- climber with 20yrs experience to me.
Climber: "Dude...your blower was out of mix, didn't you hear me yelling as you drove away with the chip/equipment truck"
Me: "Nahh, man, it's pretty loud in that cab"
Climber: "Oh, OK... It's cool the homeowner had some gas"
Me: "Was it mixed correctly or do I need to dump what's in it"
Climber: "Nahh, just need to add some oil to it"
Me: "What do you mean, add oil, was it leaner than 50:1?"
Climber: "No the HO only had straight gas."
Me: "WHAT!!!???"
Climber: "Yeah, just regular gas, don't worry, there's enough oil residue in the system."
Me: "Expletive Deleted, Expletive Deleted, Expletive Deleted"
Climber: "Relax dude, You gotta remember the blower has had oil running through it for it's entire life, there's plenty already in there to run it for a short 5 min period"
I'll end it here, the rest is just ignorant rationalization as to why its OK.