Have I been using my weed trimmer wrong?

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On a different note, my friend drives like this. He constantly pushes and releases the gas pedal. If he wants to drive let's say 70mph he constantly moves 65-75 without ever staying at 70. It's been like that for over 40 years since I know him

Apparently the engine runs cooler this way. Better lubrication or something, idk so I've heard


(jk)

 

[WinterDeere]

I operated my trimmer without the guard mounted, in order to have maximum control and manouverability. I also always wore the face screen/earmuff protection, several times something big enough to notice bounced off the face protector screen. Eyeglasses cought the smaller stuff.
I didn't mow near people, and used extreme caution around windows, etc.

I should probably wear a face shield. I've been hit in the face all around my safety glasses, a few that have hurt like the Dickens, but so far safety glasses alone have protected me from any serious damage.

I did shatter the window on my back door once, though. I honestly don't know how it happened, in fact it was probably done with my edger, I just found it shattered one day after working in the yard with the edger and trimmer.

 

[ultrarunner]

I wear respirator and logger helmet…

Was cutting and all was fine and the string threw a rock that ricocheted off a retaining wall and hit me hard in the face…

Lesson learned.

 

[CalG]

Guilty

Guilty? There is no "wrong way" to run a whacker!

 

[CalG]

I don't like WOT , It sprays green crap far and wide, and really scrubs off string around the many rock at my place. If it were not for rocks, I wouldn't even have a string trimmer. But because of the rocks, I have TWO of them.

 

[mrmikey]

I run the conditions call for. Trimming around the house, lots of Hal throttle and idle. Cutting hundreds of feet of ditch with 3’ high weeds-wide open.

Same way I run mine. I took the muffler off my Echo PAS266 last year figuring to clean the carbon out of the exhaust ports. Not a bit of carbon , not a score or even a scratch on the piston or bore and it's....7 years old at least and I'll go thru a minimum 15L of mixed fuel every season.

 

[alexinPA]

This guy regularly trims next door.
Is this how you do it? Rev-rev-rev non-stop? Have I been doing it wrong this whole time?

Maybe his carb not adjusted and engine will die if he lets throttle go?

 

[WinterDeere]

Maybe his carb not adjusted and engine will die if he lets throttle go?

Seems likely, but less excusable in these days of YouTube University. Learning to properly tune a carburetor years ago required getting someone to teach you, or finding a book that described it reasonably well enough to learn on your own. But these days, you have hundreds of excellent short videos on the subject at your fingertips! It's hard to understand the mentality of someone who still throws up their hands and pretends it's some impossible obstacle, in today's world.

 

[Runner]

Seems likely, but less excusable in these days of YouTube University. Learning to properly tune a carburetor years ago required getting someone to teach you, or finding a book that described it reasonably well enough to learn on your own. But these days, you have hundreds of excellent short videos on the subject at your fingertips! It's hard to understand the mentality of someone who still throws up their hands and pretends it's some impossible obstacle, in today's world.

Problem is, my Chinese replacement carb won't stay tuned. I can get it just right, then go trim the evaporation pond and by the time I'm done, it won't idle again.

I guess I just need to carry a screwdriver around with me all the time like Buckin' Billy Ray.

 

[not2old]

On a different note, my friend drives like this. He constantly pushes and releases the gas pedal. If he wants to drive let's say 70mph he constantly moves 65-75 without ever staying at 70. It's been like that for over 40 years since I know him

I know someone that does something similar to that. He drives with both feet, frequently using the brake and throttle at the same time. I'm not comfortable riding with him.