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2 hours ago, WHX24 said:

I used it in a problematic starting Crapsman leaf blower and it worked wonders.

 

I have an old Pull-on (poulan) chainsaw that was very finicky, at best, with regular gas.  It seems to like trufuel better.

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870express

E0 87-octane today at Murphy USA is $2.78 a gallon.  I filled up my 3 gas cans for the small motors.

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ebinmaine

Wouldn't it be handy if there was a legal way to ship that stuff

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870express

I'm sure it could be done, but the profit margin would be too small.  Wholesalers aren't normally known for their generosity.  :lol:

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ztnoo
On 8/12/2019 at 3:08 PM, Sparky said:

I can be in Rhode Island or Massachusetts is less than an hour and I don’t think it’s available there either. I would gladly take a one hour road trip (each way) to fill up a few 5 gallon containers

 

On 8/12/2019 at 3:24 PM, ebinmaine said:

That's how it is here too. I'm just lucky enough to be the second town over from the border and a station close by in New Hampshire

 

https://www.pure-gas.org/

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ebinmaine
3 minutes ago, ztnoo said:

Yepp.

That's how I found the one near me.

 

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chip61

I only run non ethanol in my small engines. I will mix a couple gallons for my 2-stroke engines and add stabilizer so I don't have any problems even if I don't use a chain saw for several months. I am very fortunate to have several sources of non ethanol fuel near my place in Mathews (on the water), and a station a few miles from home also has it. In the winter when the cost goes down I will run it in my old truck. Even though it's more expensive I gain 1-1.5 miles per gallon and it is actually as cheap or cheaper and the truck runs better.

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Stepney

Some may disagree, but I really take it as a gimmick and nothing more. There was a time when my 2-stroke equipment was used almost commercially. Always ran a good high quality oil and premium gas. Not because the gas was better, but because oil lowers the octane rating of the fuel. In fact, the engines that often came to me USING that fuel often seemed to have more issues. Soft lines and diaphragms, scored up cylinders, etc. Stuff I never saw on 20-30+ year old maintained equipment using regular oil and gas.

The stuff reminds me of naptha, or old coleman fuel. it just vaporizes very easily .. offers no other benefit. Perhaps masking over the issues of an out of tune or dirty carb, but offering little more to the puzzle. Tried it in an old LawnBoy at one point in time and man did it ever run hot. 
There's an old Toro TC2010 in my shed that has been setting for about 3 years with regular gas and stabil in it.. I'd bet almost anything I could go and fire it up in a pull or two. 

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