Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Rust in Small Engine Gas Tank

gehajake, thanks for pointing out an obvious stupid thing I do that is easy to avoid!


I usually just fill a 1 gal or 2 gal can. Didn't think about the ethanol crap in the hose. I think I will start purging the line into my truck with the first bit of gas!

esshup,

Thanks for pointing out your actual "chain test" results.

I was going to try the full chisel because my CS400 will lag in the cuts for a large, hardwood tree. It is only an 18" bar, but I don't cut enough giants to justify a big saw.

I do cut as high as I can to avoid buried barbed wire and some sand in the bark. (I do have a lot of sandy soil.)

Casey's has the same setup. More likely to have one closer to gehajake.

D'oh!

The other reason I didn't think to purge the gas pump hose, is that my ethanol-free place also has a dedicated hose.

They have a few pumps where the "diesel" hose is replaced with the ethanol-free hose.

We don't have any Murphy's gas stations around here, three wally worlds but no gas station, and I havent been to or bought gas at a Caseys in a long time, I always thought they had the crappiest gas around, my old GMC with a carburated 454 in it would barely run on their gas, lifters would rattle and clatter something fierce so I just started avoiding the place, may have to revisit that option. Thanks for the heads up!

Jake, do you have any Kwik Shops nearby? (I think I saw one when we went through St. Louis a few years back.)

I have run their ethanol-free gas in my saw and brushcutter for many years. Only repair is a leaky fuel line on the Husqvarna brushcutter, but I think that was age deterioration.

Wally world gas station here is all ethanol gas. I have to drive 25+ miles one way to a place to get it and they have a dedicated pump for 91 e-free gas.

Yeah the CS-400 is a bit small for the 18" bar, I think it should only have a 16" max bar. I see that it comes with an 18" bar but........ Is that a Low Profile chain? If so, that's why, 40cc isn't a lot of grunt to pull it through a tree. My CS-340 is a 33.4cc saw and it has a low profile chain on it. A 16" bar will drag it down, 14" is a LOT better. Lots of guys run them with a 12" bar.

My middle saw is a 50cc saw and I have an 18" chain on it. No issues with that. The big saw is a 79 cc, 6.3 hp saw and if the chain is sharp I can't slow down the 24" bar/chain.

The chain should be throwing chips, if you see sawdust, then it's dull.

Check this to find ethanol-free gasoline....

Pure-Gas website

I hate when that happens.

I am always focused on safety, where is the best spot to drop this tree, etc. and then I notice I am just throwing out sawdust from the cut.

I always wonder, "How long have I been doing that?"

P.S. All of the chains that fit the recommended 18" bar for that little Echo CS-400 are only low profile chains. That is why I am going to try a full chisel chain this spring on a few big trees that need to come down.

Further, cutting with a "too small" saw can be a bit of a safety issue. The only trees where I have had any danger while cutting were ones that had a rotten spot in their core with zero indication from the exterior. With a chain lagging and speeding up, you don't quite know when you start to hit those areas. However, with a chain running normally, but still under a heavy load, you can hear/feel the saw rev when it hits the crap wood. I know exactly how strong my hinges are in good wood for all of my common trees. OTOH, I can still move pretty fast for an old guy with bad knees when the tree starts going over while you still have 4-5" of false hinge! (A few trees have made me contemplate if I need to add "extra underwear" to my chainsaw bag.)

Thats good info to have, it shows one of the ten Caseys here in the area to have ethanol free gas, one not too far from me, I will have to check that out.
It makes sense that wally world would sell Ethanol free gas because that's the one thing they cant import from China like everything else they sell.

I dont do a whole lat of sawing but have pretty much been a Husqvarna guy, I have a couple 350s and a 455 Rancher that I really like, the 350s are a little smaller and lighter but they are great for limbing and such. I run some chisel chains and some semi chisel chains and when they are cutting right you nearly have to hold them back from cutting too aggressively, and yeah I cant stand the sawdust thing, I hate pushing on a saw, did too much of that as a kid.