Boy, this stuff sucks the dingle berries off the back of dead mule arse. Ever since these 'tards started shoving this trash down my throat I dread spring time. You drain gas off your mower, chainsaw, weed wacker and everything else. Run everything until it runs out of gas then use stabil on everything as well. When spring time hits nothing starts or if it does start like the 1-1/2 year old $500 mower, it runs like it has radical cam in it then about 15-20 seconds later it peter's out and stalls. $500 chainsaw idles fine but try to put a load on it and it says no thanks, bogs down and dies. Lucky for me the weedeater has an electric start option so you just hook it up and spin it til the pig starts.
Reading thru other sites lawnmower mechanics are talking about rebuilding carbs every year or replacing them every year due to the shelf life-less Ethanol/gas trash. 25-30 years ago I would have loved it. It would have meant I did not have to mow our yard as a kid(well, can't complain now though, don't give a rats arse about mowing grass now). We'd leave gas in the mower all winter long, spring would come and some sandpaper across the spark plug and the stupid mower would start and run for the rest of the summer.
Now the weird thing is this. I can go out to that old chevy I have. Has not hit a lick in 7,8 or more months. I can throw some jumper cables on it, crank it over and the s.o.b will start right up and run, drive and never miss a beat. Kinda feels like I'm getting shafted by the mower companies wanting me to buy a new mower every darn spring. Think this year I'm buying T posts and wire. Finish fencing the property and turn the free lawnmowers loose, my goats. Neighbor wants me to fence off about an acre of her property and turn my goats loose at her place too. Economical, ecologically sound, they eat and fertilize all at once.
Ok, guess my rant is over. Just exceptionally p.o'd.....This time I walked away from the mower and the chainsaw. Years ago I would have rolled the mower off the side of our big hill and grabbed the chainsaw by the blade and used it as a ax to cut the tree down. Just walk away....breathe, breathe.....
For years we had a family trucking company delivering fuel. We sold out last year because of the horrible economy... Thanks a lot Bush and Obama! Anyway, I still buy red diesel and raw gas from Arizona Petrolium. When I get diesel it's a 100gal minimum and gas is 50gal. They gave me two used slightly damaged oil totes to store the product in. Most of the tank farms that I have been to have a place where businesses can buy fuel, I know of several in Az, Nm and Texas. I use Sta-Bil in the gas and the 50 gallons lasts me all year for the yard tools and chainsaw. Works out well for me and saves me quite a bit in a years time using the red diesel in my welder and backhoe.
