I just learned a valuable lesson

   / I just learned a valuable lesson #11  
colored elect tape around the handles? ... just a thought ....
 
   / I just learned a valuable lesson #12  
Gas is always in a red (plastic) can. My kerosene for the heaters in the shop is in blue (plastic) cans. I don't "can" much diesel, but I have yellow (plastic) cans for such times. 2-cycle pre-mix is in a red (once again, plastic) can. All my 2-cycle engines are Stihl. One mix- one oil- I cut out the front panel of a Stihl oil bottle, punched a small hole in it, and zip-tied it to the handle. No mistaking which has the pre-mix.
 
   / I just learned a valuable lesson #13  
Deere755,
Oh it was not for home use, it was a church thing. On the same venture she loaned out my nice lawnmower and it came home with a bent crankshaft /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif About a $400 cost to me for her helping out at the church.
Ben
 
   / I just learned a valuable lesson #14  
Got one 5 gallon yellow can for diesel and have written in huge black letters on another red 5 gallon can "DIESEL" so I won't make any mistakes. 2-stroke fuel is mixed in a 2 1/2 gallon red can marked "40/1 MIX". The only time I have erred in filling a fuel tank was back in 1970, accidentally filled my Honda with kerosene. It ran, but only at 3/4 choke.
 
   / I just learned a valuable lesson #15  
I had a Honda Rancher ATV. You can easily install the oil filter in backwards which will starve the top end of oil and damage the engine which I did.

So I re-built the top end and had the cylinder bored.
I put it back together and it smoked like crazy. I took it back apart re-checked the rings and put back together and it still smoked.

I was frustrated thinking that I was doing something wrong. So I put it in the shop. They did the same thing. Tore it down and put it back together and it still smoked.

The mechanic finally figured out it had deisel in the tank....
 
   / I just learned a valuable lesson #16  
I once (err, mean my wife once) put regular gas (without 2 cycle oil) in our first Makita chain saw. Man that thing ran like a mother before it finally gave up the ghost. She never made that mistake again...... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
   / I just learned a valuable lesson #17  
I couldn't find yellow cans when I needed to expand my inventory into diesel so I layed two red cans on their sides and set a horseshoe and a stick on them to make a "D" and then spray painted over them so they have a really big "D" on them. I keep 2-cycle mix in a metal gas/tool box combo which is a great item -- that way you always have gloves, safety glasses, ear plugs, and tools with you in the field. But my real inventory challenge is oil. Two different weights for ATVs, single weight for air cooled small engines, 2-cycle mix oil, bar oil, tractor oil, car oil and some I can't recall why I have it. But you gotta have it when you need it and I always seem to be checking supplies and trying to remember it when in town.
 
   / I just learned a valuable lesson #18  
I have different colored cans for every fuel for each piece of equipment.
I note on a white plastic label tied to the handle of the cans.
Brand and type of equipment it's for and oil or additive mix if any.

Since I have more combinations of fuel in more cans than there are colors of cans available I use red for straight gasoline and yellow for diesel.
For the rest of the cans I simply sprayed painted the tops of those cans with different colors of paint from cans of spray paint.

I also have a list on paper describing what is in each color of can.
I keep 2 or three copies of the list in different convenient places This way I can just glance at the list and see what color I need and grab up that colored can and go without having to look through all the cans reading the labels on the handles to find the one I want or need.
 
   / I just learned a valuable lesson #19  
I used to blaze and paint property lines for a living. Seems like I always had empty gallon paint cans lying around.
One day I threw 2 gallons of paint in my backpack and started working away from the truck; the line was brushier than I expected so I didn't finish it. I left one gallon on the line, and carried the second one out to the truck. The next day I walked 2 miles into the woods, planning on painting back to the gallon I'd left; imagine my surprise when I opened it and found it contained old engine oil, saved for starting brush fires!! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gifI got my exercise that day, literally running back to the truck for some real paint.
 
   / I just learned a valuable lesson #20  
i write on the small cans what the gas/oil mix is with a sharpie, i also mark on the tool what mix it needs, so i dont screw it up.
alex
 

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