The ad says "loading line is fast and easy" but does not describe the loading line process. Can someone tell me how to load line on this?
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I would say that this is the Achilles Heal to this edger. Actually the restring is pretty simple - you cut a 10 foot piece of line from your spool and push it through two holes in the head so that you have two 5 foot lengths sticking out. then you turn the head cap which sucks in the line until you have approximately 8 inches sticking out of both holes. The unfortunate thing that happens is that when using the trimmer the line will snap off inside the head cap. So you have to pry off the cap and remove the line completely, put the cap back on and restring it again. Unfortunately this happens about every time I use it. Then after doing this a half dozen times the cap doesn't fit as tight as it should and will come off during operation. Then the remaining line unspools and wraps around the spinning driveshaft and it takes a knife (and a half hour) to cut it out. I'm not happy with this purchase - I wish I would have spent a little more and bought a Honda Trimmer. I have a friend that has a Honda Trimmer and say they have never had these kind of problems with it. PS I don't usually give negative product reports but this one deserves it! I wish Troy would step up and replace it or give me my money back as I've only used it a few times.
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I've had one for several years. I never could figure out how to load line in correctly. I ended up getting an aftermarket attachment at Lowes. Shakespeare ugly head I believe it's called.
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Line up the arrows, run the line (designated length) through the head so that they are equal length on both sides. Twist the head until the line spools inside...leaving a little on each side. The trick is to not overload. I ran my trimmer hard initially and actually melted the plastic. I've been gentler with the trimmer since then and I haven't had a problem with the replacement. The 3rd party trimmer heads work pretty well. Shakespeare has a nice trimmer head you can use as well if you don't like the Troy Bilt
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I just got mine and am not happy with the set-up. The directions are hard to follow and info on facebook, etc is poor. It seems to be a highly regarded unit and looks to be very well made. I'm pretty sure I will be happy with it in the long run. Cliff
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Hi. Glad to help. The person trying to pick The line Will receive The message "line in use" at the display.
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The ads are tiny and don't show when you are moving. I don't recall having seen one lately. Either I am not getting them or I have learned to ignore them.Just push the bracket onto the base in the middle, where it connects.
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no sorry every thing I watch or with apps come in very sharp and clear my son set it up but did say if it look like its running slow or I see a lot of buffering to step up my internet to the next lev. so far so good... good luck I hope you in joy it as much as we do....
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I actually called them myself. I was keeping track of the shipment and it said it would take a lot longer than it really did. I ordered from Amazon on a Monday and tracking it, I found it reached EGL I believe on the Friday of the same week. I called them myself on Monday to ask them to deliver on Tuesday (my day off). I'm not sure if you can get them to install, my guy just brought the box in and opened it up to check if anything was broken. I powered up and connected myself.
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I comes with the hose and it installs really fast. It took about 5-10 minutes to have it up and running. I love it.
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This website has instructional videos on set it up, the videos are better than paper instructions. The other response is right. http://www.loadmastervideos.com/
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Surprised to hear it didn't have instructions. I love mine and got some good tips from the videos on the LEM website. The best one that helped me is rolling your ground beef into small logs that allows you to drop them into the tube. It makes loading much easier. Go on YouTube to get other ideas.
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I have same problem, don't know why. Try dowloading a new browser will speed thins up, for sure the VLP10 will teach you patients{sp....
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Mine came through a dealer, and so was serviced. Direct shipments often arrive with a partial fill that has to be completed before first used. There should be instructions on what to do, depending on your shipment option. Always check the level before using.
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It took several hours (maybe 3-4?). But I have cable modem, so it would be faster than your DSL. That was my frustration with this purchase... downloading that much to my son's PC, and then NOT have it work unless it was on-line! Amazon never offered me a refund nor was there a way to request one.
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Yes had to add my site manually then it automatically hooks up each time. It is slow sometimes and freezes up.
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Hey there, I used it and it worked great! I had a bunch of different error messages, and it would take sometimes 30-60 minutes to get a game to read beforehand. I used the disk cleaner and it worked perfectly. I let it do it's process a few times just to be sure, and was SO happy when I realized it fixed the issue. Hope this helps!
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I sent you a reply but it looks like it did not post.perhap the product which does not require an "operating " system is a download, as opposed to purchasing the cd. it seems odd. I will buy the $64.95 product. thanks for calling Bridge Baron
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I use Windows Vista and finally got it to run. It was extremely slow to load, in fact, so slow that I thought it hung up. Go to their website and see if your PC has the minimum requirements to run.
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It's not instant on, but I think it takes it more like 4 or 5 seconds to 'boot up'. If you're in the middle of a story it'll come right back to where you left off and be ready to roll. I've had 10 or so of these over the years including earlier models and it's my favorite by far. Cheers, jc