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New: Speed Feed 500 string trimmer head

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7394

7394

Just in case you want to load 40 FEET of string at a time..

Speed-Feed® 500 | ECHO-USA.com​



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Tonebalone

My personal experience with the 500 head is that any string under .130 will melt within 10 minutes of use and will not advance. The replacement head Echo sent me did the same thing. The problem seems to be the giant piece of metal inside the head transmits heat from the gearhead to the spool. On the bright side, it will hold about 15 feet of .130 and that lasts a long, long time.


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7394

7394

I have speed feed 400
Been using Husqvarna Titanium .095, never welded string.

Read the 500 head has some metal in head and that causes the welding.

It's not the string.


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Tonebalone

7394 said:
I have speed feed 400
Been using Husqvarna Titanium .095, never welded string.

Read the 500 hear has some metal in head and that causes the welding.

It's not the string.
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I never had any issues with the 400 head. I only know that the .095 and even .105 will melt on the 500. .130 doesn't melt for me.


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hlw49

Speed Feed is a good head have had one for a bunch of years now and would have nothing else.


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slomo

Remember to dunk the line in water. Keeps it more resilient and stronger. Nylon line just like fishing line dries out over time. Helps keep the curling out of the line as well.


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7394

7394

Read long ago the 500 head was gonna be recalled. For that reason. Guess they never did.


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7394

7394

I've had my 400 head over 10 + years.
It welded some real cheap line. Since then, I use only Husqvarna Titanium .095, been golden ever since.


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Tonebalone

7394 said:
I've had my 400 head over 10 + years.
It welded some real cheap line. Since then, I use only Husqvarna Titanium .095, been golden ever since.
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This thread is about the Speed Feed 500 head. The 400 works great. The 500 tends to weld line under .130 diameter in my experience.


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Auto Doc's

A trick that a landscaper showed me years ago was to dunk the cutter head with line in water to keep the line cool and it actually improves line feeding and line cutting strength. Nylon cutter line gets resilient when kept wet.

Even old cutting line can be rejuvenated by soaking it in water overnight. I've done that when all I had on hand was some line that had sit for a couple of years. It worked.


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Tonebalone

Auto Doc's said:
A trick that a landscaper showed me years ago was to dunk the cutter head with line in water to keep the line cool and it actually improves line feeding and line cutting strength. Nylon cutter line gets resilient when kept wet.

Even old cutting line can be rejuvenated by soaking it in water overnight. I've done that when all I had on hand was some line that had sit for a couple of years. It worked.
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I agree with this advice. I regularly soak my spools in water to make them work better. But I defy you to make a difference in the Speed Feed 500. It welds line less than .130 diameter. It is a total piece of crap.


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Auto Doc's

I cannot comment on this particular item. Just the same though, I don't think adding more string for lazy people resolves anything.


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StarTech

StarTech

Auto Doc's said:
I cannot comment on this particular item. Just the same though, I don't think adding more string for lazy people resolves anything.
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Just gives more time for beer.:rolleyes:

or just bragging rights. But I think this head is so a larger diameter line can be used. Anyway it is an extra load on the engines.


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