Trimmer Line Size

[cpllawncare]

we run 105 stihl X line in everything. we went through a 2,5 pound spool last season. couldn't find a 5 pound spool when I was looking to buy the new one.

[knox gsl]

This past fall i tried some Vortex .130 with a fixed line head on a FS 130. It would tear through the overgrowth on ditch banks but didn't do well on maintained properties.

[Weekend cut easymoney]

Originally Posted by LawnMastersTN

I see the point about it being sold by tin pound, but I use a aluminum fixed line head (not a bump feed) and I pull off 2 1 foot lengths and I only replace line about every 4-5 yards. So I don't use line fast. I have had the same big spool from the end of the season last year and till have over half left. I just like the bigger line...
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How big are the yards your cutting...thats a lot of trim cord.

[knox gsl]

Originally Posted by Weekend cut easymoney

How big are the yards your cutting...thats a lot of trim cord.

That's about right on a fixed (no feed) head. No one around here uses an edger unless they're doing an apartment complex with a mile of edging.

[cpllawncare]

Originally Posted by knox gsl

That's about right on a fixed (no feed) head. No one around here uses an edger unless they're doing an apartment complex with a mile of edging.

That's where our edger gets used the most also.

[Valk]

In my old Redmax I found .095 to perform detailed trimming better than .105. I even prefer the way thinner line edges...though, some real fibrous overgrowth would best be served by thicker line. My current Stihl FS-80 doesn't accept .105 w/o some modifying...and with more power than my old RM I'd expect it to be a beast.

[cpllawncare]

A FS-80 isn't big enough to run 105 that's why it won't accept it, I really don't think my FS-90's are honestly, but I'll run it in them anyway.

[WillsLandscape]

.105 in the Stihl FS-90R and the Echo SRM-2601. .130 in the SRM-3100 w/ the fixed line head. Don't want to get too crazy with the trigger on that thing

[zackvbra]

.095 spins faster, but is not durable as a larger size, but gives a cleaner cut.

[WillsLandscape]

Originally Posted by LawnMastersTN

I see the point about it being sold by tin pound, but I use a aluminum fixed line head (not a bump feed) and I pull off 2 1 foot lengths and I only replace line about every 4-5 yards. So I don't use line fast. I have had the same big spool from the end of the season last year and till have over half left. I just like the bigger line...
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What brand(s) of trimmer do you have and what brand fixed line head?