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Ralph Mowery

In article , says...
* I buy "yard gas" 10 gallons at a time - non-ethanol only . Since I
never know how long it's going to be around I add Sta-Bil as soon as I
get home . I went thru the last 10 pretty quick , a month or so . Been
doing a lot of cuttin' - haulin' - splittin' firewood , plus pushing
dirt around with Rusty the Tractor .

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That is about what I do. I try to put the Stabil in the 2 5 gallon gas
tanks I usually fill up at a time with the ethanol free gas before I
leave the house. That should really mix it up as the gas goes in the
cans. I have 3 of the 5 gallon cans so when 2 of the get empty I fill
them up. Summer time is not too bad as I use about 2 or 3 gallons per
week. However I may go from November to March or so and not use any. I
do like to have atleast 10 or more gallons round for the small generator
incase the power goes out in the winter. It seldom does, but one never
knows.

Sofar all the small engines start up on the 'old gas'. Best starting
engine I have is the tiller. I usually just run it once or twice in the
spring or late winter to get a small garden ready. Then I let it run
all the way out of gas. For the last 10 years it will start on one or
at the most 2 pulls of the starting rope. That is with a fresh fill up
of the 4 month old gas.