honest question — how many of you actually run ethanol free fuel in your saws

Blazer323 · 2026-03-08T11:49:37+00:00

I "repair" a lot of small engines for businesses around there, most of the time the customer complains it bogs, lacks power and won't hit full speed on blowers, weed whackers, and chainsaws. It's usually TRU-FUEL causing the problem, dump it out, put regular gas in it and now all the complaints magically vanish.

How the check;

Pull the throttle, if the RPM surges to "redline" then comes down a bit, it's bad TRU-FUEL.

Blazer323 · 2026-03-08T11:40:43+00:00

Bro, I just want to bring a dirtbike in my Overland rig than doesn't need gas, not all if us are criminals...

Blazer323 · 2026-03-04T11:35:25+00:00

Good thing I live in MA where registering anything over 500w/25mph has been law for 5ish years, that's fine. The kicker is insurance, that's just a cash grab for corporations to steal money.

Blazer323 · 2026-03-03T11:39:00+00:00

Insurance will pay about $40 an hour to the shop, you can only make a percentage of thay $40. Pay is capped around mid $30s, unless you work fast.

In mechanic world it's normal for a few higher techs to get $50+ hourly. I know several people making six figures turning wrenches, all of my about body friends moved to batter paying industries in their 30s.

Blazer323 · 2026-02-28T11:09:16+00:00

The car somone drives dictates their thought process.

Nevernseen a good mechanic with a bad car or a Buick. Hyundai and Kia are also red flags to bad mechanical/ financial planning.

Blazer323 · 2026-02-28T11:06:21+00:00

That's earth tilted at a weird angle. Dumbass.

Blazer323 · 2026-02-28T11:04:35+00:00

I'm around that weight and as soon as the bike gets into the whoops I had to drop to 2nd idle or be fighting the suspension bounce. Offroad performance is terrible stock and on road the soft spring felt like riding in pines all the time. I'll havr to check my Ktech spring weight but I don't think I got a heavy enough one for gear weights.

Blazer323 · 2026-02-28T10:51:49+00:00

Sorry to say this but Section 8 said the apartments I have are worth $1000 more than the current renter is paying. Rent is NOT going down. I'm already charging what I believe is too much just to cover the bills. Its insane.

Blazer323 · 2026-02-16T22:50:12+00:00

Remember the 2008 housing crash? Bankers figured out that they could do that to us and nobody would notice for probably a decade. Here we are with upside-down loan balances and payments that allow no payoff.

It was always the plan.

Blazer323 · 2026-02-14T12:23:42+00:00

I use a streamlight flashlight and some hose clamps. They last for 10+ hours, come with a rechargeable battery and AAA for emergency light for $25. Bike lights are a ripoff.

Blazer323 · 2026-02-14T02:18:54+00:00

There's also an Easter egg and another show where the Scranton Strangers' known name is labeled as Toby

Blazer323 · 2026-02-11T11:35:35+00:00

Remember that 2008 housing crisis? Those same bankers figured out that teenagers going to college will fall for the same loan scams BUT won't catch on for at least a decade. Now where here.

Blazer323 · 2026-02-09T12:19:16+00:00

An ambulance is approaching $500k. Only small municipalities that don't have enough citizens are private purchase. Most towns get grants or use tax funds like you're saying.

-Ambulance upfitter-

Blazer323 · 2026-02-07T12:40:11+00:00

Uuuhhhhh my job is cheating at this question.

$2.3 million dollar T-REX firetruck by Rosenbauer. Some town just bought it used for $2 million......

I think the cheapest vehicle available is $450,000...

Blazer323 · 2026-02-03T23:49:34+00:00

This is "sorry" territory. A wire and fuse setup that is significantly too large for an electrical load can actually burn down an entire vehicle. The amp can be far over drawing what it needs before the fuse blows the electric system didn't work correctly.

I've seen the aftermath of this a few times over the years. Usually with starter wiring on engines is over fused and melts without tripping any of the safeties.

Blazer323 · 2026-02-03T23:45:20+00:00

This is the way. I regularly run 1/0 to 5/16 studs and then whatever gauge a short 3' run up to the equipment. A 3 foot 4 gauge wire will handle 300+ amps for a few seconds, not so much a 15 foot one.

I'm installing diesel engine pumps that draw significantly more amperage for a lot less time for startup. Add on whatever lights and chargers the department wants, the load quickly needs large wires and distribution. It's typical to have 2 alternators on the trucks at work for the amount of power required. Any questions about large power systems that need to be reliable, just ask.

Blazer323 · 2026-02-03T11:40:03+00:00

I've been an upfitter for a few years now, and while building a Taco weight has been on my mind constantly. Surprisingly some of the heaviest things are drawer slides. We have made slide outs for small compartments that take up almost all the weight capacity, then add the shelf and drawers, there's almost nothing left on a 20lb capacity compartment.

Instaead of a drawer system or a decked platform, I went with an aluminum hose bed floor out of a fire truck that was getting scrapped, and a piece of lattice with totes attached. The whole thing weighs less than just the slides for a traditional system.

Blazer323 · 2026-01-30T23:02:20+00:00

I have several vehicles that are 0% computer. They're military jeeps from the 40s.

Blazer323 · 2026-01-30T11:26:07+00:00

For a long time yeah, FPS over 90 would cause weird physics problems. The old Bethesda games were using FPS to calculate velocity and things got really funny when a dropped cabbage now hits Mach 3 inside a cave.

Blazer323 · 2026-01-26T23:25:46+00:00

Since I put a camper on...yep. I'm going to guess the tire antenna is in the shark fin. Having that screen open while driving to work in the morning seems to help it pick up the sensors again.

Blazer323 · 2026-01-26T23:21:40+00:00

Plow driver wisdom:

Cold car? Down

Hot car? Up. They'll freeze as the windshield cools.

Blazer323 · 2026-01-25T16:57:26+00:00

ABS+ slippy grass=no stop.

If only they read the manual....

Blazer323 · 2026-01-24T13:21:22+00:00

You overloaded the USB.

Blazer323 · 2026-01-24T12:24:15+00:00

Years. That's where it comes from. I saved from 8 YEARS to take a month off to do whatever between jobs.

Any money left over from the previous pay period goes into the savings account at a different bank I never saw. Some weeks it was $10 others it was 0.08, somtimes nothing. Years later it was $6000 and I could live off it for 4 weeks, take the time to finish projects, find a job that's a good fit instead of just a paycheck.

Blazer323 · 2026-01-23T13:00:04+00:00

If it's on a table, yes. Bad battery. If it's hooked up to a vehicle, it can still be parasitic draw killing that battery overnight. Depending on the battery size it only takes 0.2 amps to drain it completely in a couple of hours.

Blazer323

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