Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

I’ve ran K2 ahd R50 with no issues although the super premium oils don’t have much for dye in them versus the factory brand oils turn your premix to a very nice hue of purple, green, or blue. Even though I’m the person who mixes it and I know that I only use pre-mix in a couple of special cans, it’s still unnerving to pour basically clear fuel into an expensive saw.

 

[svk]

I buy whatever bar oil is cheapest. Right now I’ve got a bunch of Mystic that was purchased in fall/winter of 2020 for 6.99 iirc.

Run the numbers… If you run the cheapest bar oil you can find versus the overpriced Stihl oil you can save enough money to buy a new bar several times over during the lifespan of a good bar. I.E if you’re saving $8 per gallon and buy 20 gallons….that’s $160 in your pocket.

 

[LondonNeil]

Mend soon H!

 

[sean donato]

Ermmmm...... I'm...err.... Would you like to rephrase that?

No, it's says one gallon of oil makes 50 gallons of gas at 50 to 1. I run 40 to 1 so I'm guessing I've gotten closer to 40-45 gallons mixed.

 

[Lee192233]

Get well soon @H-Ranch. You'll be running loads soon.

 

[sean donato]

The MOTOREX I run is close to 40$ a "quart" where I live! Consider yourself lucky!

Actually it's not priced bad, you must be getting the short end of the stick on pricing. $25.00 for a liter bottle. Found a 4 liter bottle for $74.00
Motorex Cross Power 2T - 4 Liter 171-204-400 https://a.co/d/6eJokEw
From what I've been seeing it's not that much more expensive then any other full synthetic oil. Actually cheaper then a gallon of hp ultra.

 

[sundance]

No, it's says one gallon of oil makes 50 gallons of gas at 50 to 1. I run 40 to 1 so I'm guessing I've gotten closer to 40-45 gallons mixed.

Math would say 40 gallons at 40:1.

 

[sean donato]

I’ve ran K2 ahd R50 with no issues although the super premium oils don’t have much for dye in them versus the factory brand oils turn your premix to a very nice hue of purple, green, or blue. Even though I’m the person who mixes it and I know that I only use pre-mix in a couple of special cans, it’s still unnerving to pour basically clear fuel into an expensive saw.

Just think how it felt to dump it in a tank for a out board that had more money then the house wr lived in at the time dumped into it. Lol at least the stuff with castor in it smells different. Still unnerving.

 

[sean donato]

Math would say 40 gallons at 40:1.

There you go, my guess was close enough.

 

[sean donato]

Pics as requested... got some goodies for the ms 400.

 

[sean donato]

Don't know about thise dogs yet.... they hog a lot of bar space.

 

[Lee192233]

Don't know about thise dogs yet.... they hog a lot of bar space.

I like the WCS bumper spikes. I have no need for them though. I just got the factory outside spike kit from the dealer. Twenty bucks for the kit.

 

[MustangMike]

Many of the saw porters will only stand behind their work if you agree to run a premium 2 cycle oil at the mix ratio they specify.

For some reason some of the Husky saws need a higher ratio than some of the Stihl saws, I think it has to do with how the fuel feeds into the saw and how much of it goes to the crankcase.

40:1 will usually burn clean, 36:1 not always (and may give some of the computer-controlled saws issues).

I think the saber has a viscosity rating of about 12 and the Stihl oil is about 8 IIRC.

Some oils will produce too much carbon if you run them richer. That is why after I found something that works, I just stick with it.

 

[sean donato]

I like the WCS bumper spikes. I have no need for them though. I just got the factory outside spike kit from the dealer. Twenty bucks for the kit.

Yeah I think that's what I'll end up doing.
Morning chores ended with the trimmer acting dumb.... fuel filter broke off the line and sucked some crud into the carb. 15 minutes and she's good to go again.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Actually it's not priced bad, you must be getting the short end of the stick on pricing. $25.00 for a liter bottle. Found a 4 liter bottle for $74.00
Motorex Cross Power 2T - 4 Liter 171-204-400 https://a.co/d/6eJokEw
From what I've been seeing it's not that much more expensive then any other full synthetic oil. Actually cheaper then a gallon of hp ultra.

Definitely getting the short end of the stick! Everything has to be shipped here. So the shops mark everything up and blame "shipping" rates! It's a bunch of bull!

 

[LondonNeil]

Husqvarna xp, fully synthetic, or stihl super (green) semi synthetic at least, or stihl ultra (blue) fully synthetic. Run at 40:1 as a little extra oil seems a good thing to me.

I'm intrigued by the detergent additives mentioned above. Decent pump fuel should have those and I run our premium (super) as it's lower ethanol, in fact I run Esso as they guarantee e free super.

 

[Lionsfan]

Actually it's not priced bad, you must be getting the short end of the stick on pricing. $25.00 for a liter bottle. Found a 4 liter bottle for $74.00
Motorex Cross Power 2T - 4 Liter 171-204-400 https://a.co/d/6eJokEw
From what I've been seeing it's not that much more expensive then any other full synthetic oil. Actually cheaper then a gallon of hp ultra.

Dude lives on an Island in the Bering Sea. The only thing he gets a discount on is crab legs and salmon fillets.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Dude lives on an Island in the Bering Sea. The only thing he gets a discount on is crab legs and salmon fillets.

Not quite the Bering sea. South central Alaska. Kodiak is in the Alaskan gulf. However, I do sometimes fish commercially in the Bering Sea!

 

[Lionsfan]

Not quite the Bering sea. South central Alaska. Kodiak is in the Alaskan gulf. However, I do sometimes fish commercially in the Bering Sea!

I know, but everyone's seen Deadliest Catch and they've all heard of The Bering Sea. Gulf of Alaska, not so much.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

I know, but everyone's seen Deadliest Catch and they've all heard of The Bering Sea. Gulf of Alaska, not so much.

This is true!

And don't believe everything you see on Deadliest Catch! A lot of it is scripted BS! I'm just saying.