Grass Gator 12100 Rebel Commercial Head Load n' Cut

Installed on a KM130 Stihl with 155 line. Installation was simple and it works great. I have had no problem with it holding string. I also have experience with other Grass Gator products and they have excellent customer support.

Excellent instructions and great metal adaptors. Removed the Stihl 25-2 autocut head from my Stihl FS110 trimmer and installed the Rebel with ease. I first tried Craftsman XQ Xtra quiet 0.130 inch spiral shaped line. Spit out line no matter what size I made them. Then tried Orgeon Magnum Gatorline 0.095 inch, same results. Then tried Craftsman red 0.105 inch professional line with sharp sides, same result. Sending it back for a refund.

Simple and rugged

This is ok. Its bulky. I didnt use it on my trimmer and its laying in my toolbox. The adapters didn't fit my troy built pony trimmer when its supposed to. Well built but not for me. I actually would like to return or refund it.

I have a Greenworks 10A corded trimmer which has loads of power, so much so, that the stock bump and feed head was just shredding line.when trimming close to bushes and rocks. So I purchased a Grass Gator Heavy Duty Nylon Blade head that I found surprisingly good at light brush cutting, almost as good as a brush cutter head. But we have a lot rocks to trim around and the ends of the nylon blades wore off quite quickly. They even wore off against juniper bush branchesSo "in for a penny, in for a pound" I decided to try the Grass Gator Load n Cut head despite some bad reviews about line not staying in place or being unable to insert new lines when old ones break off at the ferrule.First I have to agree with the experience of some reviewers. The head did lose one of its lines almost immediately, and the other line broke right at the ferrule and was impossible to remove by pushing a new line into place.But being a handy kind of guy, I disassembled the head, which is very easy to do, and found the metal jaws that grip the line, to have quite sharp outer and inner edges left from the manufacturing process. They are supposed to slide in slots moulded into the head but they would hand up in the slots and not hold the line properly. I just scraped off the sharp edges using a small screwdriver, worked the wedges back and forth a few times and re-assemble the head.It works perfectly now. I noticed that dirt can enter the head and may cause the jaws to bind some time in the future but it is easy to open the head to clean it out, should that happen. PLEASE NOTE that although this is an easy task, take care not to lose the little springs that push the jaws into contact with the line. Do the work on a large clean work surface, preferably one with a lip around the edge to catch the spring(s) when they jump out.I found the original line did not stand up very well in our area which has rock walls and other decorative rocks that interfere with trimming. I purchased a spool of LoNoize .130 inch spiral Twist Quiet line. I works superbly in this head.So for now I am very happy with the product(s) I hope I am just as happy in another month or so of use. If not I will post further.

Mounted easily to my John Deer trimmer with the appropriate hardware included.The plastic is a little soft and after one use it is scared up like I have been using it for several seasons.It sliced through my high grass like a chef prepping vegetables on a tv show.

I had the same trimmer head in a 10 year older model that served me well until I wore it out. I had no complaints about the old head. The new head, although it looks pretty much the same, is much lighter than the old head, and the thing that really bugs me about this new head is that the line clamp mechanism appears to be designed to intentionally clog up with dirt. I have to carry a pair of pliers with me to allow the removal of the old line before being able to insert new line. I expect this new head to last maybe 5 years if I,m lucky.

I like the Grass Gator because I can precut the 130 dia. line for quick change. I one is lost from time to time or you want to change to a different size it is possible to carry precut lengths with you. Very good purchase for anyone in the landscape industry, also for the DIYer.