Stihl Trimcut C32-2 strimmer head on FS55 strimmer

[WyrleyD]

OK, this is a long shot but I'll ask anyway. I can find loads of videos on how to load line into the above head but I can't find anywhere that tells you in practice how to feed out the line during use. The manual states that it's a manual feed and not automatic but I can't find how, it looks like you have to undo the securing nut and lift the white cassette bit and manually push out the line then push the cassette back in and tighten the screw, this is what I've been doing but it's a right faff when you have to do it every 10-15 mins.

Anyone on here got this head and am I doing it right?

[dbryder]

Tap it on the ground and it feeds out line?

At least that’s how mine works (Oregon on a Stihl)

[Mr Magooagain]

I have one on my Stihl strimmer. To extend the line, as you say, undo spring screw and turn head to let more line out then put screw spring back.
If you are having to extend line every couple of minutes then I suggest using a thicker line.
Today I’ve done extreme amount of hay striming for two hours using a bigger model than yours and only had to extend line once.

[WyrleyD]

Thanks both. The strimmer is not mine and as a favour I agreed to "cut the grass" at my daughters house in France as it's being sold. Big mistake as when we arrived the "grass" was between 1.5 and 2m tall and there is a huge amount to cut, I found the strimmer in the barn (it had been bought a couple of years before and barely used) and it had the original line still in it which I've been using, that line is 2.4mm which the manual says is the correct line size. Some of the weeds/grass have thick stalks and I keep hitting hidden brambles/sticks/fallen twigs which breaks off pieces of the line.

The head is a "manual" head not a bump feed head, I've bought some more 2.4mm line that looks stronger as it appears to be two lines twisted together and was more expensive than the orange line. I'm managing about an hour or two in the mornings at the moment as it's very hot and it's going to take about 7 days at that rate to get it all done, when it's all strimmed I'll go over it with the ride-on and chop it up, it won't be pretty but it's the best we can do without commercial equipment.

[Mr Magooagain]

I did something similar yesterday to a plot of grass that I thought I would let go wild for the bee’s etc.
Never again
I cut it then raked all the grass/hay up before putting the ride on over it this morning.
What about a tri/star blade? That might be a bit more beefy like. I use one on saplings etc in my wood.

[WyrleyD]

Oh well, another disaster. Doing the strimming early this morning and undid the screw to release the cassette and let it drop iinto the strimmed grass, that's OK I thought I know where it is - nope- couldn't blooming well find it and spent over an hour walking back and forth over that area in stocking feet to try and locate it but couldn't. Off I go to the local Stihl dealer to try and get a replacement but the screw isn't available as a spare (at that dealer anyway) so had to buy a complete new head which was 25 euro and the only one available was the same as the one I had. This is turning out to be expensive as I now have a reel of expensive line that I probably won't use as the new head comes pre-loaded!

[biggiles]

WyrleyD said:

Oh well, another disaster. Doing the strimming early this morning and undid the screw to release the cassette and let it drop iinto the strimmed grass, that's OK I thought I know where it is - nope- couldn't blooming well find it and spent over an hour walking back and forth over that area in stocking feet to try and locate it but couldn't. Off I go to the local Stihl dealer to try and get a replacement but the screw isn't available as a spare (at that dealer anyway) so had to buy a complete new head which was 25 euro and the only one available was the same as the one I had. This is turning out to be expensive as I now have a reel of expensive line that I probably won't use as the new head comes pre-loaded!

A proper Stihl bump feed head (I didn't even know "manual" heads were available) will be around the same price if you can find one, and will be so much less effort. Hopefully you can source one for next time.