How To Hang String Trimmer On Wall

Space the brackets as far as possible to spread out the weight.

How to hang string trimmer on wall.

Grabbed 20 of em. Choose a spot. Screw hooks in rafters for loop handled trimmer also for attachments for split shaft model. Found some screw in the wall hooks for 7 a piece better but i can do cheaper.

Nail an 18 inch 1 by 6 board horizontally so it spans the two studs. The place where the clothes rod rests forms a great cradle for your weed eater to hang horizontally on any wall. Mark the location of two adjacent wall studs. Shop for a set of closet shelf brackets at your local home improvement store 1 x research sourcestep 2 choose a spot on your wall to hang your weed eater.

You ll need two brackets to hang the string trimmer horizontally. Use your marked line as a guide at the. If you can t easily find studs behind drywall use a stud finder to locate them. Pull the plywood shelf back down and hammer the 3 8 x 1 1 2 carriage bolts into the plywood.

Cut a 2x4 to the length needed to cross over two studs on the wall. Now this does bring up another important and somewhat controversial topic. How to vertically hang a weed eater. Here s how i hung my stihl kombisystem and a few other accessories in my shop.

A weed eater can be easily hung on a set of closet shelf brackets. Installing the homemade trimmer rack place the plywood shelves rack on top of the z purlins then drill 3 8 holes through the metal z purlin and through the new shelf rack. This is a older stihl that has a meatl stand heavy round steel formed to make stand i custom bent 1 4 pegboard hooks so it hangs powerhead up trimmer head down with no leaking fuel issues. The brackets hold the trimmer away from the wall to accommodate the motor.

Step 1 buy a set of closet shelf brackets. Grabbed a 10 peice of 2x6 3 grabbed 5 heavy duty 3 5 screws. Find a location for your weed eater on the wall of your garage or shed that s out of the way but still within. Finally i walked down the screw nail isle i found these huge galvanized nails used for gutters i believe.

Level and nail or screw it into place and you can easily hang your string trimmer with the head down.