When using the trimmer it is common to disengage and push it a few feet to another location and engage it and continue work. Problem is I can't find a wheel trimmer that has the offset head and also has a spindle that you can disengage while the engine runs. If you let go the bar on the handle, it dies (whereas the old unit idles and the cutter stops). Once started, the unit is twice as loud and shakes though it will fly apart. This means you have hold it while starting the engine, and the cutter is engaged! Very hard to pull for my wife. The killer is that this bar on the handle which, on the old unit engages the cutter, on this unit it must be squeezed for the unit to run. The wheels vibrate when you spin them - seem to be bushings rather than bearings. Then she noticed while the unit is the same size basically as her old one it is much heavier and not balanced well. There is no clip or anything so you can't really pull it tight. First thing my wife noticed was the way the line goes on the cutter head. Got it home, adjusted the handles, put oil and gas in it. Well, really all there was to assembly was adjusting the handles. It was not assembled but there was an open box to see what it looked like. Settled on a Swisher unit with a similar B & S engine and offset cutter head. Today we went to Lowes, Sears, Home Depot, and Tractor Supply. You then engage the spindle by squeezing a bar against the handle - somehow the governor realizes the load and kicks up the throttle, and it is a mean machine. You start it with the spindle disengaged, the engine idles and the spindle doesn't turn. Looks like the entire assembly has to be replaced but the part is anywhere from $175-$200! Love this old trimmer - it is very light and my wife uses it easily, easy to start, and a key feature is that it has a clutch. It still runs fine but the bearings are seizing on the spindle. Offset to the left to get up against stuff.
I purchased a cheap Troybilt (MTD) high wheel trimmer in 2001 and it has been great.
The weed eating I do is with a Stihl FS85, but my wife loves using the wheel trimmer.
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