I finally,, after 16 years,I fried my 2 stroke 26CC weekeater...Was looking at the 4 stroke...30 CC..I need more power..

The 4 strokes are higher in price...Should I go with the 4 or stay with the two..

 

do you have any other two stroke engines?
If you need mix fuel anyway, I would go two stroke.
two stroke is typically lighter, but have to be run wide open to produce the power. for a weed eater, line speed is cutting speed.

 

I have a lot of area so for me, a good quality four stroke was the way to go. I have to adjust the valves and change the oil once a year but it only takes 10 minutes. Never fouled a plug or had any maint issues. Its quiter and uses less fuel. At the end of the season I dump the remaining fuel into the car and run it until it dies. Come spring it starts on the first pull. I think for a small area the two strokes are better.

 

I run a saw in the winter and a weedeater in the summer. I regularly consume 2 stroke fuel. If my fuel starts getting old (late summer), dump it in the fronty and run. 3.5 ounces of oil wont matter in 20 gallons of unlead.

 

I have an Echo 2 stroke straight shaft, it is a real animal, I only use it at 1/2 throttle.

 

Stop messin' wit that namby-pamby stuff.
Get a REAL man's weedeater.

 

I haven't seen this picture in quite a few years but it always makes me laugh when I do... LOL

 

I have a Stihl BR600 backpack blower and a FS-90R trimmer. Both use different versions of the 4-Mix Stihl engine, which is a 4-stroke but it runs on a 2-stroke fuel mix. They are both very high torque engine's for there applications, and they run much quieter than the typical 2-stroker while consuming less fuel. My vote goes for the 4-stroke.

 

My old chainsaw fuel and 2cycle motorcycle fuel (both synth) go into the plow truck. I swear it fixed a carb problem and makes it run better.

 

She's a little hard to pull start but once you get her breathin, look out........

I love Stihl so I tried the 4 stroke eater, absolutely hated it. Turned the wrong direction, ate cord up faster than you could put it on even wire inserted cord, and still required 2 stroke gas. Had plenty of power though. I told them I wanted a weed eater that had a "GRIND STUMPS' setting on it and that is what they sold me. Took it back in two weeks and traded it on the smaller 2 stroke and never looked back.

 

Weird. The four strokes I have used did not require oil in gas.

EDIT: Did not know it but there are some newer hybrid 4-cycle engines that need the 50:1 mix. Gonna have to see how that works.

Never met a real sturdy trimmer that had the curved shaft.

 

Interesting, I always use a 50:1 mix on a four stroke first tank break in.
I have rebuilt numerous Harley's. I always had them bored tight. It just gave me that warm fuzzy feeling with the first tank mixed.

 

I have a Honda 4 stroke weed eater. Seems to work real nice for the last 5 years. I find that it does need a bit thinner trimming cord. Rpm's don't pick up in the heavy weeds with a thicker trimming cord.