I just left a mower repair place trying to get my starter rope
replaced. I have a Sears trimmer and the guy at the shop said it's
the worst one to work on, he says he has to take the whole thing apart
just about and will charge me a minimum of one hour labor ($55.00) to
change the starter rope.

He suggested the Echo, he advised they are easy to work on and last a
long time. He also said the lawn maintenance people all use them
because of the ease of maintenance and long life of the machine.

He suggested I go buy another trimmer and repair the old Sears one at
my pleasure and keep it as a backup.

I haven't thought about the string thing! The old sears one I had
used the plastic strips, I had to put a new one on every time I cut
the yard.

So your string comment is going to be pondered upon by me!

Tom
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 01:15:06 GMT, "Brian White"
wrote:

Just to poll the newsgroup, I have found a couple things that make
weedwackers work well. #1, do single wound, not double wound string. i.e.
only wind one roll of string and one piece coming out of one of the eyelets.
Leave the other end wound on top of by the wound string you are using. #2,
I think the smaller string welds and binds because the inner spool, outer
spool, and then the string gets hot when you use it for a long time. So,
dip the spool in a bucket of ice water for a couple of minutes if it's hot
outside or you're using it for a long time.

Anyone had similar success with single wound string?