Ordered a Ryobi string trimmer and brushcutter from HD's web site.
Got it assembled it started it up (with fresh gas and supplied oil)
cut - with the brushcutter attachment - for maybe a half hour.
Shut it down for the day, next day tried to start it, no luck.
It is under warranty but have not had the time to take it to
the repair center - can't take it to HD, have to go to Ryobi
service center - so it may be something simple and easy
to correct it just the idea of buying something and the seller
tells you where to go. This is my experience with HD/Ryobi
for what it's worth.
chad
Mark Andy wrote:
>Howdy,
>
>So I went to HD and Lowe's looking for weed whacker parts. I didn't find
>any parts (surprise), but I did look at trimmers...
>
>I'm thinking I should maybe just get a new trimmer, and had some
>questions.
>
>First, I'd much prefer to have a trimmer that didn't have a gas motor on
>it. But I'm too far away from an outlet for lots of the trimming.
>
>They have cordless electrical trimmers. How much do they suck? How long
>can you trim on a battery? The one I was looking at was 18V, but I forget
>the brand.
>
>If I go with a gas motor, do I want to stick with 2 cycle or go to 4
>cycle? 4 cycle means I don't need to deal with mixing/keeping 2 stroke
>gas around (which I don't use for anything else), so that would be nice.
>Any issues with the 4 cycle engines?
>
>I also liked the attachments on some of them... I think Lowe's had the
>troybuilt stuff, and you could just plug in an edger or a limb cutter.
>That's nice. Any issues with this approach, or is it pretty
>straightforward?
>
>On the trimmer itself, straight shaft or bent shaft? Is one better than
>the other across the board?
>
>Finally, any recommendations here? If I go gas, I'd like to have one that
>can also be an edger & perhaps a shrub trimmer. I'd like one that handles
>neglect, particularly related to motor upkeep, well.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Mark
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