Can anyone tell me what (my husband's) doing wrong with his Husqvana whipper
snipper. The line is forever breaking. I'm sure he could get more use from
it, but until then, he's doing lawn edges with handshears!!!
Appreciate any advice.

Sandgroper wrote:
> Can anyone tell me what (my husband's) doing wrong with his Husqvana whipper
> snipper. The line is forever breaking. I'm sure he could get more use from
> it, but until then, he's doing lawn edges with handshears!!!
> Appreciate any advice.
>
>
>
Wrong size or cheap line? Snipping too close to the head (should be the
length of the line about 4/6 inches)
See your local Husqvarna dealers and ask They will know what is the best
line for your model.
Remeber its not a mower and also use a face gaurd...

I have a Husky as well and hate it!
Appart that it is a mongral to start; the line seams to bind together in the
head and the smooth edged line seams worse than the star shaped stuff from
BigW.
Buy thicker line (than recomended from BigDub and shave down the lead in so
that you can wind it onto the spool.
Don't put too much on the spool, a loosely wound half is about right, you
are better off with half the amount that you can use than a heap that gets
bound up and breaks.

Next time I save the money and buy a cheapie from BigW.

Cheers
WoW

"Sandgroper" <carmel_durbidge [at] westnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:445d9f7a$1 [at] quokka.wn.com.au...
> Can anyone tell me what (my husband's) doing wrong with his Husqvana
> whipper
> snipper. The line is forever breaking. I'm sure he could get more use from
> it, but until then, he's doing lawn edges with handshears!!!
> Appreciate any advice.
>
>

"Sandgroper" <carmel_durbidge [at] westnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:445d9f7a$1 [at] quokka.wn.com.au...
> Can anyone tell me what (my husband's) doing wrong with his Husqvana
whipper
> snipper. The line is forever breaking. I'm sure he could get more use from
> it, but until then, he's doing lawn edges with handshears!!!
> Appreciate any advice.
>
>

Crappy line, I had the same problem with my Honda, brand A works fine, brand
B always breaks at the head in about 30 seconds.

David

Thanks for the info ppl. Between u and me, he is inclined to buy the
cheapest so maybe I'll just buy better and thicker line and advise him to
shave it down and wind loosely.
Thanks again.

g'day sandgroper,

the most common cause is users forcing the head too close, practise is
needed to only use the tip of the nylon to do the actual cutting, once
learnt the operator will be able to complete the task with minimum line
usage.

the other cause is if the head is an old one and the thimbles are badly
grooved, on my machine i can rotate the thimbles to share the wear.

using too light a line will give rapid wear rater, using too heavy a line
will over load the machine.

there is an art in using these machines to the best of their ability. i'm
also no fan of tap-n-go heads they are very wasteful of line and prone to
break-downs and wear from hard contact with the ground, my current manualy
operated head is on it's second machine, and if need be will do another
machine.

practise to get the tip of the nylon doing the work.

--
With peace and brightest of blessings,

len

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://mywebsite.bigpond.com/gardenlen2/
"Sandgroper" <carmel_durbidge [at] westnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:445d9f7a$1 [at] quokka.wn.com.au...
> Can anyone tell me what (my husband's) doing wrong with his Husqvana
whipper
> snipper. The line is forever breaking. I'm sure he could get more use from
> it, but until then, he's doing lawn edges with handshears!!!
> Appreciate any advice.
>
>

g'day dow,

the husky shouldn't be givng problems they are one of the better brands,
might come back to who tunes it for you? dunno.

if you have problems with line welding together in the head moisten it with
wd-40 or similar before spooling it on, also welding can happen when using
line to cut grass that is too heavy or when other attachement should be
used. but again if you parctise getting the tip of the nylon to cut you can
cut heavy grass be it slowly.

i buy medium priced nylon and always the recommended thickness for the
machine.

true never overload the spool, and try to wind it on as evenly as possible
when loading the spool.

--
With peace and brightest of blessings,

len

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

snipped

g'day sandgroper,

there is an optimum line thickness rated to the cc capacity of the machine
eg.,. i have a 27cc machine so the best line for me is 2.4 to 2.5mm
thickness, with manual heads the cutting length is determined when each tail
reaches the adjacant thimble, tap-n-go heads are self determining.

my experience i can as good or better performance from medium quality nylon
as what i can from the dearer dancy ones. a lot will still come back to
operator finesse.

--
With peace and brightest of blessings,

len

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."
snipped>

thanks for all your advice len. i'll check out the cc capacity of machine. i
think it's a tap and go head? but you mentioning the tip of the line cutting
is what i think hubby needs to practice. he bought the machine about 10
years ago and i didn't know we could get other attachments! it's done very
few hours work! thanks for all the time you've spent helping. much
appreciated.

