Titanium trimmer line -

[mike_van]

Made by Husqvarna, $ 8.49 for 115 ft. roll at our True Value - I had to try it, I bought a roll in the .105 dia.  Best thing, it dosen't "fuse" itself together and break inside the head like the old plastic. I was king of dissapointed though in how it held up trimming. I thought it would wear like - well, titanium - Seems to wear away as fast as the old plastic, trimming against stone walls, fountations, etc. Anyone have any luck with something better?  Steel blade brushcutter probably out of the question for me, as I said i'm mostly doing around rock.

[iain]

There used to be a brass wire here for longer lastingness
you had to use it a bit shorter than nylon
not seen it for a long time (not looked though)


iain

[sawguy21]

I was wondering about it. I sell the stuff but have had little feedback.

[Ed]

I tried it in my Husky 245.  :(
It didn't hold up very good for me either. I've pretty much given up on the string head for that machine. It's got to much horsepower, I can't find any brand that will hold up.
For trimming around the yard I just use roundup.  The Husky now has a brush blade.

Ed

[woodbowl]

What about those single inserts? I don't think they fuse, but how long could they last? The ones I saw were a little larger in dia. so now I wonder about efficient cutting as well.

[sawguy21]

wb, are you referring to the heads that use two (or three) pieces of line inserted into the grommets? A lot of our commercial customers like those, saves  lot of time rewinding spools. .105 and .130 line can also be used in them provided the machine has enough power but the wind from heavier line will blow finer grasses flat

[woodbowl]

Yea, seems like there is always a trade off somehow. We just overheated a troy built spool head. The drum now spins on the shaft. I would like to try and repair it by attempting to refuse the plastic/metal bond within the drum. I can't even unscrew the shaft from the cable end. Surly this is not one piece .... or is it?

[sawguy21]

It is one piece.

[woodbowl]

Hmmm ..... most spools of other brands are removable to simply replace with another spool.

This means the lowers assembly, housing and all is worthless. Any ideas how to repair it?

[rebocardo]

I replaced my bump trim head with a grass gator. Basically, you cut two lengths of 0.095 line, about 14" long, insert it into the trim head through a series of loops, and you are good to go. Takes less then 1 min. to change the string. You could pretty much use anything you want including cable. Seems to last longer in there then with the bump head.

[beenthere]

Do you have any kind of schematic or parts breakdown for this head?  

On my Stihl, the string head just turns off (reverse threads) and I've not had a problem with feeding plastic line through it.  I'ts the 'bump' head and has worked good for me. I've got it on a FS120.