Gas choice

[Biggd]

Originally Posted by SAMIAM

I have a John Deere Gator, riding mower, push mower, 3 chain saws and several other two stroke tools. At the end of the season I fill them all with fresh 87octane, stabilizer and they all start right up in the spring….been doing that for 30 years and never had a problem

The older equipment always seems to work well. Some of the newer equipment, esp the Chinese made crap, is junk. I had a Poulin lawn mower that I bought at Sears 25 years ago, never failed to start. I had to retire it because it was burning too much oil and left a cloud of smoke when I cut the lawn. I bought a new Husqvarna a few years ago to replace it. I have to take the carb off every spring and clean it to get it to run right. I've tried running it dry, always use stabilizer but it has a cheap Chinese carburetor on it and the float needle always has to be cleaned.
I'm slowly turning over many of my tools to battery powered. I bought a Makita chain saw this past summer to replace a 40 year old Homelite, which never failed to start, by the way and I'm going to buy a Makita lawn mower this winter.
Just removing the anxiety of not knowing if these things are going to continue to start when I need them is worth the price.
I'm a retired mechanic so I can fix all the gas equipment when it fails but I don't want to anymore, don't even want to work on my vehicles anymore.