"g len" <gardenlen2 [at] bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:bMs7g.24650$vy1.11493 [at] news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> g'day sandgroper,
>
> the most common cause is users forcing the head too close, practise is
> needed to only use the tip of the nylon to do the actual cutting, once
> learnt the operator will be able to complete the task with minimum line
> usage.
>
> the other cause is if the head is an old one and the thimbles are badly
> grooved, on my machine i can rotate the thimbles to share the wear.
>
> using too light a line will give rapid wear rater, using too heavy a line
> will over load the machine.
>
> there is an art in using these machines to the best of their ability. i'm
> also no fan of tap-n-go heads they are very wasteful of line and prone to
> break-downs and wear from hard contact with the ground, my current manualy
> operated head is on it's second machine, and if need be will do another
> machine.
>
> practise to get the tip of the nylon doing the work.
>
> --
> With peace and brightest of blessings,
>
> len
>
> --
> "Be Content With What You Have And
> May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
> A World That You May Not Understand."
>
> http://mywebsite.bigpond.com/gardenlen2/
> "Sandgroper" <carmel_durbidge [at] westnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:445d9f7a$1 [at] quokka.wn.com.au...
> > Can anyone tell me what (my husband's) doing wrong with his Husqvana
> whipper
> > snipper. The line is forever breaking. I'm sure he could get more use
from
> > it, but until then, he's doing lawn edges with handshears!!!
> > Appreciate any advice.
> >
> >
>
>

Much over rated tool. But I always use a metal disc head (brushcutter)


--
godwin

I have the Husky 125L and use 2.5 mm line. (red).
Use it long and don't let it get less that 50mm in length.
Thicker line fractures in the feed hole if you get too close to bricks,
rocks & stuff. Just remember to keep it long and fast. Thinner line
disappears too fast as well.
Jock

"Sandgroper" <carmel_durbidge [at] westnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:445d9f7a$1 [at] quokka.wn.com.au...
| Can anyone tell me what (my husband's) doing wrong with his Husqvana
whipper
| snipper. The line is forever breaking. I'm sure he could get more use from
| it, but until then, he's doing lawn edges with handshears!!!
| Appreciate any advice.
|
|

The best line I have found is the bulk "professional" line from Bunnings.
Comes in a limited ranges of sizes and colour coding is not the same
standard you normally find - you have to read the size labels. If you have
a large area like mine (about 1 hour to do all the edges) then a $70 roll is
worth it. Where as I used to take two refills of KMart cord to do the lot,
I get it done with less than one of the Bunnings stuff - and just over one
of the Husky line.

Cheers,
Geoff

"Sandgroper" <carmel_durbidge [at] westnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:445e9eee [at] quokka.wn.com.au...
> thanks for all your advice len. i'll check out the cc capacity of machine.
> i
> think it's a tap and go head? but you mentioning the tip of the line
> cutting
> is what i think hubby needs to practice. he bought the machine about 10
> years ago and i didn't know we could get other attachments! it's done very
> few hours work! thanks for all the time you've spent helping. much
> appreciated.
>
> "g len" <gardenlen2 [at] bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:bMs7g.24650$vy1.11493 [at] news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> g'day sandgroper,
>>
>> the most common cause is users forcing the head too close, practise is
>> needed to only use the tip of the nylon to do the actual cutting, once
>> learnt the operator will be able to complete the task with minimum line
>> usage.
>>
>> the other cause is if the head is an old one and the thimbles are badly
>> grooved, on my machine i can rotate the thimbles to share the wear.
>>
>> using too light a line will give rapid wear rater, using too heavy a line
>> will over load the machine.
>>
>> there is an art in using these machines to the best of their ability. i'm
>> also no fan of tap-n-go heads they are very wasteful of line and prone to
>> break-downs and wear from hard contact with the ground, my current
>> manualy
>> operated head is on it's second machine, and if need be will do another
>> machine.
>>
>> practise to get the tip of the nylon doing the work.
>>
>> --
>> With peace and brightest of blessings,
>>
>> len
>>
>> --
>> "Be Content With What You Have And
>> May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
>> A World That You May Not Understand."
>>
>> http://mywebsite.bigpond.com/gardenlen2/
>> "Sandgroper" <carmel_durbidge [at] westnet.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:445d9f7a$1 [at] quokka.wn.com.au...
>> > Can anyone tell me what (my husband's) doing wrong with his Husqvana
>> whipper
>> > snipper. The line is forever breaking. I'm sure he could get more use
> from
>> > it, but until then, he's doing lawn edges with handshears!!!
>> > Appreciate any advice.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

thanks Geoff... i'm relaying all this info to the dear hubby.

