Weed Wacker String Hack!!!
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- čas přidán 10. 06. 2018
- Tired of fighting your weed wacker, or like me, is your string assembly damaged in some way? Don't worry, there's an easy work-around. Have a watch!
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Suggestion: pre-cut lengths of line with knot at end (heat with flame to "set" knot); insert from inside spool ; cut "slice of pool noodle to stop line from falling out of spool when stopped (centrifugal force will keep it in place when running).
Video starts at 4:50
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That is such a cool idea,I have a weedeater I bought from Walmart 2 years ago,it was designed to be bump feed,the part to fix it has to be ordered,but it works fine.I just pull out what I need,and it lasts for awhile.My nephew has a lawn mowing business and I was helping him out today,the twine got caught up inside and wouldn't feed,he basically throws a 200 dollar trimmer down the hill.So your video made my day.Did I hear some one say daddy stop?
That was my son - he yelled "chainsaw!!!" My kids were watching from the bathroom window.
Had a garbage find Ryobi hanging in the tool shed with a bad line spool, used your idea and now I have two functional trimmers. Thanks
So jealous! I saw one on the way to work this morning but was in too much of a rush to throw it in the trunk!
Thank you , I have a weed wacker with just about the same problem the bottom portion came apart but the rest of it still works. Now I can try this to fix and use it.
Great!
One can also increase the line thickness to keep the string lasting longer using heat will make the ties a lot simpler, as in they won't back out
That's an awesome idea. This video should have thousands of likes, maybe alot of people aren't doing thier own lawns or they have professional quality trimmers but these things can drive you crazy if your like me (trying to get it done quickly while wearing a mask cause I'm allergic to grass and it's 100 degrees) between the string coming off the spool and unwinding more string constantly ugh. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks! Like and share and maybe some day it will go gangnam style :)
Thank you sir! I've tried so many different things, this is the only one that worked
Right on! Glad to help :)
Great tip, thank you!
Good idea. I have never been a fan of 2 stroke motors, I always thought they were a necessary evil. I bought a Kobalt 40 volt trimmer with an extra battery in 04. I have a 3 acre yard with 17 trees. I can trim my yard and trees on 1 battery. I have a 10 acre run of fence along the county road I use to trim around once a year. In tall grass the battery would run down in 1-1/2 hours. I bought a fence mower for my tractor to cut the fence line. I'm 72 and getting lazy. Run your 2 stroke until it gives up they try a Battery powered trimmer. Mine works very well.
Sounds like a good tool you've got there!
I must have the wrong kind of battery trimmer. I have 2 batteries, fully charged each might last 10 minutes top, and it barely cuts anything but grass. Thick stalks on weeds and vine like grass takes forever to cut and makes the batteries die even faster. I weed eat less than 3/4 of an acre and it takes all week to get the whole yard done with about 6 charges on each battery. by the time I finish it’s time to start again.
I wonder if a clothes hanger might work as a more permanent solution. I am going to try it out and hope it work
@@albertmedina2267 update?
@@o7habits124 I just bought a 40V battery trimmer, it got all the edges around my 1/4 acre property on 1 charge. I can't imagine getting thru more than that on 1 battery though...
Thank you. I been fighting with this for sooo long.
Worked beautifully thanks
Glad it helped
My wacker is fine, I just hate that string. I did see someone do that and lost it. I will try this tomorrow. Thank you
Love watching your videos! You guys are having a hard year with frost, I'm in the yarmouth area so it's been a bit better. Great tip! Keep the videos coming!
Thanks!
Handful of good hacks out there...but your one seems to last longer...BRILLIANT Thanku!!!
Thanks
I have the same problem. I’m going to try this. Thanks.
Good luck!
I'm gona try it thanks
Have fun
Thank you so much for this tip 👍🏼 it worked really well
Glad it helped!
Awesome!!! Great video thanks very much
Glad you liked it!
THANK YOU! This was exactly what I've been wanting to learn, including how to work a 2 stroke gas engine. I was just going to buy another electric, not now :)
Glad to help :)
@WendySueHagins I've been a landscaping contractor for 35 years. I've not been involved in any, but the only 5 accidents I've seen in my work was shit similar to this crap.
Gonna try that! My wife trims our small yard with long-handled shears. I use our electric weed whacked to shred leaves for composting.
Hope it helps!
Really helpful thank you
Dad doing dad stuff.
yup
Woah! I was just about to go buy another one, tanks! Saved me $!!!
Awesome!
Can you do a battery operated Craftsman weed Wacker hack? The string replacement is getting expensive.
