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bburgoyne26
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 Posted: 07/16/06 - 09:34 Post subject: gas weedeater recommendations?
Looking for something really reliable and easy to start....hate fussy 2 cycle engines......
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RangerG
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Posted: 07/16/06 - 09:37 Post subject:
I always had a lot of luck with Echo products.
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robp
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Posted: 07/16/06 - 10:12 Post subject:
I've had good luck with Homelite weedeaters. Don't care for their chainsaws but the weedeaters have been reliable.
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TriBob
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Posted: 07/16/06 - 10:28 Post subject:
Get a goat.
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wanttorun100
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Posted: 07/16/06 - 12:11 Post subject:
Stihl with the Kombi System
It will be expensive - it will absolutely run
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JUJR
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Posted: 07/16/06 - 15:44 Post subject:
uh...Rob on sauerkraut? 
oh you said Weedeater not 'flamethrower' !
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purple hayes
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Posted: 07/16/06 - 16:20 Post subject:
I have the worst luck with those things. My current 1 y.o. Ryobi is dead. 
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Posted: 07/16/06 - 16:41 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | I have the worst luck with those things. My current 1 y.o. Ryobi is dead. |
Yet another thing you suck at! 
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bburgoyne26
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Posted: 07/16/06 - 17:00 Post subject:
so NOT a Ryobi then, huh?
Stihl sounds nice.....and yes, expensive.....I guess you get what you pay for.....
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bburgoyne26
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Posted: 07/16/06 - 17:02 Post subject:
what about Troy Built?
Toro?
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 07/16/06 - 17:40 Post subject:
| bburgoyne26 wrote: |
Stihl sounds nice.....and yes, expensive.....I guess you get what you pay for..... |
Definitely. Cheap stuff is usually only good for a season or two.
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RangerG
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Posted: 07/16/06 - 17:41 Post subject:
| bburgoyne26 wrote: | what about Troy Built?
Toro? |
Troy Built...mmmm...should be OK.
Toro...not what they used to be.
I used Echo when I had my own small lawn business.
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Zatoichi
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Posted: 07/16/06 - 21:51 Post subject:
I'm in exactly the same boat...my trusty Husqvarna finally packed it in.
After looking at various brands, I think I'll end up with a Shindaiwa.
The local dealer sells both 2- and 4-strokes, but he said the 2-strokes have a better power-to-weight ratio.
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jrjo
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Posted: 07/17/06 - 09:30 Post subject:
I got a 10-yr old Sears super-sale Craftsman. Starts everytime.
/of course here in the tundra I only use it a half-dozen times a year
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