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Equipment / Re: Chainsaw oils both bar and 2cycle

« on: February 04, 2018, 10:20:02 PM »

I run Quicksilver full synthetic 2 stoke oil, I buy multiple gallons a year for my Mercury boat motor. Since I always have it on hand it's what I use. As a bonus it's a pretty decent price at your local Walmart. For bar oil I had been running echo brand and liked it a lot. However I was in a pinch and just finished my last gallon of echo so I stopped at the gas station and bought what they had something called service pro winter grade. It seems fine but I really liked the echo stuff and the kicker is it's cheaper then the gas station stuff. If I member correctly it was $8 a gallon for echo bar and chain oil all season from the Home Depot.

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Portage & Main / Re: Optimizer 250 / Gassing / Tenting Over Nozzle

« on: February 04, 2018, 05:42:25 PM »

I was having the same issue with mine. I just bought this home and she came with no firewood. I bought a load of oak that had set one season cut in 8' sticks.... Still pretty green. I'm uncertain where the air settings are since the adjustments are froze up (rusted). I adjusted the fan disc to around 1/4" to 3/8" after reading others suggestions. This helped out, but I believe the biggest change came from adjusting my differential to 5 with a set point of 180. After doing this I haven't seen a temp lower then 168 and she starts gassing moment's after the fan starts. Before the fan would run a couple minutes before she'd start gassing. This also cut my wood consumption down. When possible I try to put smaller loads in more frequently, probably 4 to 5 times a day. However when I have filled it and checked it hours later it seems tent less but the important part is I no longer walk up to it not gassing.