Canned Gasoline?

[MossRoad]

Must be that Hoosier gas is better than Wolverine gas 'cause our gas turns to goo if it sits a couple months in a carb.

Must be, because I never drain anything ever and it starts the next time I use it. Only exception being the chainsaw, which I run dry almost every time I use it. Maybe the key is turnover of the fuel supply. Since I use all of my stuff at least once per year, the fuel gets refreshed. Best example I have are the log splitter and tiller. They sit for 6 months without use with E10 sitting in them and they fire up and run fine every year. And I run my generator for about an hour a couple times per year and top it off with E10. The generator is the only piece of equipment I use Stabil in, since it sits for so long.

 

[4570Man]

I leave most of my equipment sitting for most of the winter with untreated E0 gas. On the things I hardly ever use like the pressure washer and push mower ( who uses a push mower anyway? ) I try to run those dry. It is a pain in the butt trying to run my more commonly used stuff dry especially the mowers usually need to moved around over the winter.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Without reading all the posts in this thread, I compare buying pre-mix 2 stroke gas to buying pre-mix 50/50 antifreeze. Great marketing ploy. Tremendous profit margin for the manufacturer. If you don't use enough pre-mix 2 stroke gas to justify doing it yourself, then what you buy is probably going to go bad as well...... I struggle to see why a person can't go buy a small bottle of oil, measure the gas and oil, mix your own, and save a LOT of money. But maybe not???

It's ethanol free. That the one and only reason I would buy it.

Chris

 

[swines]

I buy Torco 100UL in 5 gal cans. I use it in my lawn tractor, trimming mower, and 2 cycle engines by adding Stihl oil to it.

The power tools have never been running better. I fired up my three chainsaws with 4 pulls on each after having been stored without starting for 6 months.

I'd buy the VP 4-Cycle fuel as it's a little cheaper, but there are no VP dealers in my area. The Torco 100UL is about $10/gal, but the difference in the way the equipment works is worth the cost + it stores without going bad.

 

[MossRoad]

I go through about 90 gallons of gas per year. At $10/gallon, that would be $900 VS, say $250 on regular gas(even less this year). I'll never have $650 worth of fuel related problems in a year. Ever, never, ever. It would be fiscally irresponsible of me to spend that kind of money on something with so little return. I just can't understand why anyone would do that? Its crazy. :confused2:

 

[4570Man]

I go through about 90 gallons of gas per year. At $10/gallon, that would be $900 VS, say $250 on regular gas(even less this year). I'll never have $650 worth of fuel related problems in a year. Ever, never, ever. It would be fiscally irresponsible of me to spend that kind of money on something with so little return. I just can't understand why anyone would do that? Its crazy. :confused2:

You burn 90 gallons of mixed gas a year? I burn well over 90 gallons per year and that is not counting vehicle fuel. I burn maybe 15 gallons of mixed gas per year. If I was forced to pay $10 dollars a gallon for gas I would sell my ZTR and replace it with a diesel mower likely a Grasshopper.

 

[MossRoad]

You burn 90 gallons of mixed gas a year? I burn well over 90 gallons per year and that is not counting vehicle fuel. I burn maybe 15 gallons of mixed gas per year. If I was forced to pay $10 dollars a gallon for gas I would sell my ZTR and replace it with a diesel mower likely a Grasshopper.

No. I burn 90 gallons of E10 per year in my tractor and lawn and garden equipment; chainsaws, pole pruner, mower, weedeaters, tillers, splitters, etc.... I mix my own 2 stroke fuel. I see no need for high dollar canned fuel for anything. Its a waste of money. So is high dollar oil.

Ding ding ding, fights on! :laughing:

 

[clemsonfor]

Why would you run 32:1 in a high performance saw made to run 50:1?

Why not?

Saw builders i trust advocate 32-40:1. Also stihl use to be 40:1 and then the next year went to 50:1, same oils and same saws? It is an epa thing!

It doesnt hurt it either, i will give up a tad and i mean TAD of performance for extra oil.

 

[clemsonfor]

Must be, because I never drain anything ever and it starts the next time I use it. Only exception being the chainsaw, which I run dry almost every time I use it. Maybe the key is turnover of the fuel supply. Since I use all of my stuff at least once per year, the fuel gets refreshed. Best example I have are the log splitter and tiller. They sit for 6 months without use with E10 sitting in them and they fire up and run fine every year. And I run my generator for about an hour a couple times per year and top it off with E10. The generator is the only piece of equipment I use Stabil in, since it sits for so long.

I leave most of my equipment sitting for most of the winter with untreated E0 gas. On the things I hardly ever use like the pressure washer and push mower ( who uses a push mower anyway? ) I try to run those dry. It is a pain in the butt trying to run my more commonly used stuff dry especially the mowers usually need to moved around over the winter.

Put fuel cutoffs in the fuel line where ever possible. Just cut fuel off and let engine die out.

If you want to drain it just pull the line and let it run out into a pan and refill...like say that pushmower that you havent used in a year. Get the old gas out and put fresh in then restart it.

 

[clemsonfor]

Must be, because I never drain anything ever and it starts the next time I use it. Only exception being the chainsaw, which I run dry almost every time I use it. Maybe the key is turnover of the fuel supply. Since I use all of my stuff at least once per year, the fuel gets refreshed. Best example I have are the log splitter and tiller. They sit for 6 months without use with E10 sitting in them and they fire up and run fine every year. And I run my generator for about an hour a couple times per year and top it off with E10. The generator is the only piece of equipment I use Stabil in, since it sits for so long.

I leave most of my equipment sitting for most of the winter with untreated E0 gas. On the things I hardly ever use like the pressure washer and push mower ( who uses a push mower anyway? ) I try to run those dry. It is a pain in the butt trying to run my more commonly used stuff dry especially the mowers usually need to moved around over the winter.

I buy Torco 100UL in 5 gal cans. I use it in my lawn tractor, trimming mower, and 2 cycle engines by adding Stihl oil to it.

The power tools have never been running better. I fired up my three chainsaws with 4 pulls on each after having been stored without starting for 6 months.

I'd buy the VP 4-Cycle fuel as it's a little cheaper, but there are no VP dealers in my area. The Torco 100UL is about $10/gal, but the difference in the way the equipment works is worth the cost + it stores without going bad.

i dont want to use 100LOW LEAD fuel in something like a chainsaw or weedeater where i am stationary in the cloud of exhaust for periods of time