oneoldbanjo
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Well I never really considered how expensive the 2 stroke oil is when you buy a quart and prepare some mix....until this morning.
Gasoline is bouncing around between $ 1.85 and $ 2.05 this week....so to keep the math simple we will say it is $ 2.00 a gallon.
The last full synthetic oils I bought recently were some Mobil 2T in quarts and a quart of Amsoil and both were about $ 9.00 a quart. The price would probaby be a bit higher if you bought the individual 2.6 oz bottles. A quart of oil when divided up into a 50:1 ratio results in 12.5 gallons of mix.....but to account for that little bit of measuring excess we all use just to be sure we have enough oil lets say it results in 12 gallons. (Here is where I got surprised). When you divide $ 9.00 into 12 parts.......the individual cost of the 2.6 oz of oil is $ 0.75!
The result is that you have $ 2.00 in gasoline and $ 0.75 in oil for a gallon of 50:1 fuel mix......$ 2.75 total cost!
I realize that the cost of the oil is well worth the performance and longevity of the saw.....and the saw is not worth anything without the oil and I will continue to buy a full synthetic name brand oil for use in my saw.....but it had never dawned on me before that the small portion of oil I was dumping in the fuel jug was such a big portion of the cost.
Gasoline is bouncing around between $ 1.85 and $ 2.05 this week....so to keep the math simple we will say it is $ 2.00 a gallon.
The last full synthetic oils I bought recently were some Mobil 2T in quarts and a quart of Amsoil and both were about $ 9.00 a quart. The price would probaby be a bit higher if you bought the individual 2.6 oz bottles. A quart of oil when divided up into a 50:1 ratio results in 12.5 gallons of mix.....but to account for that little bit of measuring excess we all use just to be sure we have enough oil lets say it results in 12 gallons. (Here is where I got surprised). When you divide $ 9.00 into 12 parts.......the individual cost of the 2.6 oz of oil is $ 0.75!
The result is that you have $ 2.00 in gasoline and $ 0.75 in oil for a gallon of 50:1 fuel mix......$ 2.75 total cost!
I realize that the cost of the oil is well worth the performance and longevity of the saw.....and the saw is not worth anything without the oil and I will continue to buy a full synthetic name brand oil for use in my saw.....but it had never dawned on me before that the small portion of oil I was dumping in the fuel jug was such a big portion of the cost.
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it's 50:1 for me now)
