On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:40:32 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:21:12 -0500, RB wrote:

Pete C. wrote:
RB wrote:
There is a product on the market now called 50FUEL
It's pure gasoline premixed to 50:1 oil/gas or 40:1
Shelf life of 2 years at least.
For things like trimmers and chainsaws, it seems to solve some starting
and run problems on my equipment. Retails for $4 - $5 /qt

Wow, $16-$20 per gallon?! That's sure paying a lot extra for the
convenience of not spending 35 seconds dumping a little bottle of
pre-measured 2-cycle oil into a small gas can.

I did the math.
I'm not driving to the gas station to fill up a 1-gallon can, nor buying
the oil separately. And I'm getting pure product with no ethanol.
My Ryobi trimmer had been giving me problems with hard starting and
running. It's much better with the first tank of this stuff.
A quart will last me about 2 months of summer usage.


I last filled my chain-saw (an old Remington) over 2 years ago with
some mixed gas drained from a friend's ultralight airplane. It is 40:1
standard air-cooled engine 2 stroke oil mixed with 100LL aviation gas.
The saw started on the second pull when I needed it today. The gas was
low in the tank so I filled it out of my plastic fuel can with more of
the same gas.
This little Remington is a VERY high compression engine - it will pull
the ctarter cord right out of your hand if you are not real careful
starting it. The cackle from the exhaust lets you know it is a pretty
high performance machine. 24" bar on 35cc, IIRC. Might be 38.

Cut 2 trees with it this afternoon..


It's a 46cc.