[Seahawk]

I have five chain saws (two older hand held and three pole saws of varying length, weight and stupidity), two weed whips (one with the plastic blades and one with the metal cutters) and associated blowers, etc.

I use the 93 Stihl blend only. I get it at dealer price since the local Mennonite Stihl dealer and I are friends. I started doing this a decade ago after years of buying plastic bits (from primer bulbs to fuel lines), over and over.

I still have my bag of parts.

If I am not planning on using the tool for the next week or so I drain/pour the gas into a clean bucket and return the fuel to the gas can. I have a large funnel with a fuel screen, worth every penny.

I then start the tool and run it dry. For long term storage I'll remove the spark plug and fog the cylinder.

The oldest chainsaw, a Stihl Wood Boss, predates me on the farm...over thirty years old and runs perfectly. One of the weed whips I bought the year before we bought this place decades ago.

I want things to run when I need them to. The 93 octane Stihl has made it work.

Use that or some other version.