needed fuel lines about every other day. If the line was full length it didn't even have the guts to spin it up to speed anymore.

I went to the Stihl dealer and bought me a nice straight shaft model. Nothing outrageous, just a nice mid level professional model. The opposite rotation is a little hard to get used to, but that thing will power through some grass.

About everything is planted except the milo, so I did that little errand and castrated piglets. The yard is burning again. If we don't get rain soon there won't be any beans OR milo.

John B. · May 23, 2014

I bought a Stihl weed eater in 2002. It's worked great all these years. Just bought a blade for it last year so I could use it to cut off my asparagus in the fall plus our ornamental grasses. I see this year the engine needs a new gasket between the two crankcase halves. Seeping a little oil out is all.

Fergienewbee · May 23, 2014

Notjustair;

Do you plant milo with a drill or a planter? What seed spacing; what row spacing? I grew some a couple of times bu I just broadcast it. Might try some for pheasants again.

Larry

notjustair · May 23, 2014

Growing up we always planted it. I got a 750 no till drill this spring so I will use that. I don't have any block offs for it, but I will figure something out. I want to try that drill before I need it in a pinch. I just happened to get all of the ground worked this spring so that drill will probably send it to China.

Milo needs pretty good soil to seed contact. Drilling it or planting it will be better than broadcast.

Eldon (WA) · May 23, 2014

(quoted from post at 19:35:41 05/23/14) I bought myself a present today - a REAL trimmer. For the last 15 years I have been nursing a throw away Riobi. It has actually been very good but had no power and needed fuel lines about every other day. If the line was full length it didn't even have the guts to spin it up to speed anymore.

I went to the Stihl dealer and bought me a nice straight shaft model. Nothing outrageous, just a nice mid level professional model. The opposite rotation is a little hard to get used to, but that thing will power through some grass.

About everything is planted except the milo, so I did that little errand and castrated piglets. The yard is burning again. If we don't get rain soon there won't be any beans OR milo.

I bought a commercial grade Echo 3 or 4 years ago for around $350....best money spent. I had a nice Homelite, but I think the ethanol dissolved the gas line as it had the same problems you had. It's still sitting where it was when I bought the new one.

Dachshund · May 24, 2014

Anything Stihl I ever bought layed down and died. Hope you have better luck with it!

Billy NY · May 24, 2014

I noticed that too with the Ryobi, gutless wonder, with full string out. It would be fine if I just had the perimeter of the house to trim, definitely not the case, and you don't want to let it get ahead of you, plants become thick stalks, tough, shorten the line to get higher rpm's and it'll fling plant matter shrapnel at you, which does sting, I wear "wacker chaps" safety glasses, but need a face shield at times. As long as I don't let it get ahead of me, the yellow gutless wonder is ok, but I'll be looking for a Stihl or Echo as an upgrade, Echo is definitely a performer, we have a commercial unit SRM 38000 at the farm, its a beast, have to wear a full harness, but that thing will cut whatever you want. My old craftsman, 31cc performed flawlessly for years, it will work circles around the Ryobi, just that needs a clutch, not sure its worth repairing.

Anonymous-0 · May 24, 2014

John B,
There is no such thing as a Stihl weadeater.
Stihl builds quality string trimmers.
!

Sidekick · May 24, 2014

My last Stihl weedeater lasted 18 years and it would still be going if I could have gotten a carburetor for it. I wore out a couple of heads with it but other than that I just used it.

Mark6005 · May 24, 2014

Still using a stihl trimmer I bought when my daughter was one. She just graduated college. My wife bought me another last birthday hope it last as long. Nice having a couple between buildings so one is always handy. Also still using a stihl 028 chain saw I bought new in 1985

Anonymous-0 · May 25, 2014

You'll be happier with that stihl, if you use the pre-mixed non ethanol fuel, like true-fuel, I know that it is pricey, at $6/qt, but a stihl carborator is even pricier, stihl! The ethanol in todays fuel attacks the rubber in lines and carb, won't ruin it in a season, but if let sit over winter, most likely. At the very least use high octane fuel mix, with no ethanol, if you can't afford the tru fuel.

Bret4207 · May 25, 2014

I bought a brand new Stihl trimmer some years back. Hasn't been a great performer, especially for what I paid for it. I hope yours gives you years of satisfaction.

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