Product Features:

• Surefire Starting system
• 17-inch cutting path
• Quiet running 33cc 2-cycle engine

Product Description:

Powered by a 25 cc, 2 cycle engine with EPS Effortless Pull Starting system. Fixed line dual exit head uses .115 diameter precut line and has a 17" cutting path. 52" straight split shaft will accept Weedeater, Craftsman, Ryobi, John Deere, and Homelite mu

Customer Reviews:
There are better deals to be had
I found Maurer Rolf's comments very helpful. I was going to buy this because I thought it had the two attachments and I could save the $15.39 of buying the brush attachment separately. This outfit, the Poulan Pro PP 333 Trimmer and Brush Cutter costs $162.94; The trimmer alone (the Poulan Pro PP 133 Trimmer Poulan Pro PP133 17-inch 33cc 2-Cycle Gas-Powered Straight-Shaft Attachment-Capable String Trimmer- same model without the bush blade) costs $129.99 and a Poulan Pro PP4000C Brush Cutter Attachment Poulan Pro PP4000C Brush Cutter Trimmer Attachment costs $48.34 for a total of $178.33 and for that I have two quick-change attachments. I would say it is well worth $15.39 to not have to dis-assemble and re-assemble and dis-assemble and re-assemble every time I want to trim both grass and brush - like I have to do on my lot. To put it another way if you buy the PP333 you are paying $32.95 for a $12 blade and some parts.

Update: I found Amazon also has a Poulan Pro PP330 17-inch 33cc 2-Cycle Gas Powered Curved Shaft Attachment Capable String Trimmer Poulan Pro PP330 17-inch 33cc 2-Cycle Gas Powered Curved Shaft Attachment Capable String Trimmer for $104 and it appears the only difference between the PP330 and the PP133 is price and that the PP133 is straight shaft and the PP330 is curved shaft. So a PP330 trimmer and a PP4000C would only be $152.34! A savings of $10.60 over the PP333 and you get 2 quick change attachments for that price instead of one attachment and some stuff you need to assemble & disassemble and assemble, etc. Now I'm sticking with the straight shaft which transfers power to the cutting head better and most professionals use a straight shaft, but the curved shaft is a great price.

2010-07-23 | Bama Bob (Harvest, AL United States) | Rating: 3

hunk-o-junk
This is the lousiest Poulan product I ever owned, and I have had a few. They should stick to chainsaws. The name Poulan used to mean it was durable and worked. Not so in this case. I bought one of these things and every time it tangled with some taller weeds, it dies. Eventually it loses powere completely and will not run. I wasted way too much time fiddling with the thottle screw until eventually figured that I just got a bum unit. The retailer I bought it from haltingly exchanged it because it runs when started cold and just whacking air. Sencond unit: same problem. This is a poorly designed tool with no guts that was never tested by the manufacturer in actual conditions. The call this a "brush cutter" but it can't handle cutting petals off of flowers!

2010-07-04 (kankakee) | Rating: 1

Poulan Pro PP 333 Trimmer and Brush Cutter
Poulan Pro PP333 17-inch 33cc 2-Cycle Gas Powered Straight Shaft Attachment Capable String Trimmer and Brush Cutter
Purchased this trimmer because it looked like a good idea to get a combination trimmer/brush cutter.
Good point: Although trimmer is a bit heavy, it came with a shoulder strap. The engine starts relatively easy and the trimmer works well.
Bad points: If you want to change from trimmer to brush cutter you are in for a surprise. You need your tool box and fiddle around for 10 - 15 minutes to make this change and the same amount of time for the reverse procedure. The reason is that the brush cutter is not an assembled attachment but a blade and other parts that need to be combined with the trimmer attachment. Your much better off to purchase the brush cutter attachment separately.
I contacted Poulan customer service on two occasions via e-mail to find out if I could purchase a shaft to assemble a separate brush cutter attachment but they have not bothered to repliy to my request - bad customer service.
Bottom line: decent grass trimmer, lousy combination trimmer/brush cutter tool

2009-09-13 | Rating: 2