What method/Devices do you use to Measure your mix?

[Duane(Pa)]

Beat ya, I asked my Stihl dealer to save me a bunch of 2.6oz oil bottles so I could premeasure out my 4oz of k2. If you fill right below the neck on the Stihl bottles you gots yourself a 32:1 ready.

Me too! I took a 4 oz. close as I could measure it, poured into the 2.6 oz. stihl bottle, right to the bottom of neck, shazam! I use Golden Spectro semi syn.

 

[angelo c]

start with ratio rite measuring cup: 40:1
then measure water into a clear or see through plastic container.
transfer the "water line" with a magic marker to the plastic container.
dry container then fill with Lucas Semi-synth and have a few in the tool box/ truck box ect.
grab and go.

I also hand them out to "friends" who still mix with the 2.5 ounce single serve Stihl dealership overpriced stuff.
most change over when I tell them I get a gallon delivered for $30 to my door.

 

[HuskStihl]

start with ratio rite measuring cup: 40:1
then measure water into a clear or see through plastic container.
transfer the "water line" with a magic marker to the plastic container.
dry container then fill with Lucas Semi-synth and have a few in the tool box/ truck box ect.
grab and go.

I also hand them out to "friends" who still mix with the 2.5 ounce single serve Stihl dealership overpriced stuff.
most change over when I tell them I get a gallon delivered for $30 to my door.

Crafty. Like ice is cold.

 

[buzz sawyer]

3 glugs per gallon seems to work

Sounds like what my dad used to do when it was 16:1 with SAE 30 non-detergent. He'd pour the oil right into his Mall GP after adding fuel, then shook the saw.
I only mix a gallon at a time but buy synthetic in bulk. I save the Stihl bottles as well as some small plastic bottles and fill them from a measuring cup filled to 3 0z. to allow for oil that remains on the sides. I figure I'm getting somewhere between 45:1 ad 49:1. That's good enough for who it's for.
I like the syringe idea since it leaves no oil on the inside - virtually all goes into the mix.

 

[HuskStihl]

Y'all are right to be so careful with ratios. Once I miscalculated and ran 36:1 instead of 32:1. Cooked three top ends and ruined one crank side bearing before I realized my mistake.

 

[Afterburn]

Y'all are right to be so careful with ratios. Once I miscalculated and ran 36:1 instead of 32:1. Cooked three top ends and ruined one crank side bearing before I realized my mistake.

We learn we grow hahahahhah

 

[rob066]

`I use about a gallon or so a week. I use Stihl Ultra oil I mix .855 gallon to a 2.6 oz bottle. It comes out a little over 32:1. When I run out I repeat the same procedure.

 

[Cj genever]

Usually a syringe.I have all sizes for mixing in the tank of my 25cc weedwacker all the way to a 5 gal can.

 

[Adirondackstihl]

Isn't it easier to measure 4oz of oil than it is the measure .855 gallons?
Just curious

 

[rob066]

Isn't it easier to measure 4oz of oil than it is the measure .855 gallons?
Just curious

I use the measure on the pump at .855 gallons and add a one gallon mix (2.6oz) bottle to it.

 

[Adirondackstihl]

I use the measure on the pump at .855 gallons and add a one gallon mix (2.6oz) bottle to it.

I have a hard time stopping at an even dollar amount (OCD) let alone trying to stop the pump within a thousandths of a gallon

 

[Rockjock]

I got one of these my last trip to Germany as well as a small mixing cup from stihl they cost a few Euro are work well. I also have a small container that I had MEK in so I added the requisite amount of oil and mark it with a permanent sharpie.

 

[angelo c]

Isn't it easier to measure 4oz of oil than it is the measure .855 gallons?
Just curious

Pssssst.
He's from Pennsylvania ....it's all good.




P.S. Pennsylvania is the only State NJ can legally make fun of ....SCOTUS said it...so it must be so.

 

[huskihl]

I buy oil by the gallon. I fill an old quart oil jug with a clear window with oil. 4 oz/gal is 32:1. 3 oz/gal is 42:1. I mix either 1 gallon or 2 or 2.5 or whatever amount I want. Pretty sinple.
Never had a problem with old gas everyone talks about.
Syringes are for doctors, babies, and turkeys.

 

[wde_1978]

I got one of these my last trip to Germany as well as a small mixing cup from stihl they cost a few Euro are work well. I also have a small container that I had MEK in so I added the requisite amount of oil and mark it with a permanent sharpie.

That is similar to the mixing canister I got with my weed whacker , "smells fishy" to me thus I'll stay with my syringe method.
Besides , the mixing can I've got is 500ml (I think) , I would have to mix three of those to re-fuel my saws considering they each hold 750ml.

 

[rob066]

I have a hard time stopping at an even dollar amount (OCD) let alone trying to stop the pump within a thousandths of a gallon

I dont worry about slight +s its not that critical. I try to shoot at that number if I dont hit it exactly who cares.

 

[Rockjock]

That is similar to the mixing canister I got with my weed whacker , "smells fishy" to me thus I'll stay with my syringe method.
Besides , the mixing can I've got is 500ml (I think) , I would have to mix three of those to re-fuel my saws considering they each hold 750ml.

It is more for those that just need to mix a litre at a time. I use the stihl kombi can for my fuel. My local dealer still looks at it and wishes he could get them!

 

[dozerdan]

Maxima Quick 2 Mix mixing cup is all that I used in the last 10 years. It takes the thinking out of mixing any ratio.
Here is a link with the best pictures I could find of the cup. The lower right picture shows the mixing chart.

http://www.abcbike.co.kr/shop/goods/goods_view.php?&goodsno=2629

Later
Dan

 

[VinceGU05]

if needed get this app on ya iphone. what ever mixtures and volumes!


along with a measuring cup. mix 5 to 10 litres and use some fuel stabilizer and good to go for months to come.

or buy this and pour and forget.

 

[Bearcub]

I use a Mixmizer syringe that is designed for just this purpose



Its marked with ratios and amounts

Michael