Pennyrick
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There is another thread going about carrying spare gasoline and I was going to post there but I didn't want to hijack the thread, thus this one.
We are getting ready to leave on a trip next week and I was cleaning up the RT 622's and going to refill the one gallon spill proof cans we use for emergencies when I read the thread and noticed mention of quart cans of non-ethanol fuel that can be purchased from Home Depot. I thought that packing a couple of these may be a better solution than the plastic cans as they are difficult to pack without the risk of accidentally depressing the 'pour' lever.
Since I was heading out and came up on the new Tractor Supply store I decided to visit them and check on the availability of the non-ethanol gasoline.
I went in the store and asked the clerk where I would find the non-ethanol gas product. He led me over to the shelf where oil and additives were displayed and handed me a can of premixed two-cycle fuel, telling me that it should work even though my machine had three wheels. I explained that the engine in my Spyder used four-cycle fuel.
"No", he said, "that is for cars, this two cycle stuff is made for cycles with two wheels". At first I thought he was pulling my leg, but he was deadly serious. I told him that two cycle fuel was for two stroke engines while what I was looking for had no oil added and was for four stroke engines.
Then he asked me how many cylinders my Spyder had. "It is a twin", I told him.. "just two cylinders". "Haw" he said, "that's why you need this two cycle stuff!"
By this time I had found the can of non-ethanol on the shelf. "I suppose you're going to tell me that this stuff is for four cylinder engines?"
"Yep, that's exactly right", he replied.
I couldn't resist.... "What would you recommend for a V-8'? He thought for a bit and then said, "I guess you'd need two cans of that stuff."
I really, really thought about asking him about three cylinder, six cylinder and even twelve cylinder engines but I didn't have the heart.
We are getting ready to leave on a trip next week and I was cleaning up the RT 622's and going to refill the one gallon spill proof cans we use for emergencies when I read the thread and noticed mention of quart cans of non-ethanol fuel that can be purchased from Home Depot. I thought that packing a couple of these may be a better solution than the plastic cans as they are difficult to pack without the risk of accidentally depressing the 'pour' lever.
Since I was heading out and came up on the new Tractor Supply store I decided to visit them and check on the availability of the non-ethanol gasoline.
I went in the store and asked the clerk where I would find the non-ethanol gas product. He led me over to the shelf where oil and additives were displayed and handed me a can of premixed two-cycle fuel, telling me that it should work even though my machine had three wheels. I explained that the engine in my Spyder used four-cycle fuel.
"No", he said, "that is for cars, this two cycle stuff is made for cycles with two wheels". At first I thought he was pulling my leg, but he was deadly serious. I told him that two cycle fuel was for two stroke engines while what I was looking for had no oil added and was for four stroke engines.
Then he asked me how many cylinders my Spyder had. "It is a twin", I told him.. "just two cylinders". "Haw" he said, "that's why you need this two cycle stuff!"
By this time I had found the can of non-ethanol on the shelf. "I suppose you're going to tell me that this stuff is for four cylinder engines?"
"Yep, that's exactly right", he replied.
I couldn't resist.... "What would you recommend for a V-8'? He thought for a bit and then said, "I guess you'd need two cans of that stuff."
I really, really thought about asking him about three cylinder, six cylinder and even twelve cylinder engines but I didn't have the heart.
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