spacemule
The Peanut Gallery
And was giving him a few pointers. I may as well have been talking to a brick wall. He seemed to think I was crazy.
He was buying a reconditioned Homelite. He said "What oil ratio do you use, 16:1?" I replied that no, modern saws use 50:1, and that the oil is much superior than when people ran 30 weight oil.
He says "I just use the same stuff I use in my boat--it's cheap." and grinned like he was being smart. I said that is TCW rated oil, and although some brands say you can use it on the packaging, it's not recommended by saw manufacturers and will damage you saw over time. I told him that it's designed for water cooled engines that don't run nearly as hot as chainsaws. Finally, I told him that because of methanol in the modern fuels, gas will absorb water out of the air because methanol is hygroscopic, so don't mix any more gas than you can use in a month's time.
He smirked and looked at me like I was a nutcase. Seems that some morons have the preconceived notion that anyone working in retail is an idiot, and that's what they expect. It does no good to give them good information, because they're going to discount it anyway. Easier to just play the part of a drooling moron. And people wonder why they don't get good service. . .
He was buying a reconditioned Homelite. He said "What oil ratio do you use, 16:1?" I replied that no, modern saws use 50:1, and that the oil is much superior than when people ran 30 weight oil.
He says "I just use the same stuff I use in my boat--it's cheap." and grinned like he was being smart. I said that is TCW rated oil, and although some brands say you can use it on the packaging, it's not recommended by saw manufacturers and will damage you saw over time. I told him that it's designed for water cooled engines that don't run nearly as hot as chainsaws. Finally, I told him that because of methanol in the modern fuels, gas will absorb water out of the air because methanol is hygroscopic, so don't mix any more gas than you can use in a month's time.
He smirked and looked at me like I was a nutcase. Seems that some morons have the preconceived notion that anyone working in retail is an idiot, and that's what they expect. It does no good to give them good information, because they're going to discount it anyway. Easier to just play the part of a drooling moron. And people wonder why they don't get good service. . .