only have two gas powered tools and apparently i do not follow best
practices when i expect not to use them for 3 months or so
do you empty the gas out or just shut off the gas from the tank to the
carb



I use fuel stabilizer - year round. on sale = ~ $ 15 per year.
... a few little 6 ounce containers will go a long way.
My 2 lawn mowers 20 hp rider and 4 hp push always start
well in the springtime after ~ 6 months southern Canada
I have never drained the gas ; I sometimes run the 4 hp B&S
out of gas at the end of autumn - not the rider..
The portable generator - 10 hp Honda - emergency use only -
I always test run it at 3 - 4 month intervals - I left it for 6
months once and it didn't like it. I have drained the tank
~ twice in 17 years - bought it used in 1999 - can't say it
matters. When test running it, I will run it for 15 - 20 minutes and
put some load on it - and usually turn off the gas valve & let it
run the carb dry, before storage.
This is just my experience.
Tiny fussy engines - like weed whackers or chainsaws always
seem to give more trouble - I don't own either.
The times that I've helped-out with firewood - the chainsaw guy
is either really good or really bad
with starting their chainsaw. My theory is that the really bad guys
are flooding it.
John T.