troybilt tb525ec

ericlb · Apr 13, 2019

i bought this string trimmer its a larger 4 cycle gas job,about 15 lbs, it cuts overgrown typical farm stuff just fine using .095 line, but how do you wind the new line on it, the manual says to line up the arrow on the bottom with the line on the side under the trimmer line bushing, and shove it thru, and wind it counterclockwise, good luck with that! after trying that and every other way under the sun, and ive owned a few string trimmers probably 50 or more, [were hard on em] it cant be done, i dont know if the manual is a misprint or if this one has a different head on it, but i spent 3 hours failing to get a 2 minute job done,, we buy line 1/4 mile at a time. 1320 feet, guess how i know that measurement . the only way i finally did it was to take the head off and take it apart then wind the 2, 5 foot lines on, but to then put th3 assembly back together took 3 people! now troybilt normally builds pretty good stuff, so i cant figure that was actually the way its supposed to be done, has anybody got one like it? how do you really do the job?

Steve@Advance · Apr 13, 2019

Here's a how-to.

Looks like it will still be a frustrating procedure!
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ericlb · Apr 13, 2019

that did help, hopefully the next time i can do it like this instead of the way i fought it

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