"Geoff & Heather" <gphe [at] optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:445f26d5$0$25127$afc38c87 [at] news.optusnet.com.au...
> The best line I have found is the bulk "professional" line from Bunnings.
> Comes in a limited ranges of sizes and colour coding is not the same
> standard you normally find - you have to read the size labels. If you
have
> a large area like mine (about 1 hour to do all the edges) then a $70 roll
is
> worth it. Where as I used to take two refills of KMart cord to do the
lot,
> I get it done with less than one of the Bunnings stuff - and just over one
> of the Husky line.
>
> Cheers,
> Geoff
>
> "Sandgroper" <carmel_durbidge [at] westnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:445e9eee [at] quokka.wn.com.au...
> > thanks for all your advice len. i'll check out the cc capacity of
machine.
> > i
> > think it's a tap and go head? but you mentioning the tip of the line
> > cutting
> > is what i think hubby needs to practice. he bought the machine about 10
> > years ago and i didn't know we could get other attachments! it's done
very
> > few hours work! thanks for all the time you've spent helping. much
> > appreciated.
> >
> > "g len" <gardenlen2 [at] bigpond.com> wrote in message
> > news:bMs7g.24650$vy1.11493 [at] news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> >> g'day sandgroper,
> >>
> >> the most common cause is users forcing the head too close, practise is
> >> needed to only use the tip of the nylon to do the actual cutting, once
> >> learnt the operator will be able to complete the task with minimum line
> >> usage.
> >>
> >> the other cause is if the head is an old one and the thimbles are badly
> >> grooved, on my machine i can rotate the thimbles to share the wear.
> >>
> >> using too light a line will give rapid wear rater, using too heavy a
line
> >> will over load the machine.
> >>
> >> there is an art in using these machines to the best of their ability.
i'm
> >> also no fan of tap-n-go heads they are very wasteful of line and prone
to
> >> break-downs and wear from hard contact with the ground, my current
> >> manualy
> >> operated head is on it's second machine, and if need be will do another
> >> machine.
> >>
> >> practise to get the tip of the nylon doing the work.
> >>
> >> --
> >> With peace and brightest of blessings,
> >>
> >> len
> >>
> >> --
> >> "Be Content With What You Have And
> >> May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
> >> A World That You May Not Understand."
> >>
> >> http://mywebsite.bigpond.com/gardenlen2/
> >> "Sandgroper" <carmel_durbidge [at] westnet.com.au> wrote in message
> >> news:445d9f7a$1 [at] quokka.wn.com.au...
> >> > Can anyone tell me what (my husband's) doing wrong with his Husqvana
> >> whipper
> >> > snipper. The line is forever breaking. I'm sure he could get more use
> > from
> >> > it, but until then, he's doing lawn edges with handshears!!!
> >> > Appreciate any advice.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

Thanks for your reply Jock.

"Jock" <the-nosppam-bloke [at] bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:5JF7g.25110$vy1.23377 [at] news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> I have the Husky 125L and use 2.5 mm line. (red).
> Use it long and don't let it get less that 50mm in length.
> Thicker line fractures in the feed hole if you get too close to bricks,
> rocks & stuff. Just remember to keep it long and fast. Thinner line
> disappears too fast as well.
> Jock
>
> "Sandgroper" <carmel_durbidge [at] westnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:445d9f7a$1 [at] quokka.wn.com.au...
> | Can anyone tell me what (my husband's) doing wrong with his Husqvana
> whipper
> | snipper. The line is forever breaking. I'm sure he could get more use
from
> | it, but until then, he's doing lawn edges with handshears!!!
> | Appreciate any advice.
> |
> |
>
>

