[Shotimes] Very (OT): Ryobi lawn trimmers

[Ron Porter]

You may have missed the beginning of the thread, but that's what we've been
discussing. He was looking at a new 875r, and I've had a 975r for around 7
years, as have a few other folks. Mine's a 4-stroke, which I wanted. One
less hassle for gassing up. My mower is 4-stroke. I do need gas/oil for the
2-stroke snowblower in winter, and I have a chain saw that I use once every
4-5 years.

IMHO, the Ryobi setup, with a few attachments, is cheaper than buying an
individual tool for each purpose, plus it saves garage storage space and
cuts down the number of engines you have to maintain and prep for the
winter.

Talked myself into a new Ryobi vacuum yesterday, since my old one quit
working awhile back. I see the new ones are blower/vacs . Don't need the
blower, but it could be handy rather than swapping back and forth. Amazon
has $10 off, plus free shipping.

Ron Porter 

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of James White
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 1:25 AM
To: mkelley1@gt.rr.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Very (OT): Ryobi lawn trimmers


I like the idea of small motors being 2 cycle.  Both the lawn mower and snow
blower are 2 cycle, so I aways have a big can of oil/gas mix around.

I always liked Roybi's idea of one motor for several tools, but just always
had a hard time to spend all that much money for these tools.

Roybi makes this system of one motor for several heads in both 4 cycle and 2
cycle motors.

Wonder if anyone on the list has tried either?




----- Original Message -----
From: <mkelley1@gt.rr.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 1:50 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Very (OT): Ryobi lawn trimmers


> I know this very OT but when it comes to mechanical things, this list
> usually provides pretty good feedback.  I'm looking at buying a new lawn
> trimmer and I'm very interested in the Ryobi 4-cycle models.  I like the
> idea of not having to mix the oil and gas that the 2-cycles require.  The
> model (875r) I'm looking at also has a split shaft design for other
> attachments.  Does anyone have any experience with these?
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