Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

I have an FS85.

I have about a four to six foot growth of poke, grass, and Godknowswhat. The largest woody stalk is about 1/4 maybe 1/2 inch in diameter.

Trimmer line (Stihl round .095) does OK until it hits a woody stalk, then it wraps around the stalk and breaks off. Tried heavier line with the same result. My trimmer blade that looks like 24T curcular saw blade does OK until it hits some grass, then it drags all the grass it can bite into it's self, wraps the grass around the trimmer shaft, and really slows down the trimmer, so much so, I need to stop and clear the grass.

There are a million kinds of blades now, what do you all recommend?

Thanks.

Sounds like SS has an excellent recommendation...

...otherwise... use best blade for the heavy/woody stuff... then switch over to trimmer line for the grass...

No one does all jobs well !

Dave...

Poor technique, that's my problem.

Dave,
Sounds like I need another trimmer.

Thanks guys,
Got the three blade star. The 4 blade star was less than $15. The 3 blade star was $26, it had to be better, right?
It does work very well. With the line on the trimmer I went about 20 feet in a half an hour, With the 3 blade star, I went 120 feet in a little less than an hour.
Thanks again.

Anybody use the hedge trimmers on their trimmer?

I think price tells us something when we are buying.   

robmints wrote:
That's been my experience on most things, unfortunately.

Rob, I havn't used the hedge trimmers. Seems to me like it would be heavy?