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I>I Ever grab the fuel for the chain saw and find diesel? With all the plastic cans (most all are red in color) on the market, the mistake can be easily made. The marking paint wears off and gas in the Diesel generator can be an expensive error.
‘b’ Solution found ! !
I>I Head the the garage and find the zip ties. I get the ties by the bucket at the discount store. Lots of ties that are “never used” (too short). Well, take the colored ones and create a code. YELLOW for diesel, RED for regular gas, BLUE for mixed gas……..
I>I Haven’t had a mistake since the crew learned the code.
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Hey Mike, how about using a yellow diesel can instead?
blue
*Go to any racing oriented automotive (speed) shop, or motorcycle dealer, and fuel cans in every color of the spectrum are to be had.
*Building my last house in NJ, the drywaller asked if he could use my gas for his generator. I said sure, I should have had the power on by then anyway. I had two gas cans on site, one that was full of water for some good reason I can't remember and one full of regular. The one full of water I kept in plain view, but the gas-filled can I kept hidden in the woods to discourage arson. I told my drywaller all of this, but which can do you suppose his helper filled the generator from?It all worked out OK, the generator was a Honda and might actually have run on water. He laughed when I brought him a bottle of Drygas later that day. There is a lesson in there, however.Andy
*I try to idiot proof as others have...I spray paint the holding can and the cap of the receiving tank the same color. The only exceptions are my chainsaws with their mini unpaintable plastic gas caps. Orange-ish Husqui chainsaws get their own orange-ish gas can.
*Blue cans for kerosene...small cans for mix and labeled...big cans for gas and labeled...Still wonder though and I do not let others choose the can if the gas is for my equipment.Old gas is even worse or leaving gas in the carb of stored equipment....I try to remember to run most items with gas shut off so as to run dry and use stablizer by the gallon.near the fuel stream as I type having just cleaned two boat cans of water contamination and having paid to have the carbs cleaned with a hundred spot.near the stream but headin for the lake,aj
*For some reason, most of the tractor places only stock blue cans for diesel. Had to go to several farm equipment stores to finally find a yellow one. I do need to find a better way to identify my 50:1 gas/oil from my 25:1 gas/oil mixes, so I may try some of the ideas listed above.
*To preclude any confusion between mixed and non-mixed, the only gas I keep is mixed. Running the four strokes on mixed gas is fine and I've never noticed any problems with plug fouling, etc. It's a bit more expensive using oil in everything but on the other hand, I've never had anyone put the wrong gas in a piece of equipment. Everything gets 50:1 and everyone is happy. Sam
*This reminds me of when, some years ago, I was looking for the primo mower after reaching a level of affluence where I could finally discard the K-Mart Murray I'd purchased ten years before. On my daily commute through some ritzy neighborhoods, I'd observed crews of commercial groundkeepers working on these rich folks' lawns, and they all were using Lawn-Boy mowers -- those green ones. Hoping for some professional advice in my own choice, I stopped one day and asked the guy who appeared to be the crew supervisor why they had chosen Lawn-Boy over other brands. His response was this: Look who's working for me (they didn't appear to be Rhodes Scholars). The Lawn-Boy is two-cycle. Therefore, I can give them cans of gas-oil mix and not worry about them ever having to check the oil.
*I remember my brother ruining the lawn mower because he never checked the oil. Dad bought a new mower. The next year I was taught how to mow the lawn. I never checked the oil, and ruined that mower! Dad bought a Lawn Boy and that thing lasted for twenty years!Rich Beckman
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I>I Ever grab the fuel for the chain saw and find diesel? With all the plastic cans (most all are red in color) on the market, the mistake can be easily made. The marking paint wears off and gas in the Diesel generator can be an expensive error.
'b' Solution found ! !
I>I Head the the garage and find the zip ties. I get the ties by the bucket at the discount store. Lots of ties that are "never used" (too short). Well, take the colored ones and create a code. YELLOW for diesel, RED for regular gas, BLUE for mixed gas........
I>I Haven't had a mistake since the crew learned the code.