Sandgroper wrote:
> thanks Geoff... i'm relaying all this info to the dear hubby.
>
> "Geoff & Heather" <gphe [at] optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:445f26d5$0$25127$afc38c87 [at] news.optusnet.com.au...
>
>> The best line I have found is the bulk "professional" line from Bunnings.
>> Comes in a limited ranges of sizes and colour coding is not the same
>> standard you normally find - you have to read the size labels. If you
>>
> have
>
>> a large area like mine (about 1 hour to do all the edges) then a $70 roll
>>
> is
>
>> worth it. Where as I used to take two refills of KMart cord to do the
>>
> lot,
>
>> I get it done with less than one of the Bunnings stuff - and just over one
>> of the Husky line.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Geoff
>>
>> "Sandgroper" <carmel_durbidge [at] westnet.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:445e9eee [at] quokka.wn.com.au...
>>
>>> thanks for all your advice len. i'll check out the cc capacity of
>>>
> machine.
>
>>> i
>>> think it's a tap and go head? but you mentioning the tip of the line
>>> cutting
>>> is what i think hubby needs to practice. he bought the machine about 10
>>> years ago and i didn't know we could get other attachments! it's done
>>>
> very
>
>>> few hours work! thanks for all the time you've spent helping. much
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> "g len" <gardenlen2 [at] bigpond.com> wrote in message
>>> news:bMs7g.24650$vy1.11493 [at] news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>>
>>>> g'day sandgroper,
>>>>
>>>> the most common cause is users forcing the head too close, practise is
>>>> needed to only use the tip of the nylon to do the actual cutting, once
>>>> learnt the operator will be able to complete the task with minimum line
>>>> usage.
>>>>
>>>> the other cause is if the head is an old one and the thimbles are badly
>>>> grooved, on my machine i can rotate the thimbles to share the wear.
>>>>
>>>> using too light a line will give rapid wear rater, using too heavy a
>>>>
> line
>
>>>> will over load the machine.
>>>>
>>>> there is an art in using these machines to the best of their ability.
>>>>
> i'm
>
>>>> also no fan of tap-n-go heads they are very wasteful of line and prone
>>>>
> to
>
>>>> break-downs and wear from hard contact with the ground, my current
>>>> manualy
>>>> operated head is on it's second machine, and if need be will do another
>>>> machine.
>>>>
>>>> practise to get the tip of the nylon doing the work.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> With peace and brightest of blessings,
>>>>
>>>> len
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> "Be Content With What You Have And
>>>> May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
>>>> A World That You May Not Understand."
>>>>
>>>> http://mywebsite.bigpond.com/gardenlen2/
>>>> "Sandgroper" <carmel_durbidge [at] westnet.com.au> wrote in message
>>>> news:445d9f7a$1 [at] quokka.wn.com.au...
>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone tell me what (my husband's) doing wrong with his Husqvana
>>>>>
>>>> whipper
>>>>
>>>>> snipper. The line is forever breaking. I'm sure he could get more use
>>>>>
>>> from
>>>
>>>>> it, but until then, he's doing lawn edges with handshears!!!
>>>>> Appreciate any advice.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>
Oh oh Dear hubby >He who must obey..

g'day sandgroper,

any tool is only as good as the person using it, yes the very tip of the
nylon is what is designed to do the work once you learn usually by watching
what is happening as you work you will get adept at adjust for nylon wear as
you cut.

just to get the idea when next the machine is started work the head in
toward the material to be cut you will see when the tip is working. in all
cases i would not recommend tap-n-go heads, to me they take away the hands
on of the user and are very line wastefull, plus as they are designed to be
contacted with the ground they wear out and as they have moving parts they
are prone to failure, my policy as always in all things keep it simple.

--
With peace and brightest of blessings,

len

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

snipped

g len wrote:

> just to get the idea when next the machine is started work the head in
> toward the material to be cut you will see when the tip is working.

I've used a couple of brands and both had this wonderful effect on a
leftward swing. cut beautifully. Rightwards was rubbish.

> in all cases i would not recommend tap-n-go heads, to me they take
> away the hands on of the user and are very line wastefull,

I prefer the tap and go as all I ever had to do tap the head to get more
line. If you are working in a mixed environment with thick, rocks,
rubbish, etc, the tap-and-go head certainly saved downtime. but then,
our cord came on a large real.

all to do with rotation i think terry,

i find that also, i usually work from righ to left.

working around rocks a bit trickier but still reckon i'll get beeter milage
out of my laine on the manual head, comes down to practise of getting the
tip of the cord to cut the grass etc.,.

--
With peace and brightest of blessings,

len

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://mywebsite.bigpond.com/gardenlen2/
snipped> our cord came on a large real.

I was told by a dealer- believe it or not - to soak the reel of line in
water for 24 hours before use. I tried it once and the jury is still out on
the effectiveness... my leaning is towards using the tool well as gardenlen
describes
love and peace
SyrianPrince
"Jock" <the-nosppam-bloke [at] bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:5JF7g.25110$vy1.23377 [at] news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>I have the Husky 125L and use 2.5 mm line. (red).
> Use it long and don't let it get less that 50mm in length.
> Thicker line fractures in the feed hole if you get too close to bricks,
> rocks & stuff. Just remember to keep it long and fast. Thinner line
> disappears too fast as well.
> Jock
>
> "Sandgroper" <carmel_durbidge [at] westnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:445d9f7a$1 [at] quokka.wn.com.au...
> | Can anyone tell me what (my husband's) doing wrong with his Husqvana
> whipper
> | snipper. The line is forever breaking. I'm sure he could get more use
> from
> | it, but until then, he's doing lawn edges with handshears!!!
> | Appreciate any advice.
> |
> |
>
>

Thats simple

Your using cheap garbage line

Track down some Oregon brand star line and your prayers are anwsered

Cheers

L/H