I hate running the trimmer...it is easily the worst job in the yard. Unfortunately I haven't been able to convince Mrs. Engineer to share in the misery of the trimmer, (although she loves to mow the yard... )!
I spend a good deal of time behind the control of my trimmer, and last winter I traded in my big box store trimmer for a Stihl...I cannot even tell you what a difference that made. I bought the largest displacement Kombi Motor they had. This thing is SOOOOO POWERFUL!! It is the 4 mix motor, and it also sounds pretty bad ass. I can run about an hour on a tank of gas while my old Ryobi was always running out of gas at the worst moment (walk of shame back to the garage for more fuel from the farthest point in the yard). I attribute this to the fact that the Stihl only has to be throttled up a little bit while the Ryobi had to run hard to do the same thing.
Now, I have a nice trimmer, but I hate the shoulder harnesses. The instrumental part of using the trimmer is being able to move it around. The shoulder harness restricts that. To just carry it, my back is hurting by the time I'm done. So here's what I have done...I added some bungee cords to the harness.
This simple addition allows the harness to carry the weight of the trimmer. the Bungee cords allow it to extend with a simple push of my arm. It also allows me to control this thing one handed for extended reach under trees. this makes this a controllable weed eatin' monster...easy to incorporate across different brands and easy to customize for the weight of your trimmer. Hopefully this is something that you can use.
Also, I hesitated to switch to a Stihl because I had several attachments for my Ryobi. If you have had this question, they are interchangeable! I cannot recommend the Stihl enough.
I spend a good deal of time behind the control of my trimmer, and last winter I traded in my big box store trimmer for a Stihl...I cannot even tell you what a difference that made. I bought the largest displacement Kombi Motor they had. This thing is SOOOOO POWERFUL!! It is the 4 mix motor, and it also sounds pretty bad ass. I can run about an hour on a tank of gas while my old Ryobi was always running out of gas at the worst moment (walk of shame back to the garage for more fuel from the farthest point in the yard). I attribute this to the fact that the Stihl only has to be throttled up a little bit while the Ryobi had to run hard to do the same thing.
Now, I have a nice trimmer, but I hate the shoulder harnesses. The instrumental part of using the trimmer is being able to move it around. The shoulder harness restricts that. To just carry it, my back is hurting by the time I'm done. So here's what I have done...I added some bungee cords to the harness.
This simple addition allows the harness to carry the weight of the trimmer. the Bungee cords allow it to extend with a simple push of my arm. It also allows me to control this thing one handed for extended reach under trees. this makes this a controllable weed eatin' monster...easy to incorporate across different brands and easy to customize for the weight of your trimmer. Hopefully this is something that you can use.
Also, I hesitated to switch to a Stihl because I had several attachments for my Ryobi. If you have had this question, they are interchangeable! I cannot recommend the Stihl enough.
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