I don't have one of those sorry
I have a TB22EC which also is real cheap, the string kept feeding out and I bought a replacement string head from Amazon that takes cut pieces of line and it was priced around 15 bucks. [Weed Warrior - WW EZ Lock Head] Perhaps the spring was bad, but I have some serious weeds to chop down and don't want to fool around replacing the string.
That's another option. I just like giving people options where they don't have to buy anything. Whatever works for you man. I only use mine about every third mow, so this works for me.
a good video for people who need to know how a gas weed trimmer works
For the love! Can someone please tell me if my trimmer takes .63 can it use anything higher then that? Supposedly you can soak your line & it last longer. Nit sure if it's true or not. But great job outta you! Thank you! This is my type of fixing!
Another hack I just saw was using zip ties as the strings. Just put one zip tie through each of the holes. There are You Tube videos on this. Also, you'll get a much neater job if you edge, weed whack and then mow.
I've tried that, but found that they don't hold up as well as the proper string. Thanks for the tip though!
I can't imagine how many times the average person will have to stop, after they have trimmed along the edge of their sidewalks, curbs, or fence to add more line. but in a pinch this will work.
I can tell you - about once per trim if you are careful.
Pretty good! I did about the same thing with tied on each hole. I might just try that next time. And about the string not lasting.. mine worked to do my lawn without making a new string. Anybody this works. Thanks for the vid
Thanks man!
Smart thinking. I stumbled on your solution by accident
Thanks
That’s a nice idea.
Thanks
Great video. Ty
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for sharing and cool incase I get frustrated with the wires again lol
No problem 👍
Electric is still whimpy
Best trick ive learned is to just deal with the damn string breaking every 5 minutes once and then every year after put weed killer along all your siding and fence
Only problem with this hack is you could ruin the thread on the bolt if you hit something solid or even bend it being exposed like that which could render it useless unless rethreaded should you get a new spool for around $20
Given the bolt's rounded shape, that's virtually impossible - it will just get scrapped & scuffed at worst
I use eletric terminal block is much faster and save 3 inch of line because I avoid the knot , you can use the end cable same that use for bycicle break
Take it to the hardware store and invest in a stainless steel nut or 3...back in bidness!
Genius
Needs a little bit more fuel on the high speed jet back out the high speed screw marked H just slightly and slowly on the carburetor until it seems more stable and revs without hesitation from idle. It will have good power and will be ready to go as soon as it starts on run. Look up Steve's small engine saloon. He is a wizard when it comes to small two and four stroke engines.
Great idea!!!!!! So you could sit for a minute and cut 10 or so string replacements and be ready ... my question is the holes on the sides of the string housing big enough for multi strands of string if so could you use more than one to strengthen the string and make it last longer????? or drill two more holes at 90 degree angles and have 4?????? I believe the string strength to be less now because when I started the string would allow me all most one whole weed wacking before I had to refill?? but not now!!!!!!!
That's not as bad idea, I'll have to try that!
Seed your lawn with green manures (ie. tap rooted and/or nitrogen fixer wild flowers) then you'd be mowing to collect compost material.
I'd also be unable to sell my house. I love the idea, but the housing market wants useless green grass.
using a metal coathanger is great like that too and lasts a little longer
Until it breaks off and embeds itself in your anatomy...
Put a magnet on a stick. The next time you drop some metal into the grass, you might be able to pick it up without seeing it first. I trim BEFORE I mow, that way the old woman doesn't complain about bits of long grass laying around. The mower gets them. 👍
That's a great idea!
Ron Yerke I
You can also use grommet and metal wire and make it the best weed wackier ever
Im this close to doing this. -| |-
@@neavo8421 it's life changing
Great - I do something like that and - No More Issues with the Line!
Tried that didnt work. Im having an awful time with my weedeater - its brand new and goes thru lines in less than 30 seconds. Ive tried all sorts of differeent lines. When it doesnt go thru lines it doesnt feed. Im not sure what the absolute fuck is going on with it but I havent been this angry in decades.
The fuel mixture is better at 70% premium gas and 30% two stoke oil. Learned this from model airplane guys who use same motors for the bigger planes. Also a lot of these small engines are set at sea level so when you live at higher altitudes across the country they need to be reset. The adjusting tool for the carburetor is available on Amazon. Just take off the seal some manufacturers put over the mixture adjustment screws and high and low idle. Some days mine won’t start for the life of me others days you just look at it and it goes ☹️
7:3 instead of 40:1? Seriously? Great tip for the sea level fix - although luckily for me, I'm at sea level! :)
Maritime Gardening Opps should have been 70:1 less oil more gas. Thanks for catching that for me. The premium gas is a big benefit though over regular.
