The trick to keeping a 2 stroke engine running is the canned gas from the hardware store, it lasts indefinitely, doesn't gum up in the carb.
I need to break out the brush cutter (think string trimmer with a metal blade) to clear some trails on the great northern estate. Last year I burned a whole gallon of gas through it which at $25/gallon for the canned gas is expensive but I've wasted an awful lot of mix gas that's gone bad from sitting. I've also wasted a bunch of time and effort cleaning carbs from dirty gas. This year I plan to mix one gallon of pump gas, I'll use that for most of the day but the last refill each day will be canned gas just in case I end up leaving it... -Curt On Monday, May 6, 2024 at 09:43:51 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I'm happy with my Harbor Freight Atlas battery electric chainsaw. I doubt it would hold up to daily professional use but for what I need it has done fine so far. If you're already invested in another battery system I would probably stay with that. I don't think there's a whole lot of difference in the saws. Yes, not fooling with carbs every spring, mixing two-stroke oil and gas, trying to get it to start and stay running -- so nice. Allan On Mon, May 6, 2024, at 19:59, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > Stihl, I would expect, but does anyone have any experience with their > battery-operated saws? I don’t need to fell 100-year-old Ponderosa > pines onmy lot, I’ve got a guy to do that for me. But - I need to > de-limb and do other light trimming. > > Battery just makes so much sense these days. I’ve got a decent used > Stihl in the garage right now that needs a carb rebuild, I suspect, as > I can’t get it started to save my life (it does run on ether, though!) > I’m looking for easy, not more work. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
