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Weed Eater 17-Inch 25cc Gas-Powered String Trimmer, Curved Shaft #XT260 | List Price: $99.99
Discount Price: $84.95
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Brand: Weed Eater
Binding: Tools & Hardware
Features: - 16" cutting width
- 25cc 2-Cycle Gas Engine
- Curved Shaft
- .080" Diameter Dual Exit Cutting Line
- Tap n' Go Head Type
Needs To Be Adjusted. [Posted on 2007-12-01]
My son-in law bought a new one of these. The only way I could use it was on half choke. Thanks To CA you can not adjust the carb. without a special tool. There are two adjustments on the carb. Low speed, & High speed. Take a 1/4" dowel pin and drill a hole in the end of it and push it down over the spline adjustment screws, or buy you a tool on ebay, for poulan or weedeater. It took about a 1/4 turn on one of the screws to adjust. It now runs great.
very hard to start. [Posted on 2007-12-03]
This is the lightest weedeater I've ever used. Also, it is the hardest to start weedeater I've ever used.
If you are buying this because of the light weight, i.e. you have a problem handling the "heft" of other trimmers, I think you should consider buying another trimmer. If physical strength is the problem, you will have much more of a problem continually pulling the cord and getting this thing started than simply holding it to use. For me, getting it started is major irritant, but the light weight is very handy on a steep hillside I have to cut. Therefore, the tradeoff is OK for me. I don't think that is the case for most people.
Difficult to keep running [Posted on 2008-03-20]
This trimmer has been a problem from the time I bought it. I wish I still had the receipt. I thought it might need to break in after 2 or 3 uses. I have used it about 6 times. Today I gave up halfway through my lawn. It constantly stops especially when trying to give it gas. Full choke, half choke, run. It doesn't matter. The Weed Eater is my most regrettable yard purchase ever.
Can Be Retro-fitted for 5 Star Trimming [Posted on 2008-05-13]
Can Be Retro-fitted for 5 star Trimming.
This Trimmer was worthless before I retro-fitted it
with a Grass Gator(R) 8010 Replacement Trimmer Head Kit.
The Grass Gator (Load n' Cut) Trimmer Head allowed
me to use 0.155 inch diameter Maxi-Edge trimming
line by Arnold -- I cut 4 pcs of 6 inch long line.
The Maxi-Edge trimmer line only wore about 0.5 inches after one use
on some aggressive edging. I would have gone through at least
a spool of the original trimmer line.
The 0.155 Maxi-Edge timming line that I used is actually intended
for a line mower and is commercial grade.
It saved me time, money and a lot of frustration.
If this Weed Eater came with the retro-fited head it would be
one of the best on the market.
Out of the box this trimmer is a 1 or 2 star trimmer.
With the Retro-fit noted above -- it becomes a 5 star trimmer.
So I rated it at 3 stars because I had to do a $15 retro-fit to
bring it up to 5 star level.
***READ THIS BEFORE YOU GIVE UP*** Product runs well after carburetor adjustments [Posted on 2008-05-30]
I thought this product was junk also but thanks to one of the previous reviewers I ordered a WALBRO CARBURETOR ADJUSTING TOOL off ebay for $15 (shipped) and then I used it to set both the high and low speed carburetor adjustments to 1.5 turns out and now the engine runs like its supposed to (can do most of my trimming in the Run setting at idle speed). The adjustment took me all of 1 minute. So before you give up on this product order the tool and make the carburetor adjustments.
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