Posted by John_PA on August 16, 2013 at 19:18:54 from (72.95.159.156):
In Reply to: weed wacker posted by Jim/Pa on August 14, 2013 at 16:57:01:
I have the pivotrim.
Do you want my honest opinion, or a really good story?
I guess it all depends on what you are cutting, and what it against what you are cutting. The pivotrim, with all 4 strings in it really holds the weedwhacker back. Hard on the centrifugal clutch. If you touch high tensile fence with it a few times, it is done. The line breaks at the holder and leaves the stub wedged in the holes and it is a pain to get out.
The line pieces they give you "free" aren't worth a pint of wiz. The shipping and handling charges are more than what the replacement line is worth.
I go with Oregon gatorline now, with the steel core. It lasts a _little_ bit longer, but still not good. The cutter works faster and easier on the powerhead clutch if you use just 2 lines, but they break pretty fast. Of course, I am smacking high tensile an barbed wire and iron weed and thistle. The promo of them cutting through plywood is pure fiction. I could not replicate their demonstration if I tried, guaranteed.
The good old bump advance is still the way to go, if you ask me. I take the shield off the end, so that tall weeds and grass don't bind up the head as much.
I have not tried the new yellow bladed extreme cutting head that they advertise, but I would assume on encounter with steel or something sharp and hard would be the end of those blades.
just my 2 cents... your mileage may vary
+1 on the DR walk behind. It truly is a beast. I like it better, but, it will rip vinyl siding of the house in a flash if you loose concentration for a split second.
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