Strimmer cable, which one?

[Stubby]

  Eddy_t said:

Took out a tree stake today with mine, wasn't expecting that much damage, now have a swollen leg where it flung a stick at me

 

 

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Ouch !

[Eddy_t]

Yeah, getting some brushcutter trousers now

 

 

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[burrell_]

If ur just cutting grass eg after mowing the grass to trim the edges up star line is the best there is

If u want to cut longer grass weeds etc u want to be looking at cord in the 3.5-4 mm range

Oregon Starline strimmer line 2.4mm | F R Jones and Son

[matthawh1966]

Oregon flexiblade best cord iv used ,even cuts through thick brambles, cuts grass well to. They do it in 4 different sizes.

[RobRainford]

If its heavy stuff ill be hitting I pull out the 3 tooth star blade or bramble I get the mulcher blade out.

 

If strimming grass then Oregon square dark red stuff. Think its 3mm. Does well. Lasts plenty of time and will stand up to most things you normally find whilst strimming!

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buy from this company find vortex good on grass Best Quality Strimmer Line (Strimmer Wire / Strimmer Cord) and Strimmer Heads

 

Looks goood but does it really reduce noise 50% etc?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Square or star is much better than round. Makes a cleaner cut and requires less power from the machine.

[Stubby]

Desert extrusion make the best line I recon . I use their 3.2 mm square for plain grass and their 4.00mm square for tough stuff .

[doobin]

What I've found is:

 

2.4 mm is ideal for grass, especially with the guard off. Any thicker and you're sapping power for no reason. On a big strimmer, run a smaller head for grass trimming (just change the centre nut over if necessary)

 

Square profile tends to gum in the head. Have not tried star, so will get a bit to play with.

 

2.7 or sometimes even 3mm is OK for thicker stuff, and if you run it in a 4-way autocut head, the wear on each bit is reduced by half so it lasts OK. Good for brambles against walls etc.

 

4mm causes too much drag. If the target is that tough, put a shredder knife on FFS.

 

Flexiblade is a complete waste of money. If the cord isn't the maximum length the the stimmer can handle, you're wasting time and petrol. You can make it run in a bump feed head, but it's not worth the hassle.

 

Final tip- the throttle is just that. It's not an on-off switch. A pity so many operators struggle to grasp this concept.

 

I run 3x Stihl FS460s

Edited June 22, 2013 by doobin

[Notmegov]

  doobin said:

 

Final tip- the throttle is just that. It's not an on-off switch. A pity so many operators struggle to grasp this concept.

 

I run 3x Stihl FS460s

 

When I was doing the brush cutter course it was a requirement to run the engine at full revs and not to run it up and down all the time. Something about the clutches being designed to run that way.