A leaf blower is a tool that can save you a lot of time. It’s not only great for leaf cleanup in the fall, but it’s also a handy tool to have to clear debris from the patio, dry a lawn mower and blow grass clippings off of your pathways. When your leaf blower starts …
Handheld Equipment
Your leaf blower may not get used often enough to consume all of the fuel in the tank in a short period of time. This can be the reason a RedMax blower fails to run strong. Old fuel, the wrong type of fuel, or an incorrect fuel mix will cause problems to develop in your …
You’re trying to trim with your string trimmer and find it’s not giving you the power you’re used to. Without this power, the trimmer can bog down and have a hard time cutting weeds. I’ll go over the most common reasons you’ll start experiencing a loss of power with your Shindaiwa string trimmer. A Shindaiwa …
It’s that time of the week to mow the lawn. This includes trimming around the landscaping, trees, water features, and fence posts to give your lawn a well-manicured appearance. However, this week you run into a problem with your string trimmer where you can start it, but it just won’t keep running. A Shindaiwa string …
You may call it a weed wacker, weed whip, or weed eater. No matter what you call it, you will most likely run into a time when your string trimmer begins to run rough. This is a common problem that can affect all gas-powered string trimmers causing a lack of engine power and poor performance. …
Your string trimmer isn’t running like it normally does. It starts and runs, but now you must have your choke on in order to keep it running. Finding and fixing this problem will help you get the best performance from your trimmer. A Shindaiwa string trimmer that only runs with the choke on is either …
A string trimmer, weed wacker or weed eater (whatever you call it) is a great addition to your lawn care equipment. It provides you with that finished well-manicured look. Well, at least it used to before it stopped working. Now, you can’t even get it to start. A Shindaiwa string trimmer will not start when …
Fuel is oftentimes the problem causing a string trimmer to not start, run sluggishly, or lose power. Choosing the best gas and knowing how to care for that fuel will help minimize problems in the fuel system or engine. Shindaiwa string trimmers use a gasoline and oil mixture at a ratio of 50:1. 50 parts …
Whether you have a handheld leaf blower or a backpack leaf blower, you will run into times when it doesn’t have the power it once had. The engine isn’t performing strong and there isn’t as much air movement coming from the blower. The power loss can be so bad that your leaf pickup is more …
You rely on your string trimmer to reach places your mower can’t reach. It helps finish the lawn’s manicured appearance by cutting grass around landscaping, trees, fence posts, water features, and more. When your string trimmer loses power, it can get frustrating to try to trim grass when it gets pushed over or wrapped around …