shadow745
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I know this is a chainsaw forum, and an awesome one at that, but I've been reading several trimmer threads and thought I'd ask too. I was given an awesome trimmer/brushcutter several years ago by my dad. He bought it at Sears back in the early 90's and it's called a Craftsman Bushwacker. At that time it sold for around $350, but he found it for half price because the original buyer put it together wrong and took it back for a refund. It came with a heavy duty harness, a manually operated trimmer head, a brush blade and a saw blade. This thing rocks and is 38cc and must be made of some very solid components. Comparing it to other trimmers I've used I'd estimate its weight to be between 25-30 lbs. It operates at a max of 6,000rpm or so, but has the most incredible torque and low end grunt of any trimmer I've ever used. It utilizes the bicycle handlebars as well. I haven't found out much about other than it was made in Japan for Sears and supposedly has a Robin commercial engine. Other than changing the plug once every year or 2,cleaning the air filter and adding grease/oil to the shaft and gears/bearings in the head it still runs like new. I use Opti2 mix with 89 octane and that's it. I've yet to see any trimmers that can run 2-3 hours weekly for 15 or so years with no parts breakage. Anybody have anymore info on this thing? I'd appreciate it. Later!