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And why doesn't a string trimmer hold the same status in our hearts and tool sheds? What stirs our souls about chainsaws and leaves us feeling flat and emotionless with string trimmers?

Why isn't there string trimmer competitions and sponsored teams on ESPN?

Why no string trimmer "get togethers"? I can imagine it in my mind. The deep pocket guys show up with brush cutter, bicycle handle models. There will be timed cuts in an overgrown field and an obstacle course filled with kids toys in a cut/no cut challange. Folks ooh and ahh as as a classic restored Weedeater brand trimmer is brought out of its case for bragging. Yeah, serious string trimmer collectors have cases. As all this takes place, other folks stand around and debate if Stihl Pentagon or X-Line is as as good as Husqvarna Titanium Force.

I don't know about you, but after contemplating all this, I'm gonna wipe the grass stains off my Stihl FS 90 tomorrow. I may even polish it. She needs some love.
 
For me its due to the fact I was self employed in Forestry for a time, so got sawdust in my blood...plus it was one of the first tools dad showed me how to use and maintain...can remember as a youngster going out and collecting pine cones, and wood dad had cut up, then cleaning the saw up ready for the next trip.
Plus maybe the fact we work hard to get our wood, to warm our families...maybe its a subconscious manly "hunter/gatherer" type thing...conquering that big beasty tree....I'm proud after a days hard work behind a saw, knowing we will be warming our families, and ourselves in cold weather.
Once sawdust is in your veins, it remains there...weedwhackers are just annoying pesty things that sting your legs and make a mess...but a chainsaw, well that's a work of art, that demands respect at all times!
We all have different likes and hobbies..one of mine is chainsaws and timber, whereas my brothers hobby is spending time behind an easel painting...personally I'd rather have my eyes picked out by zombie Ravens..buy hey, everyone has their thing.
My 100lb wife loves coming out with the saws, carting the gas and saws around at times, and gathering wood, and she is getting a bit of knowledge about the saws...so my saws to me are also a "family" interest, which I'm grateful for.
 
I don't believe anyone in the history of the world has ever been killed with a string trimmer or as the result of the use thereof? Never been a Texas string trimmer massacre. About the worst string trimmer accident I'm aware of is a thrown rock breaking a window, or perhaps some busted up vinyl siding? Now, put a blade on the end, call it a brush cutter and then we have some potential... At least some gory leg injuries. But alas the humble string trimmer just isn't dangerous enough to garner the attention of a whirring razor sharp chain.

Now, if you organize a string trimmer get together, count me in.
 
i like all gas powered 2 stroke tools. i like saws alot more because cutting wood is alot more entertaining but i like my trimmers too. i like that i don't trim for a living so no need for the latest and greatest. for saws i need a large cc pro model to do my job but for a trimmer i usually just wait til spring clean up and take all the ones left at the ends of driveways lol scored a stihl FS38 this spring. i swear all i did was fuel it up and add line to the head. runs great! :)

chainsaw is a mans tool so strokes the big ego's of some people. myself, i just like to cut wood. i'd do it with a wild thing if i had to.
 
westcoaster90 said:
i like all gas powered 2 stroke tools. i like saws alot more because cutting wood is alot more entertaining but i like my trimmers too. i like that i don't trim for a living so no need for the latest and greatest. for saws i need a large cc pro model to do my job but for a trimmer i usually just wait til spring clean up and take all the ones left at the ends of driveways lol scored a stihl FS38 this spring. i swear all i did was fuel it up and add line to the head. runs great! :)

chainsaw is a mans tool so strokes the big ego's of some people. myself, i just like to cut wood. i'd do it with a wild thing if i had to.
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I believe that's roughly the equivalent of a mini Mac with a banana bar. Curved shaft trimmers are an abomination. Outright unnatural.
 
GrassGuerilla said:
I believe that's roughly the equivalent of a mini Mac with a banana bar. Curved shaft trimmers are an abomination. Outright unnatural.
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yep, i also got a 31cc ryobi straight shaft ported with an 028 stihl carb, velocity stack, and large cone filter. muffler modded and i've grown to hate it because of how noisy it is. tons of balls for long line though. i removed the guard to run extra line cause it was just overrevving. i like how the bent shaft removes the gear box at the head but still like the straight shaft alot more. also got a 31cc ryobi clone by yard machines with a ****ed starter pulley out of same pile as the stihl. no clutch though so not even worth repairing to me. mostly just holding onto it for another project powerhead build for my straight shaft. the stihl weighs hardly anything and is nice and quiet so that's what i'm running this year.
 
i do agree though, anyone who actually buys a curved shaft by choice should really be executed in public! lol
 
KiwiBro said:
Most higher value uses for felled trees take time to dry also. I also prefer master anal retentive precision firewood hack, if you please.
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around here, tree's that are left to dry to long crack and are used for bridge logs at that point. once down they get them to the water or mill ASAP.
 

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