Stihl Pro line trimmers?

[Jason280]

Anyone have experience with older Stihl Pro series line trimmers? Buddy of mine has an FS80R straight shaft in good shape, and I can probably get it for $50. How would it compare with an FS55? Any reason to avoid the trimmer?

 

[XSKIER]

The FS 80 has a flex cable driveshaft that will vibrate a bit. It's detuned from their FS 85 pro model. You can add a solid driveshaft for 43 bucks. It's definitely worth a hundred bucks though.

 

[Highdesignfool]

Pop off the muffler to see if the piston is scored. I got a clean one a year ago, and run it hard all the time. It was a steal at $50 but he took $40. Lol