TruFuel Users?

[RandyT]

Some of the professional landscapers are actually purchasing it in 54 gallon drums for use in their equipment. To each his own I guess

 

[Oldoak]

I have been using 89 octane, 10% ethanol gasoline with the recommended dose of Sta-bil in my small engines for years. I never run the carborators dry for storage and the gas mixture sits in my generators for up to 12 months without any problems. That goes for my garden tractor, chainsaw, weed whacker, and generators. I do exercise my generators every couple of months though, and syphon out the old gas and put fresh gas in if I hadn't used a full tank of gas within a year. I use the old gas that was syphoned out in my pickup truck.

Been doing this for years without a single problem ever since non-ethanol blended gas was no longer an option anywhere in my area.

Edit: Until today, I never heard of TruFuel. I never had a need to search out fuel such as that.

 

[ericm979]

I wish non ethanol gas was available here. Some brands/stations/loads have less than others but with the pumps all marked the same there's no way to tell.

This thread made me look in the manuals for the Stihl 025 and the new MS362 I got recently... and I was wrong, they both call for 89 octane. I'll be getting that for general gas use from now on instead of 87. (gas at my house also goes into the emergency generator, which we've used for 9 days so far this winter, and the UTV). The 025 hasn't holed a piston in 20 years of 87 octane so it's not been detonating on it, but I've only run five or six tanks through the 362.

 

[Fallon]

I use "canned gas" in my brush cutter. It's stupid expensive, but I only burn a couple cans a year. MUCH cheaper than constantly rebuilding or replacing the carb & other plumbing. Also nice to have it reliable, my sanity & time is worth a lot.

Would be a very different equation if I was looking at more than a couple gallons a year. Fresh fuel that is constantly used doesn't cause much problems.

 

[Gem99ultra]

Thanks guys, for your suggestions and observations. It sounds like TruFuel and similar are probably a worthwhile purchase, at least for occasional use.

I think for my use, based on the above reports, I'll do the 'end of season flush' thing and also if/when I have a starting problem. One change I might make now though is to crank up from 87 octane to 89.

For my everyday use I have been using 87 octane and adding Stabil to my 5 gallon supply cans. I use way too much gas throughout the year to spring for $24/gal.

 

[oosik]

Man - that is expensive stuff. I use regular old 87 octane with 10% ethanol and Stabil. Been using it in all my equipment for over 25 years with no difficulties at all. Like Gem99ultra - I use WAY to much gas to start using $24/gallon stuff. I don't drain, flush, or otherwise prepare anything, fuel wise, for winter storage.

However - I DO think that our very low humidity situation here must have something to do with never having a problem. In the 35+ years here I've never had problems with water in my diesel fuel nor any ever collecting in the tractors water seperators.

 

[4570Man]

I use the Husky product, it's an "engineered" fuel, SR

You keep spreading that around. Where's the proof?

 

[TheGoose]

You can get a 110 oz container (.85 gallon) for $20. I use it in all my 2 stroke equipment. It's pricey but it keeps the ethanol problems at Bay. We cannot buy e0 gas here thanks to the EPA and corn lobby.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

You keep spreading that around. Where's the proof?

Where's your proof it isn't??

SR

 

[kenr74]

I sell a competitive brand to TruFuel. I've been to the plant they make it and know more about fuel than I ever hoped to know. I can say a few things about the canned fuels in general.

Will they make your equipment run better? Definitely.
Is it pump gas with additives? Some are, some aren't. The brand I sell starts with tanks full of ingredients and they mix it to come up with "fuel".
Will the internals of your engine last longer with a canned fuel? Every test I have seen says yes.
Are they worth the cost? That is up to every individual user. If you run pump gas then dump it and run a canned fuel you should notice a difference in how smooth it runs and how easy it starts.

Personally, I run pump gas then switch to canned fuel at the end of the season. When it is time to start running equipment again it fires right up. No carb issues then back to pump gas when in regular use. If you are a light user canned fuel makes more sense. Pay up front for the fuel vs pay later for repairs.