SeniorCitizen
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do all Echos trimmer engines run the same direction. CCW vs CW ?
do all Echos trimmer engines run the same direction. CCW vs CW ?
I own both straight and curved and was wondering why my straight shaft throws clipping all over me and the curved doesn't. If I operated the straight shaft left handed that may solve part of the problem but that ain't gonna happen. I not ambidextrous running string trimmers. It looks as if the straight may be hitting the road. It isn't well balanced anyway.
Curved shaft trimmers have the head connected directly to the engine so they turn the same direction as the engine rotation. The gear box on the straight shaft reverses the drive directions.
Makes me wonder how many hours of research it took that engineere to determine the best way to cover the right handed operators legs with grass and weed clippings.:laughing:
So how else could they make you buy a pair of those really expensive chaps ?