Thread: My propensity for buying faulty goods continues.

What you need is a Mexican Mcculloch trimmer.

Mine is now about 20 years old and has never had a new plug. Starts first time .
So old that the fuel line rotted away. Cost a whole $5 to fix.

My tap feed base is looking pretty second hand but still working.

BTW, when I looked at the photo you had posted I wondered if you could just dispense with the outer plastic thing and cut a couple of slits in the top of the line spool to hold the twine while you slip the twine through the outer holes. Assuming the trimmer has a couple of steel reinforced holes for the spool to go through.

Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by PhilipA

What you need is a Mexican Mcculloch trimmer.

Mine is now about 20 years old and has never had a new plug. Starts first time

I'll never buy another small infernal combustion-engined garden tool! Electric only for me.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

BTW, when I looked at the photo you had posted I wondered if you could just dispense with the outer plastic thing and cut a couple of slits in the top of the line spool to hold the twine while you slip the twine through the outer holes. Assuming the trimmer has a couple of steel reinforced holes for the spool to go through

It has the slots and reinforced holes. I don't know if it would work without the outer ring. I'll try it but I expect the line to unravel and jam in between the spool and the head.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I'll never buy another small infernal combustion-engined garden tool! Electric only for me.

even for a chainsaw?

Originally Posted by p38arover

I'll never buy another small infernal combustion-engined garden tool! Electric only for me.



It has the slots and reinforced holes. I don't know if it would work without the outer ring. I'll try it but I expect the line to unravel and jam in between the spool and the head.

It looks / sounds a lot like the Ryobi one that I have Ron, except that mine doesn't have that outer ring. I just wind the cord onto the spool and then thread it through the reinforced outlet hole and it works fine. Definitely worth trying.

I also use a heavier cord than what Ryobi recommend.

And I'm hearing you on the small petrol engine ones. I bought a new Stihl a while back - have since given it away (my young bloke has it round at his house). It was the most temperamental mongrel of a thing I've ever owned. Cheap battery powered Ryobi ones for me now. I have two of them, one never used (I picked it up as part of a "package deal" with a small blower that I wanted). If or when the old one dies, the spare will come down off the wall in the shed. If that one dies, I'll throw it in the bin and buy another - they're that cheap. I bought the same "package deal" (line trimmer and blower) for my mum and her partner last time I was in Tassie. They love them.

Originally Posted by Eevo

even for a chainsaw?

I gave my McCulloch away - pig of a thing. I have a Ryobi electric chainsaw.

I gave my Victa (2-stroke) and Pace (4-stroke) petrol engine lawn mowers away. Mongrels to start. I have an electric mower.

My hedge trimmer is electric, too.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I have a Ryobi electric chainsaw.

when you say electric, do you mean battery or mains powered?

Originally Posted by p38arover

I gave my McCulloch away - pig of a thing. I have a Ryobi electric chainsaw.

I gave my Victa lawn mowers away. Mongrels to start. I have an electric mower.

Even though I cursed at the Stihl petrol line trimmer - I have a Stihl chainsaw that I've had for over 20 years now. Completely the opposite to the line trimmer - starts almost first pull every time and has never given me any grief.

Lawnmower is Kubota 4 stroke petrol. Heavy to push, but solid and very reliable. Also more than 20 years old now, and starts first pull every time.

But ................... other than the chainsaw, I won't buy 2 stroke petrol powered anything.

Originally Posted by Eevo

when you say electric, do you mean battery or mains powered?

Mains. I don't use it anywhere but at home.