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No AWOL head bolts or vanished cracks to report, but both saws' clutches & brakes have stopped slipping!Has anyone else lost bolts while running 50:1, I just want to know the facts.
Why 50:1 is the Best Ratio
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I just don't run any oil at all in the colder months. It's warms up faster.
New guys don't take this seriously
New guys don't take this seriously
Rx7man
Cattle Rubbing Post
Now it's fact, I read it on the internet twice, 50:1 fixes broken handles.
Has anyone else lost bolts while running 50:1, I just want to know the facts
50:1 must have the same stuff in it as the head gasket repair kit I use.
Local saw shop told me theres a new product coming out called crackout. It works just like whiteout. You just spread it over the crack with a little brush and the crack is gone. The great thing about this product is it works with any ratio you run
That product has been out for quite some time
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
My only dislike in the oil is no dye also . Keep your screwdriver handy ,it may tune different than the thicker dirt bike oils
Deets066
Firewood hack
It seems very close to 800 T, it might smoke a little less when first fired.
The 066 seems to like it
Deets066
Firewood hack
I just checked rpm, it gained 80 rpm switching from 800 to Mobil 1
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
If you like mobil you woll like dumonde tech even more,see what i mean on the tuning ,have to retune with dumond also ,but my saws were happy in a broad adjustment vs a smaller spot with other oils
Deets066
Firewood hack
I plan on receiving that case of Mobil 1 from the raffle, so I won't have to worry about buying different oils.
johnlhatfield1
ArboristSite Operative
49 and a half just won't do........ reminds me of an old 60s song
johnlhatfield1
ArboristSite Operative
If u think mix ratio is fun to deal with, you should do some work on the old preacher's saws. Ever heard of used motor oil for bar lube ? His new stihls and older saws get the same treatmment. Now thats a mess to clean.
ArcticOverland
It's getting cold out there....
18 years running saws on 50:1 Husky XP oil and then Aspen 2T (50:1) fuel and never a single issue with poor lubrication resulting in excessive wear, carbon buildup or scoring. All stock XP saws, for several hundred hours each year. Mufflers and screens never dripping wet or stinking. I've bought a few used saws recently from guys who ran 32:1 and 40:1 in them and they stink like an old burnt oil barrel. Rancid mess. Oily, coked up junkers. No thanks. 50:1 all the way.
I've never read so much speculation about oil ratios as I have here. Ported saw, I'd follow the builders advice, but on a stock saw just stick with the manufacturers specs.
I've never read so much speculation about oil ratios as I have here. Ported saw, I'd follow the builders advice, but on a stock saw just stick with the manufacturers specs.
Deets066
Firewood hack
If the inside of the muffler is stinky and sticky from excess mix then that's from operator error and poor tune.
Fwiw I also run 50:1 in stock saws and 32:1 in ported
I have, by my count, 27 pieces of mixed-fuel burning equipment at my Louisville branch. Throw that in with 4 440s, 2 460s, a TS 400 cut off saw and a BG 85 on my department, and an FS 130, 55 and 576XP for my personal use, plus approx. 30 saws, cut off saws and other equipment in PA.
They all run 50:1 HP Ultra, have for years, and probably will continue to. I've had no failures due to fuel yet. I think that speaks for itself.
They all run 50:1 HP Ultra, have for years, and probably will continue to. I've had no failures due to fuel yet. I think that speaks for itself.
Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
Wasn't it Kent Hair that came out with the whiteout?Now it's fact, I read it on the internet twice, 50:1 fixes broken handles.
Has anyone else lost bolts while running 50:1, I just want to know the facts
50:1 must have the same stuff in it as the head gasket repair kit I use
Local saw shop told me theres a new product coming out called crackout. It works just like whiteout. You just spread it over the crack with a little brush and the crack is gone. The great thing about this product is it works with any ratio you run
Ozarker 1
ArboristSite Member
Nah, Bette Nesmith Graham, the mother of the musician Michael Nesmith, of Monkees fame, invented Liquid Paper, the first white-out. 
Them's good, 50:1.
Something sounds fishy here...
Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
One other nice thing about 50:1 is it doesn't make the rungs on a ladder quite so slippery.
Hope he doesn't lose his laugh.
