[Shop-talk] Electric String Trimmers

[John Miller]

> I've brought aviation unleaded home from the airport and added
> Sta-Bil for all the 4-cycle lawn equipment (lawn tractor, mower, snow
> blower) for a couple of years.  Runs much better, though to be honest
> the tractor doesn't care what gas is in it or how old.  17.5 HP
> Kohler, about 1999.  I don't need Tru-Fuel for the 4-cycle stuff.

It was probably blue, and it was probably 100LL.  Half the lead of most 
of the earlier grades, most everyone's pretty much still standardized on 
this.

Some places and applications (warbird events?) you may find more heavily 
leaded super-sauce for your high-boost blown motors.  The reason the 
Merlin went from 800HP to 1700+HP in production was all that sweet, 
sweet American leaded 130-octane gasoline.

John.