Seeking Strimmer head with clutch!

[Stubby]

2 hours ago, doobin said:

Am I the only person who has no trouble whatsoever windrowing knee high grass with just 2.4mm Stihl line on an FS460? Guard off, max string out before it starts to drag. I even use the little bump feed head from a smaller Stihl for a nice accurate cut around obstacles.

 

I can't stand thicker line unless for brambles, and even then a 4 way head with 2.7mm line is fine until you get to old enough brambles to need a blade.

 

I think the main problem people have with cord is not listening to the engine note and running it down to almost nothing. Got to keep it bumped out otherwise it flexes too much by the eyelet and shears off there too.

I can do that with 2.4 line yes . However most of what I clattered down when working was a mixture of snot and vegetation that required a bit thicker kit than that .

[pleasant]

1 hour ago, skc101fc said:

Now there's the magic words, same goes for the sound of whistling cords and a seriously overloaded engine when operators pay out way too much cord on a bump head, and thats before they attempt to start cutting. When I hear that ,I just want to snatch it from them and trim the lines down

And of course, the ones that stick the line head right at the bottom of foot high grass instead of taking it down in sections from the top down

[Stihl123]

13 hours ago, Stubby said:

You will need to soak it in a bucket of water then . Nylon is hygroscopic and will absorb water to prevent it becoming brittle .

does this go for all different types of strimmer line? 

soak it before using or what

 

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[GarethM]

1 minute ago, Stihl123 said:

does this go for all different types of strimmer line? 

soak it before using or what

 

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Ideally, there was a fad in the 90s of keeping the spools in a bucket of water.

 

Never did it myself, just kept it in a cool damp farmhouse, probably achieved the same thing 🙂

[Stubby]

4 minutes ago, Stihl123 said:

does this go for all different types of strimmer line? 

soak it before using or what

 

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If its Nylon then yes . 

[doobin]

1 hour ago, pleasant said:

And of course, the ones that stick the line head right at the bottom of foot high grass instead of taking it down in sections from the top down

With a large enough cc strimmer that’s a perfectly acceptable technique, particularly if the grass is to be raked up later.