June 24, 2010

Stihl trimmer works long and hard and lasts and lasts

I had my trimmer about 10 years and am so grateful for it. I have to admit it is sometimes hard to start. The choke is necessary and many pulls are needed before it powers up in the spring. But once it's going, it is easier to start the next time and it makes short work of the weeding around the garden fence where I try to keep the grass down so that weed seeds will not blow into the garden. I like to keep the area around the faucets cut down and now that I have another building on the place, I keep a path trimmed for easy walking.

I once bought a steel cutting plate, but I confess I've never used it. I got scared of the trimmer bouncing back on my shins, but the string and the plastic blades seem to do all the work that I need done. It is possible to be careful around plants so as not to scar the bark of young growing trees and the trimmer tips nicely at an angle so I can take edges down to dirt. I can get the stone path to the house totally free of grass.

This spring I started it up and after much pulling realized I needed a new spark plug. That's after ten years of service and that's what i call a good machine.

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