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.

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?