| LIFE The case of the $200 spring.

[TerryP]

Life.

I'm putting new string on the string trimmer a few days ago and dropped the head on the patio. The spring, sprung. Gone. I have a magnetic broom. Could not find the damn thing.

So, Google/Amazon, right? No such luck. Even with Kobalt, they don't sell that spring. Ace? Did not have it. No store in the area had that spring that would fit. I ordered twice from Amazon taking a "chance." Didn't work. So, no spring, no string trimmer.

I bought another one. I like it...nice, comfortable, does the trick. It was a tad over two bills.

I found the spring. In one of my dog's food (auto feeder.) No idea how it got there. And yes, I'd already thrown the other one away.

In the end, I spent $200 for a new string trimmer because I could find the spring that somehow made it inside the house in the dogs food when I lost it outside...

Life.

 

[rick4bama]

Life.

I'm putting new string on the string trimmer a few days ago and dropped the head on the patio. The spring, sprung. Gone. I have a magnetic broom. Could not find the damn thing.

So, Google/Amazon, right? No such luck. Even with Kobalt, they don't sell that spring. Ace? Did not have it. No store in the area had that spring that would fit. I ordered twice from Amazon taking a "chance." Didn't work. So, no spring, no string trimmer.

I bought another one. I like it...nice, comfortable, does the trick. It was a tad over two bills.

I found the spring. In one of my dog's food (auto feeder.) No idea how it got there. And yes, I'd already thrown the other one away.

In the end, I spent $200 for a new string trimmer because I could find the spring that somehow made it inside the house in the dogs food when I lost it outside...

Life.

Now that sound like me! Lose something and I will find it after I bough a new one.

 

[sk33tr]

Why not just replace the head instead of the whole trimmer?

 

[TerryP]

Why not just replace the head instead of the whole trimmer?

Not available.

 

[64Tide]

Life.

I'm putting new string on the string trimmer a few days ago and dropped the head on the patio. The spring, sprung. Gone. I have a magnetic broom. Could not find the damn thing.

So, Google/Amazon, right? No such luck. Even with Kobalt, they don't sell that spring. Ace? Did not have it. No store in the area had that spring that would fit. I ordered twice from Amazon taking a "chance." Didn't work. So, no spring, no string trimmer.

I bought another one. I like it...nice, comfortable, does the trick. It was a tad over two bills.

I found the spring. In one of my dog's food (auto feeder.) No idea how it got there. And yes, I'd already thrown the other one away.

In the end, I spent $200 for a new string trimmer because I could find the spring that somehow made it inside the house in the dogs food when I lost it outside...

Life.

The mfg of that piece of equipment?

 

[bama alum]

Well, if you hadn't spent two bills, you wouldn't have found the spring.

 

[TerryP]

The mfg of that piece of equipment?

Kobalt

 

[rick4bama]

@TerryP If I was you I would frame this spring! So whenever you walk by it you will remember that day it cost you $200.00 dollars.

 

[rueben]

Anyone who has ever built an AR style rifle can relate to the spring disappearing. Only with the AR, its the (tiny) detent pin being pushed against the spring. It will launch across a room never to be seen again. Their not expensive or hard to replace, but unless you have several on hand it will postpone your build until you have time to you can buy a new one.

 

[XXL TideFan]

Future reference. McMaster-Carr has a huge selection of everything industrial. I used to buy a variety of springs, many from them.

 

[TerryP]

@TerryP If I was you I would frame this spring! So whenever you walk by it you will remember that day it cost you $200.00 dollars.

I TRIED!!!! ...

 

[TerryP]

Future reference. McMaster-Carr has a huge selection of everything industrial. I used to buy a variety of springs, many from them.

Didn't have it. We bought a U-bolt a few weeks ago from them for a truck axle on a '47 Ford we're working on for the hell of it...used it to support the exhaust pipe to the frame.

 

[TerryP]

Didn't have it. We bought a U-bolt a few weeks ago from them for a truck axle on a '47 Ford we're working on for the hell of it...used it to support the exhaust pipe to the frame.

I shop there about as much as I shot RockAuto.