garage sale Stihl Trimmer. Junk or not?

[ohiofarmer 3,439]

    The church had a garage sale Stihl trimmer that my wife was helping set up the display. She took pictures so i told her to take a chance on it. She offered $25.00 on it and it was accepted.

Then it came home and I put gas innit and she fired and ran very nicely.  I am too tall for it . It also came with a 3 lblade head with plastic blades only three inches long. It turns out that it came that way from the factory.

    Very little use as far as indicated wear suggested.  I googled the label info and Stihl wants 219.00 for it new.

It cranks high Rpm and is nice and smooth but a bit difficult to control around hard surfaces, What it is really good at is cutting really high grass and tall non woody weeds. It simply cuts under the tall stuff andit falls out of the way without getting tangled as it would in a normal string trimmer..  Out here on the farm around the barns we do not manicure this stuff so a really good choice for neglected trimming. areas. That little.038 cc engine is by far the easiest starting and smoothest running trimmer engine i have ever had..

    I am thinking i need to put some more money in the pot than what we bought it for....

  I bought a nineteen inch green two cycle lawn boy for the same price at a community garage sale because i just want a trim mower that starts every time. No blade clutch. No tough to get at carburetor to clean. Run it out of fuel and she will always start next year.Built like a tank.

    

Edited 4 hours ago by ohiofarmer

[ebinmaine 79,291]

Nice find. I've had a large Stihl trimmer and now an Echo brand. Excellent machines.