Sriously, for your smaller tools, acrew gas and go lithium battery powered. No more messing with flammables and fuel lines and al the crap you are dealing with. I gave up gas mower and all gas tools save the snowblower. So much happier and maintenance is less.
“for your smaller tools, screw gas and go lithium battery powered”
The replacement batteries for a hedge trimmer are about $70.
I’ve gone the lithium battery way and for no more than I need, it works.
Yep. Did that myself. bought a couple of extra batteries and have a system to make sure there are two charged all the time. Ethanol ruined a couple of weedeaters for me (internal parts, too...) and I decided to call it quits and go to batteries. I have a big yard, so I put one on the trimmer, and one in my pocket.
No more Pull...blub blub...Pull harder...blub blub...check switch, pull again... blub blub...
Now, it’s just, Click...whhirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr