oil mixture confused!

[Ollbuster]

I know this is off subject but are any of the Home Owner trimmers made by Stihl or are they all rebadged Ryobis.

 

[Lakeside53]

They are all made by Stihl, and the models available in the USA are made in Virgina Beach. The FS36 etc was a brief phase in the mid 90's. They weren't rebadged Ryobi's either - made for Stihl by Ryobi at a time Ryobi acually made some half decent stuff.

 

[bump_r]

Ryobi, huh? Dang. Well, kind of dang. It starts, runs, and powers quite well - It's reliable does a nice job. I recently had to epoxy the throttle trigger back together after a helpful buddy tried to fit the thing in my trunk rather than leave the string head hanging out the back. When I had the trigger out, I swore I saw the Stihl parts logo on it - lending credence to the notion that Stihl had it built for them rather than re-badging an exisitng product. Either way, it IS a good machine for my uses.

Thanks for the input, guys.

 

[Lakeside53]

Hmmm... there's more to this story... I has a vague recollection and checked with a good Stihl contact. Both Stihl and Ryobi bought this series of trimmers, made in the USA, from a company called IDC... The trimmers are the same basic engine, but the Stihl has metric fasteners, some different external components, and the Ryobi version has SAE fastners...

 

[Justsaws]

IDC= Internal Dynamics Corp., they made some good engines. Easy to rebuild if needed and cheap because there is a million of the older ones out there. I use them because of the before mentioned reasons and they seem to be rather reliable. Ryan, Ryobi, Craftsman, Stihl and a couple of other brands. Make for cheap power heads for cultivators, pole saws, etc..