“Best Buy” Trimmer String

“Best Buy” Trimmer String CROPS Miscellaneous “I’ve tried a half-dozen different types of plastic line for my Stihl trimmer over the years and they’ve all produced the same mediocre results ” says Lorn Manthey FARM SHOW Contributing Editor from Northfield Minn “Either the string doesn’t feed correctly doesn’t cut heavy grass or it breaks off especially if I trim along the landscape blocks ” Manthey says “I was at the Stihl dealership awhile back and the parts manager says ‘if you use CF3 Pro you’ll never use anything else’ ” Manthey bought a spool of the orange and dark gray line even though it cost considerably more “I could tell when I cut the pieces to install them that it sure seemed tougher than other lines I’ve used ” Manthey says “When I fired up the trimmer on the tall thick and matted grass next to a block building it mowed the material right off without even lowering rpm’s on the power head The parts manager told me the line is formed with a 3-component extrusion technology and it cuts like a sharp razor blade ” Manthey says he trimmed about 150 ft of tall grass and the ends of both string pieces showed hardly any wear “Then I reached under evergreen trees and cut off small volunteer box elders and later mowed off some giant ragweeds with stems the size of a little finger without a problem Slicing weeds out of sidewalk and cement cracks was also easy so I’d recommend this product to anyone who wants an outstanding trimming line the best I’ve ever used The only drawback is that a person has to be very careful around trees because the string will cut through the bark layer and scar the wood much easier than other line ” Manthey says even the packaging for the CF3 Pro is excellent because the unused line can be held tight in small notches on the spool ready for the next use

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