Who uses .155 line successfully in a string trimmer

[ArlyA]

All our heads hold three and 4 strings.

 

[ultrarunner]

Tanaka No Brainer

I like my Tanaka Brain… pleasure to use once dialed in but think discontinued?

 

[California]

I used .155 on a walk-behind Sears high wheel string trimmer. The kind where you thread two 18(?) inch hanks of string through fittings, which was a time-consuming PIA.

Pure frustration. The .155 might last 5 minutes, sometimes not.

Then the spindle bearing seized so I replaced that.

Sold the miserable thing.

 

[jyoutz]

I used .155 on a walk-behind Sears high wheel string trimmer. The kind where you thread two 18(?) inch hanks of string through fittings, which was a time-consuming PIA.

Pure frustration. The .155 might last 5 minutes, sometimes not.

Then the spindle bearing seized so I replaced that.

Sold the miserable thing.

My echo high wheel string trimmer is great and it uses up to .190 line. That’s what is needed for trimming tough vegetation. Mine takes 21” string sections and the string lasts a long time IF you cut with the tip of the strings and don’t jamb the whole trimmer into the vegetation at once.

 

[ArlyA]

Photos at a job this past week. Top one shows why we don't run steel blades.

 

[ArlyA]

I used .155 on a walk-behind Sears high wheel string trimmer. The kind where you thread two 18(?) inch hanks of string through fittings, which was a time-consuming PIA.

Pure frustration. The .155 might last 5 minutes, sometimes not.

Then the spindle bearing seized so I replaced that.

Sold the miserable thing.

With our cam lock heads, I can change three strings out in 60 seconds.