How To Tips for Easy Restring of Weed Eater with 2 strings

To restring weed eater, follow the arrows. The weed eater 2 string head shows the direction to restring.

Be kind, rewind.. your weed eater 2 string trimmer that is.
Most line trimmers, weed whackers, have refillable spools that dispense line as you need it while trimming up the edges of your yard.
We sell several styles of line trimmer spools all wound-up and ready to go. And if your spool is broken or not dispensing line you probably need to purchase a new one.
However, if your spool was still working until it ran out of line you can probably save up to $30 by purchasing bulk line and winding your old spool yourself. Because one $3.00 refill can rewind your old spool over 3 times saving about $10 for a new spool every time.
The most common line size is .065 which may be printed on the shaft of your machine, or on the spool, or in your owner’s manual. When in doubt bring in a scrap of the old line and sizing is easy with a dial calipers, (on hand in any quality lawn and garden business).
To rewind inspect the core of the spool and find the small hole or slot where the line can be inserted into. Put the line in the slot and let the package spin on the floor as you wind in the direction of the arrow on the spool.
Do not overfill your spool. Better to wind it to about 3/4 of the capacity or so because too much line and inserting the spool back into the machine can be difficult.
Once you have enough line on the spool cut it so 6” of line is in your hand and you are keeping it tight. There should be a slot in the spool for you to pull the line into keeping it from unwinding from the spool. This allows you to insert the spool into the machine without it unwinding. My slot is worn out so I have to keep my finger in the spool as I insert the loose end of the line into the feed hole in the machine. I feed the line through the hole, grab it to keep tension on it, and insert the spool.
My big machine is a 2 string trimmer so I cut two 9-foot pieces of line and wind them both at the same time. Your spool could be larger or smaller so 9-foot is just a starting point when making the two lines for your machine.
Last bonus to winding your own, you can purchase better commercial line that lasts longer than the original line.

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[wolf]

Simple, accurate and to the point. I had a very frustrating time as the string would suddenly UNWIND when i almost had it done! Haha, i wish id seen your vid a while ago( would have saved a lot of swearing!). Ignore the " dislike" votes, you made a good vid and there is ALWAYS a moron somewhere who likes to be difficult. Best regards pal.

[palmeirascanada]

Almost 10 years later and still there’s no better video than this !!

[workhorsepatterns]

I get on YouTube to figure out things like changing a car battery, or in this case, re-spooling my weed eater. I appreciate the time you put into this video. It allows me to be more self-sufficient. Some of us don't have that person in their life or from childhood that would fill this role, and I appreciate the work.

[YegaSRT]

Come back to this every year when I need to restring my strimmer and forget how to do it

[timmysue]

WOW. Thank you. It's so discouraging to be out in the yard working when the string runs out. All my garden energy became frustration with the restringing till your demo!

[michaelgibbons]

Clear, easy, straightforward, simple - the dual line wind at same time is easy, so much easier than my past frustrating attempts! Great video!!

[CatacombsBC]

thank you for not making a 7+ minute video on such a simple topic.

[chrisshenzo]

Right on target...no drama, no theme music, well articulated. Thank You And 👍

[dannylynch]

I have literally renovated a 300 year old house using YouTube, and I'm still coming back for things like this. Best platform ever made ❤

[whatsup-wj]

Perfect video for a seemingly simple but tricky task. I love that in 3 minutes you saved me 45 minutes of string wrestling and an hour of trimmer headaches (yes, I am always tempted to figure it out for myself only to belatedly realise that I should seek help :) )

[primrose]

When paper instructions are unclear, I then come to youtube to hopefully find a beautiful video such as this one! THANK YOU so much Mr. Hardware, you are a headache saver.

[BrianaPerrin]

Thank you for making a video that doesn't have 10 min of fluff in it and getting straight to the point! informative and effective. Also fellow MI native here!

[chrissyh]

OH my gosh! Thank you SO much for this video. My new trimmer was different than my previous one and I was clueless on how to restring it. I watched another video that was supposed to help, but in that video, it said to look for the hole on top of it- mine doesn't have it. Mine is exactly like the one you are using, so NOW everything finally makes sense!!

[johnnyu]

Thanks! I can't believe I used to be so intimidated by the prospect of winding a spool that I paid many times more for pre-wound spools. It was actually fun and I feel like I accomplished something today!

[dianna]

Thank You!!! After restringing my trimmer MY way so many times and getting so frustrated with the trimmer not working its best, this is so refreshing. I love doing things right and I appreciate you helping me to learn :-)

[TotoFrancey]

These instructions are perfect. I wish it had been made and I discovered it 30 years ago. What used to take me about half-an-hour I finished in about five minutes. Thank you for your excellent video.

[Asaucytaco]

Man, I got tired of my weed eater spool unwinding in the middle of my cutting. Ive never thought of doing both at once! Gonna save me the time and headache my word. Thank you!

[bobinmissouri]

Thank You Blair Gilbert I had been doing it wrong for many years you made it so easy to do and follow again ty have a great day

[KalikoTheWolf]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I’ve been sitting here for an hour trying to figure this out! I should’ve looked this up sooner but I’m stubborn lol! Great video very informative :)

[paag.]

Who da hell would dislike this video. He put this in the most easiest straight forward instruction FOR anyone can follow. Props