@@richardshort4587 Boy you'd think 70:1 would run kinda hot
Best trimmer line is a fishing line for sword fish about 2,7 mm millimeters in día is extremely cheep
That would be great!
@@maritimegardening4887 fishing line has more resistance to abrasion
Oh thanks
Good
best damn trimmer i had was to take a coat hanger, cut it to fit, and go bananas. sounds dangerous? maybe but maybe not. never had a problem. cuts great and lasts forever
That sounds awesome! I must try it :)
it Works. Tq
You're welcome!
How about using some 16 or 18 ga speaker wire?? That should last awhile...lol
I have regular wire i used. it worked
Sorry man but if I run my trimmer for 4 hr's a work day I'm putting 30ft in the head not 14 inches.
Cool story
Nice chief, hey try applying heat at the tie see what happens, perma loc
That's so cool, I hate wrapping that line around and then it comes un-ravelled and starts strimming my ankles
I have an electric weed eater and that is a great thing to do
How did this trick work for you? I also have an electric weed eater.
Has anyone tried using pull chain? Zip ties didn't cut it for my job. Veldt grass has thick stems.
What do you mean "pull chain" sounds interesting - can you send me a link?
I haven't seen a you tube about this...but as I was diy'ing my own B&D that ran out of 'string'.....I was wondering if the chain you use to switch on lights (very old fashioned) or those "beaded' metal chains that you see on lanyards....would work. Like this stuff. I was not able to paste a photo.
www.google.com/search?q=metal+beaded+lanyard+chains&safe=off&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjUq7zw0_XcAhX1HjQIHSp3BuAQ_AUICygC&biw=1138&bih=503#imgrc=6WKF-uLkH4uQ9M:
I would be worried about the beads flying off at high speed
I found this line while shopping in my garage. This guy tried this....czcams.com/video/lKtMM88kM1g/video.html...see how this one lasts.
Use a clothes hanger wire instead?
Or a long wire tie.
Drill hole in arbor
what if the hanger breaks and it goes flying through hair?
By a head you never have to take apart. A quickstringer.
That's another option - but with this approach I don't have to buy anything :)
Bout a long winded feller ain't he
This works for short grass not for weeds. The girth is the weeds will undo the tied string and you will have to add new string
Guessing that nut is probably .50¢ at local store. Like the frugality though?
Put a zip-tie thru the hole done
11:37 🐦🐦🤣
That will not work for me ! I cut line 1st 20 second of trimming ! I be changing that all day ! Lol .... I stick with my bump & go !
Vid starts at 3:38.
I've been doing the tie technique many years now. I thought this way may have been different. I switched because the bump gizmo jammed and all the string line came out all at once like spaghetti. Try to rewind one / Yeah bad idea. Oh well the search continues. I thought of the zip ties too but never tried them, didn't seem to have the right characteristics. now I know !!. Thanks Bud, Cheers !!***.
Great to hear it's not just me!
Try double string bit shorter wacks big weeds
You can get the trimmer head for less than $20 at ebay
Yes, that's another option, but the point of this vid was how to solve the problem without spending money.
@@maritimegardening4887 yes, you are right, but you have to work more tieing the string every minute
I get one complete lawn trimming out of one tie-up, and only use the trimmer every third time I mow the lawn, so I basically only need to tie it up once a month and it takes a minute. Not worth $20 for me :) Whatever works man - garden on :)
Stuff like this is good for cheap trimmer. Trimmer head usually $20 but the cheap trimmer the whole thing is around $30-40. Why heck would you buy a trimmer head for $20. Its only worth it if the item cost more than $80 to do it
Today's battery technology might surprise you.
Oh yes, when this one dies I'll probably go that route.
Yuuuup! On how gutless they are maybe.
MIND THE GAP?
Starts at 3:47 👍🏻
Did it actually start at all?
your next string you should get the wire in the middle and it will last even longer
What do you mean? Use wire instead?
there in a new better line that has a wire inside the line
and clear plastic coat on it
Wow - I'll have to look for that - sounds like a great solution!
Guy sounds like Norm MacDonald
I'm guessing that you don't know too many Canadians :)
How about just buying a nut to fit the hole
As I recall it was a specialized part of some kind. I suppose I could have ordered it - anyway, this works fine.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE..Disconnect the spark plug wire from the spark plug when working on the cutting end, especially close to your face. Believe it or not, that engine is capable of starting just by turning the spool shaft. It does not take much to start those little two stroke engines. I would just hate for anyone to lose an eye or something.
