An assembly for use with a trimmer, a trimmer head, a method of operating an assembly for use with a trimmer, and a flail cutter assembly. The assembly may include a trimmer head including a body couplable to a drive shaft of the trimmer, the body being rotatable about an axis and defining an annular channel; an attachment including an attachment body extending about the axis and positionable in the channel and an attachment operation member projecting radially from the attachment body; and a retainer radially movable between a retaining position, in which the retainer overlaps the channel to selectively retain the attachment when the attachment is supported on the body, and a release position, in which relative axial movement of the attachment and the head is allowed.