How OLD is your Weedeater?

hobbyfarm · Sep 12, 2005

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slowrev,
You misunderstood me. I use mine 2 cycle stuff so much, it never lasts more than couple of weeks. Between weed eating, hedge trimming, and tilling, it goes pretty fast.

slowrev · Sep 12, 2005

Hobby farm, sorry if I misunderstood. However I keep whatever gas/oil mix I have left in September and just use in the next April, never had any go bad.

Ben

Dennisinmo · Sep 28, 2005

Lawn Boy purchased in 1990. Still runs good. Replaced the fuel line a few years ago. Spark plug about every three years.

hunterridgefarm · Sep 28, 2005

Mine is 15 years old, he was born in 1990, is 6', and weight is around 160. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Fuel for him is very costly /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

And buy the way he uses a 10 year old Ryobi.

slowrev · Sep 28, 2005

Hunterridgefarm,
I have found that age and variety of weedeater very difficult to start and keep running

Fair bit of coffing and sputtering from time to time too .

Ben

elarson · Sep 29, 2005

1985 vintage Husqvarna 25r. Drain the gas and run it dry at end of season, put it in the shed, fires right up next spring. Had only one repair when a curious horse broke up all the plastic stomping on it. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Chillimau · Sep 29, 2005

Dull,

I've got one of those also! Mine is called a Green Machine but was made by Shindiawa, a T-25. Mine doesn't have the bicyle handle bars. I think mine is a 1980 or 81 model. I had to replace the orginal carb because of an o-ring that was not replaceable and a fuel line here and there. I agree, if everything ran like this life would great.

Gary

EastTexFrank · Sep 29, 2005

I have one 20 year old Echo that is kept for spares. A second 18 year old Echo has a Beaver Blade on it and is only used 2 or 3 times a year. The actual string trimming is done with a 3 year old Stihl. I think Bird is right about the secret of keeping them running ... store them dry. I let mine run dry every time I use it now, about once a week, and it's never been a problem to start ... no stale gas and no varnish.

KubotaSteve · Sep 29, 2005

Back when my brother and I used to mow grass when we were kids we went together and bought (roughly 22 years ago) a Homelite weed eater. It had a curved shaft and the motor was located on the bottom of the until on top of the string spool. The fuel tank was in the handle of the unit and filled from the top. It used a 16:1 mix ratio. We used and abused that thing for several years mowing over 20 lawns a week. He still has it and runs like a champ. He just bought a new one as he said that thing was too heavy to mess with but he couldn't part with it. It will stand in upright position by itself.