Trufuel or 32:1 in yard equipment

[jeeptj19992001]

I use the trufuel.
When I heated my house with wood years ago. It was ethanol free and stihl mix.
Now I only go through a gallon a year.
The trufuel cause it just lasts and does not gum up the carb.

 

[M92PV4U]

I can buy the 5 gallons drums of it at my local napa, or my local airport sells aviation fuel but I'm not looking to spend 20 bucks a gallon on that

Do you have a napa pro account for your business? Ask about one, you'll get a little better deal on parts and stuff.

 

[bgaidan]

Closest station to me is 50+ miles...so I'm SOL

Don't you travel a shit ton for the biz? Just keep an eye on the stores closest to you and fill up a jug or two when you're there? The closest one to me used to be on my commute, almost an hour away. I'd just keep a can in the truck and stop on my way home from work. Now I have 4 or 5 in town.

 

[Add]

Do you have a napa pro account for your business? Ask about one, you'll get a little better deal on parts and stuff.

I did before my prior bookkeeper embezzled 25k through it.....

 

[M92PV4U]

I did before my prior bookkeeper embezzled 25k through it.....

Well fuck.

 

[Etyler2]

You can buy 109 at the airport. Don’t know the cost though.

 

[Hooligan]

I did before my prior bookkeeper embezzled 25k through it.....

What? Dang

 

[OutlawRider]

Low use and small motors, TruFuel. It is way cheaper long run for me knowing my stuff starts even with year old gas in it.

If the carb has a float, just ethanol free and mix as needed. A lot less picky about fuel in those.

 

[Add]

What? Dang

Yup....was the 2nd bookeeper who embezzled from us. First one was a lot dumber though and was just pocketing the cash. The 2nd one was harder to catch through the napa account. And she is family....

 

[dirteesnow]

 

[WTF?]

There’s some rumblings around the net that tru fuel is junk or at least inconsistent formula quality control. I used to run it in my chainsaw, but then just started keeping ethanol free 50:1 around on the regular when a station up the road started carrying it.

A couple weeks ago, I was in the midst of a chainsaw project and ran out of mixed up pure gas and found a can of tru fuel; the saw was a complete dog running the tru fuel. Switched back to pure gas the next tank and power was right back to satisfactory power levels.

And do not feed 32;1 to equipment designed to run 50:1- it’ll gum up the carb and spit oily discharge out the exhaust.
Run a good semi synthetic oil mixed at accurate ratio.

 

[JohnnyJ]

I don’t run enough tanks of 2-stroke, so I just keep Stihl premix around. It’s priced stupidly, but I’ve had to do less maintenance since buying a can or two a year instead of mixing pump gas.

 

[AKnate]

I have a fleet account with arco

Arco is still a thing?

I thought BP bought them out like 20 years ago, and then Hilcorl bought out BP 6-7 years ago.

 

[45acp]

I use the truefuel, string trimmer and saws that rarely get used aren't worth the trouble mixing my own. Maybe 2 gallons a year on a really busy year.

Its stupid expensive, and also I never have to work on anything that runs it. And it can sit in the shed for a year and be no different than the day I put it in there.

 

[M92PV4U]

Everything else gets some castor927 gooodness...even the tacoma sometimes

I poured 5 gallons of 32:1 klotz in my truck by accident before .

 

[Add]

I dont understand going 32:1

It's the go to for 80s-00s 250cc dirtbikes. So people just started putting it in everything

 

[JR4X]

Holy shit, I just looked that shit up and it's like $25 a gallon??? What is it other than ethanol free gas with the oil premixed? That's a helluva makeup for something pretty easy to replicate on your own.

Depends on the use case. Higher octane and stays stable in the can for a long time.

The problem I have with 2 stroke gas is that it goes bad in a plastic fuel can in less than a year. So I used to run a string trimmer maybe 4 days a year. The tru-fuel never went bad on me. Yeah it’s more expensive but I could run every drop of it through the machine. The shit I mix myself I waste half of it so it’s not cheaper. It’s just junk with extra steps.

Now, for someone who mixes and runs gallons a month because it’s a business. Gallons a week? Couldn’t be any less intelligent than the tru stuff. Just mix your own because it’s going to get consumed. When I can justify using it, I used maybe a quart a year.

Edit: I got into using the true fuel because of my nitro R/C cars. I’ve never met a nitro hobbyist mixing his own gas. My 4wd nitro car could only burn 1/4 cup at a time.

 

[M92PV4U]

I dont understand going 32:1

I didn't go 32:1, everything was 32:1 at one time. I didn't go 50:1 when the ratios changed. Air cooled 250Rs are 25:1.

 

[M92PV4U]

It's the go to for 80s-00s 250cc dirtbikes. So people just started putting it in everything

I've never owned a bike newer than a 00.

 

[Add]

I've never owned a bike newer than a 00.

Ive never owned a 2 stroke bike newer than 86

 

[M92PV4U]

Ive never owned a 2 stroke bike newer than 86

Everybody should live in their decade.

 

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zoomer steve with his zoomer hair and his zoomer lingo

 

[Add]

damn shame

No it's not

 

[TrikeKid]

I run Echo RedArmor 50:1 mixed with normal gas station 92 octane in all my power equipment with zero trouble. If you're concerned don't leave gas in shit and the ethanol is a non

I put it in my lower performance bikes too, not gonna have 15 different kinds of gas around.

 

[70 tp]

av gas with stihl synthetic here . Smells really nice

 

[Gbkeith]

Tru fuel is less drama on stuff that doesn’t get used regularly. Especially if it’s an employee who hasn’t messed with it since year before last.

 

[Chevy_man]

I thought my '13 was a relic

My 19 is smooth... The counter balancer is one of those "don't miss it until you don't have it".

 

[Chevy_man]

No it's not

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[tracyb]

I didn't go 32:1, everything was 32:1 at one time. I didn't go 50:1 when the ratios changed. Air cooled 250Rs are 25:1.

what!? no way.
leaner mix is fatter air/fuel. right? gonna lean it out the more oil.


or i'm wrong. iirc I used to put more oil for dune drips, but burnt 'em up until I put less oil in the mix.

 

[Ransil]

I always ran cheap gas and cheap oil and ran the fuel tank dry at the end of the season.