Anybody know where I can get one of those weed eater heads that you just stick a length of string in both sides and it gives you 4 strings like >0< that. I hate winding a spool.
ace hardware used to carry one, don't remember what brand or style it was
I'd never seen them until a couple months ago, and my neighbor loaned me his weeder. Once I figured it out, and just cut several strips of the twine and stuffed them in my pocket, it was really fast. A little more waste than a spool, though.
On topic... I don't know where you can get them.
On topic... I don't know where you can get them.
WalMart has the Weed Warrior brand. Atwood's and all the big box lumber companies sell them. I've got one.. works great... and was easy to install.
As for your cutting cord... get some "Gatorline".. I think it is the best stuff on the market. It is kind of a clear Grey with a darker Grey center... that looks like wire. I can run down my chain link fence and not break this stuff. It is not unusual to cut my entire yard without breaking the cord... it just wars down slowly. It is sold by the pound... so if you buy a .085 package you get more feet than you do in a .095 package. Well worth the money! It is hard to cut with a knife.
As for your cutting cord... get some "Gatorline".. I think it is the best stuff on the market. It is kind of a clear Grey with a darker Grey center... that looks like wire. I can run down my chain link fence and not break this stuff. It is not unusual to cut my entire yard without breaking the cord... it just wars down slowly. It is sold by the pound... so if you buy a .085 package you get more feet than you do in a .095 package. Well worth the money! It is hard to cut with a knife.
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The best quick-load trimmer head is the Echo Speed-Feed.
http://www.speedfeedhead.com/m/
http://www.speedfeedhead.com/m/
I was impressed the weed warrior ones....I got the 3 plastic blade one for cutting through the bamboo that took over my yard and it has made short work of it...
well there goes 8K.....way to go on stealing it!
well there goes 8K.....way to go on stealing it!
Smith Farm and Garden on NW10th and Portland. Good people to deal with. They have those heads you are looking for.
I bought one at Sears and I'm thinking about switching back to the spool. It's much easier to bump-feed at will, than it is to shut the thing off, pull the worn ones out, stick them in my pocket, reinstall new ones, and start it back up and continue. YMMV though.
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