Need recommendation for good trimmer:

[C-10 simplex]

Need a good recommendtion for a good trimmer:

1) With an american made engine. Got nothing against Japanese engines, in fact i love them. But in this case i prefer to buy American for personal reasons.

a) Prefer 4 cycle but will definitely consider 2 cycle.


2) Money no object, but quality relibility, durability and dependability is.

3) Feel free to recommend commercial grade as i am seriously considering starting a part-time lawnmowing business.

4) May consider electric, but it has to be good.

[Blue72slab]

I have had a gas powered Echo for over 10 years and it has been great - it says "assembled in USA". I use it all year around here about every other weekend. It is a commercial model.

[cdowns]

i have a john deere model about 7years old very heavy duty no problems over the years// i know the models sold at john deer dealers are better than the ones sold at the bigbox stores

[Sub-versive]

Stihl.
Best made stuff in my opinion.Sure it's a German company, but most of the stuff in the US is made in Virginia.

[C-10 simplex]

Thanks for all the suggestions. i was/am very busy basically literally just working and sleeping. i suppose that's a good thing?

i will research all the suggestions.

[hounddogs!]

X2 on the Stihl. I did just trade out the string head for a different autofeed unit. I also have a Stihl 029 chain saw that I have run the p!ss out of for 10 years. Great piece of equipment.

I had an Echo trimmer before the Stihl, but it wouldn't hold a tune for anything. Most seem happy with Echo; maybe I had the Friday-afternoon-on-the-assembly-line model.