I would absolutely love to see you make a video of you starting a weedwhacker by spinning the shaft!! Please make a video of that, otherwise go play safety Sam somewhere else because that would absolutely never ever happen.
@@Erklzanderz that string trimmer has no clutch built into it, the driveshaft is engaged all the time to the crankshaft of the engine, this means that rotating the trimmer head will also turn the crankshaft and can indeed start up the engine, so yes, this warning actually makes sense for this specific trimmer, the spark plug wire should be removed to avoid any accidental start up
@@imanolberecibar please share the make and model is this extremely rare and differently designed string trimmer with a permanently mated trimmer shaft and powerhead! That would not be practical for multiple reasons, like the head is always rotating wuenever the engine is running, and if the trimmer head were to be wrapped with debris (which is a common occurrence) then it would constantly stall the engine and almost surely result catastrophic engine failure. Please dont just make things up just to double down on your original statement, instead just admit that you were confused as to how they operate. I have built numerous scooters, bikes, and skateboards from weed whackers and edgers and I can assure you that a string trimmer will not start by simply rotating the string line housing assembly! Even Biden says "C'mon man!"
@@Erklzanderz they are designed like that because they are meant to be cheap, yes, the trimmer head is always spinning when the engine is running, this design is the same as most ryobi, curved shaft trimmers,
czcams.com/video/VQu4wTtzIPk/video.html&ab_channel=HomeGarage check at minute 1
would have been better if you showed the actual cutting action!!!
It cuts like it would otherwise normally cut
@@maritimegardening4887 seeing is believing though...i'm a visual person
Turned it off the minute I saw it wasn't a straight shaft lol
SHAFT !!!
That's the word!
Great video. Can't believe the 84 dislikes. Dumb people.
Haters gotta hate right :)
@@maritimegardening4887 probably mad that they couldn't tie a knot lol
Another cheap tip from Greg. I'm noticing a trend my friend. 😀
You got it. Penny saved penny earned... even though we don't have pennies any longer here in Canada :)
Something my dad would do!
High praise :)
Cannot understand why a lot of people weedeat or weedwhack their edges after mowing. More logical to use the mower to pick up the clippings with a catcher after weedeating is done. Seen 1 guy doing a free lawn mowing job as a good will gesture for a lady that need help and for his utube channel. He could have taken at least 30 minutes of his time if he had simply done what I just described above. No need to create more work ... just need to work smarter.
I agree
Just put a zip tie on each hole.
What's a string hack? It's to cut the grass not hack it.
Shaft. Good idea! but married, not a good idea. I was divorced and then remarried, dumbest thing I've done. dumb, dumb, dumb.
"Hack" means easy solution. It's a slang term among the younger folk :) Re the marriage advice - I've been divorced too - that sucked, but the dumb part of the decision was my selection criteria, not the institution of marriage. I learned from the divorce, and looked for someone that is compatible for me. Step one in the process was figuring out who I am, and what I consider a good life. That took a few years. Step two was finding someone who had similar morals and lifestyle preferences.
I can't agree. People are people and everybody has their own way. Oh I thought I had found miss right, wrong. I'm too old now to do anything cept sit around and look for the best nursing home. I do what I want and she does her's.
13 minute hack?!?! Good grief🙄
show us a picture of your wife and we will tell you if shes beautiful or not lol people always say beautiful wife or my beautiful children and most times they are not lol
My wife has about as much interest in being on CZcams as you do. You'll just have to trust me.
Well, the beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. If he say so then she is beautiful.
That video could have been less than 5 minutes long if the guy doing it didn't like the sound of his own voice so much.
You need to get to.the point. Too much story.
Was like watching grass grow.....Get to the point. And, even at 12 minutes, you never demonstrated how long the string would last. PIA - bump spools are not expensive.. Do it right.
Thank you for your fantastic input. I'll get right on that and be sure to "do it right" from now on! Now my videos will be amazing! woo hoo!!!
I can't stand it when people say weed whacker. Good god it's such a northern saying. People in the south call it a weed eater. Just like people from the north say stuff like Kudos to you. It's so annoying! People from the north think they talk and sound so much more intelligent. Let's have a civil war again and y'all will find out who's more intelligent.
Since it's not eating the weeds, "weed eater" makes no sense. I suppose "weed cutter" or "weed slicer" would be best - but at least "weed wacker" gives a more accurate description of what the machine actually does. For what it's worth - I don't say "Kudos" at all. Also - which "North" are you talking about? Alaskans? Maine? Minnesota? North Dakota? Canada? Nunavut? Greenland? Finland? North of what?