On Nov 1, 9:15*pm, mm wrote:
On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:28:22 -0400, aemeijers
wrote:



On 10/31/2010 2:46 PM, hr(bob) wrote:
On Oct 31, 11:49 am, Steve *wrote:
On 10/31/2010 1:03 AM, mm wrote:

What size string for a string trimmer?

Somewhere I got the idea that each string trimmer was designed for a
certain diameterr, but I have two on which I can find no
recommendation. *Maybe on one it was scuffed off when it was hit on
the ground to feed more string, but I don't think so.

Is there a problem using string too thin? *Or too thick? * How do I
know what to use?

Thanks.

(I'm either planning for next year or late for last year.)

use the thickest that will fit in the hole you have to thread it
through. *(usually one size bigger than what it came with). *Thinner
will just last a shorter time.

--
Steve Barker
remove the "not" from my address to email

No one has suggested looking at the booklet that same with the
trimmer, commonly known as the owners manual. *Try it. You just might
find something there. *OR, try the manufacturers website or maybe even
a phone number in the manual or on the web site, or maybe a local
dealer of the same brand of trimmer.

Valid advice if you bought the trimmer new, and can find the manual, or * * * * * *
it still has a legible data plate to tell the model number. For those of
us that buy lawn tools at garage sales for ten cents on the dollar, not
so much.

That's right. *I know the model numbers but there are no manuals on
the web, even for Sears and B&D. *Now that it's not Saturday night and
Searspartsdirect.com is running, it has a diagram and substitutes for
most of the parts, and it has a spool with string available, but
Colbyt is probably right, they dont' want to tell me the size.

I don't know where I got the idea that size was so narrowly defined.
Probably from the manual for the first one I bought.

I know my electric trimmer is a Toro, but can find no trace of
a model number on it. For the couple hours a year that I use it, the ten
bucks I paid was the most I was willing to invest. *I think I am using
the HF 'universal' string in it at the moment.

Universal string is good. *You can use it for macrame and yoyos and
marionettes and string theory, everything really. *

Thanks all.

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Most smaller B & D take 0.065 gauge string.
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