I've got a Troy-Bilt 2 cycle.
In about 4 years, it has had one warranty service. The gear drive on the trimmer shaft locked up in the first year I owned it. Parent company MTD's warranty registration is garbage. They had to go by the production date to warranty the attachment in spite of mailing the card in when I got it. Powerhead was fine and didn't need replacement.
The replacement unit has been fine since then.
The powerhead is powerful enough to run all the attachments. Hedgetrimmer, polesaw, blade trimmer and string trimmer. I cannot complain about the power.
It is a pain to start. Set the choke, pump the primer bulb 10X (yes, ten), pull the rope until it attempts to run, reset the choke to partial choke, pull the rope about 5 more times until it begins to run, gently pull the throttle to get it idling, and warm it up enough to switch off the choke.
It vibrates more to me than Echo equipment does.
It actually appears to be a reliable machine. I've cleaned the air filter and replaced the plug. That's pretty much it.
I hope I am right about the reliability. I had planned on buying a Stihl or Echo or maybe a Shindaiwa when the Troy-Bilt fails but I'm so invested in attachments I may have to buy another MTD product.
This is why you do not buy a cheap machine. Because the attachments are so affordable and handy that you are roped into future ownership of a similar product.
In about 4 years, it has had one warranty service. The gear drive on the trimmer shaft locked up in the first year I owned it. Parent company MTD's warranty registration is garbage. They had to go by the production date to warranty the attachment in spite of mailing the card in when I got it. Powerhead was fine and didn't need replacement.
The replacement unit has been fine since then.
The powerhead is powerful enough to run all the attachments. Hedgetrimmer, polesaw, blade trimmer and string trimmer. I cannot complain about the power.
It is a pain to start. Set the choke, pump the primer bulb 10X (yes, ten), pull the rope until it attempts to run, reset the choke to partial choke, pull the rope about 5 more times until it begins to run, gently pull the throttle to get it idling, and warm it up enough to switch off the choke.
It vibrates more to me than Echo equipment does.
It actually appears to be a reliable machine. I've cleaned the air filter and replaced the plug. That's pretty much it.
I hope I am right about the reliability. I had planned on buying a Stihl or Echo or maybe a Shindaiwa when the Troy-Bilt fails but I'm so invested in attachments I may have to buy another MTD product.
This is why you do not buy a cheap machine. Because the attachments are so affordable and handy that you are roped into future ownership of a similar product.
