4 Stroke Husqvarna String Trimmer

[TerryD]

I've been looked at trimmers for a while now and a few months ago I was in TSC and noticed the Husqvarna 4-stroke trimmers they make. I was wondering if any of you guys had ever used one of them? Do they run on their side for edging like a 2-stroke will? Last thing I want to do is drop $300 on a trimmer and kill it while edging my walk-ways and such.

 

[Kjunky5]

I have one. The 224L. This is the second season I've used it and I like it. I never spend too much time with it on its side so I can't answer that question. That's what I have an Echo edger for. If I had to do it over I would go Stihl. But for half the price I like the 224L.

 

[nc4wd]

Don't waste you money on units that require oil in the crankcase. The Stihl 4-Mix is a very, very good and proven engine. We run at least 30+ units with the 4-Mix engine, hardly ever any problems.

 

[TerryD]

Don't waste you money on units that require oil in the crankcase.

That was kinda the point. Keep from having a gas can sitting around with mix in it that doesn't match a chain saw or our little micro-tiller. Not a big fan of Stihl either.

Of the 3 Stihls we've owned, two of them NEVER ran when we needed them to. One trimmer that you had to tune one way to start and re-tune to run, ALWAYS. After spending a whole day rebuilding the carb and replacing lines to try and cure it, I pulled the cord till I had bleeding blisters on my hands and finally beat the motor off it against a tree. The chain saw we had rebuilt twice and finally just recycled it. Dad's new Stihl trimmer (not sure why he bought a Stihl again) seems to do really nicely, but I just don't think I'm willing to spend that kinda $$ on equipment we've had a 33% success rate with.

We've got a McCulloch chainsaw from the 80's that has NEVER failed to run and had a little off-brand unit from the 70's Dad picked up because the guy couldn't sell them (new) that ran till the mid-00's when the rod finally broke. Dad was so pissed at the little Stihl saw (bought to replace the off-brand one) that he bought an Echo that's he's really happy with.

So, probably not going to buy a Stihl either way. Thanks for the input thought!

 

[max 02]

One thing you might want to try with your Stihl.

Take the exhaust spark arrester out and clean it... it is a 15 mm socket to take it out, its got a screen on it that plugs up, you can clean it with a wire wheel. Takes about 5 minutes to do, might be worth a try.

Worked for me...

 

[TerryD]

One thing you might want to try with your Stihl.

Take the exhaust spark arrester out and clean it... it is a 15 mm socket to take it out, its got a screen on it that plugs up, you can clean it with a wire wheel. Takes about 5 minutes to do, might be worth a try.

Worked for me...

If it ever starts acting up, I'll look at this. So far his new weed eater has worked great. Cold starts on about the 3rd pull, hot starts on the first. I'll let him know to take it out and clean it at the beginning of every summer when he starts using it and maybe prevent the trouble all together on it. As for the older one, we removed everything from it and cleaned it. It just wouldn't run.