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E gas ain't the end of the world as long as it doesn't sit. If it sits, it absorbs water, corrodes, and wrecks hell on gaskets and hoses.
Small engines usually sit quite a bit. And runs leaner, doesn't produce the same HP, and varies in content of the ethanol. Tried warning a crop farmer buddy of the problems with E85 and at least get a test kit and he laughed until he got 5 gallons of it for his saws that had 40% in it and smoked his 066
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I started out with a lemon yellow Power Mac 6 and it was a pos lemon. The last straw was when I got out in the woods to cut and it wouldn't start. A Homelite Super EZ was better, but that one broke. No more cheap stuff so I bought a mid size Husqvarna 257 and that has been a great saw with lots of compression, easy starting and that big 3/8 pitch chain really ripped through the wood. Stihl chains are the best according to my professional tree cutting buddy. That 257, good as it is, is still near 16 pounds and heavy after a while for just trimming. All the street department guys around here use Stilh equipment and so does my tree cutter buddy. Jim will buy every 020T Stihl that he can find and rebuild them. A great high speed pro saw, but best for one hand trimming work like bhemry wrote earlier. I wanted a small high end Stihl and when I saw an virtually unused demo MS150C on the used rack at the dealer for $450. I grabbed it. 7# 6oz. and just a joy to limb with. That 12" bar and a sharp 1/4" chain cuts amazingly well and is so narrow it doesn't make a wide saw kerf. A medium size saw and that little Stihl make a great combination. Don't go too large if you are only working with smaller trees. Once the first guy borrowed my 150 for cleaning out around their tree stand......word got around quick.
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Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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More like give them out to good friends and hope to get them back. Good is the operative word here. I’d hate to lose a good friend over a C note. If things aren’t returned right away.....I worry about them. Not the stuff. Because I know there is a good reason. Junk saws for other folks. Like money,guns, books and tools.
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I run non ethanol premium at 40:1 in my saws.
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
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I had used Homelites, Poulan, and McCoullok. Forgot the spelling. I borrowed a friends Stihl MS 290. When I bought a saw that's what I bought, I have had it 9 or 10 years. Starts up and runs great. I use real gas and stihl oil. I leave mine full all the time. Occasionally I get it out and start it and let it run a while when I'm not using it. I usually run the 20 " bar because I don't like bending over. It has been a pleasure to have a good saw that works like one should.
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God bless Texas-----------------------
Old 300
I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
Its not how you pick the booger..
but where you put it !!
Roger V Hunter
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Got a Stihl ms260 with which I am well pleased. Good old guy saw. Too young to drink alcohol, though.
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enemy of all small motors I stand corrected.
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I'll be cuttin' limbs and trees maximum 10" diameter.
Mostly,..I want a saw that ain't gonna turn to chit after one winter of storage.
I don't really care about price, within reason. But I want it to start up in the spring after settin' all winter. Then Stihl (IF sold/serviced locally) is the way to go.. You won't need a yuge one - any of 'em with a 16" bar should suffice. I have a 35+ year-old Olympic 261 that still runs like a champ... Whatever you get - ensure you use fuel with NO ethanol in it.. I hadn't run mine for nearly 2 years. On Friday I dumped out the old gas, mixed up a fresh batch (20-1) and filled the oiler.. About 5-6 pulls and off it went.. I really thought I was gonna be working at starting that baby for about an hour... 
Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69
Pro-Constitution.
LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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I buy that and mix 40:1 and have had no problems.
50:1. In everything. Dave I've been using Amsoil synthetic 2 cycle oil in everything I've owned with a 2 cycle engine (even outboard boat motors) at 100:1 for 27 years. Never had to change a spark plug, clean carbon out of the exhaust and have never had any engine lubrication problems. It's much more expensive but well worth it. I bought my first chain saw 27 years ago and it still runs good but I don't use it much because I bought some other chainsaws with more power. I use regular 2 cycle oil for break in only.
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I remember my dad having 15 different fugking cans for fuel. Lawnmower, leaf blower, weedeater, chainsaw...
FTS.
Dave
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Is that a Cold Steel? Dave
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Only to my son....  Wish I could mix 40 or 50/1, but this old baby needs 20/1 - sez so right on the gas cap..
Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69
Pro-Constitution.
LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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U buy a husvarna if u want to build your upper body strength, u buy a stihl if u want to go to the service center... Then you buy a shidiwa if you want to make wood.....
I work harder than a ugly stripper....
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I remember my dad having 15 different fugking cans for fuel. Lawnmower, leaf blower, weedeater, chainsaw...
FTS.
Dave Same. One can, 50/1 for everything. I buy the little containers of Echo 2 smoke oil in a flat. One little bottle per gallon. Done. I'm sure you could save some money buying a gallon jug and measuring, but WTF, as much as I use it'd save me maybe $10 a year. I ain't gonna miss it and would rather not keep stealing measuring cups out of the house.
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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Honda needs to make a 4 stroke saw.
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You're Welcome At My Fire Anytime
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Same. One can, 50/1 for everything. I buy the little containers of Echo 2 smoke oil in a flat. One little bottle per gallon. Done.
I'm sure you could save some money buying a gallon jug and measuring, but WTF, as much as I use it'd save me maybe $10 a year. I ain't gonna miss it and would rather not keep stealing measuring cups out of the house.
I do the same. My dad also had the two stroke ratio measuring cup and a jug of two-stroke oil that could feed a landscaping crew for five seasons. Dave
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Pretty much everything has been covered here[brand-wise].
#1 factor, take care of the carb and a good saw will run flawlessly for many, many years.
FJB & FJT
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