Does the type of gas matter for log splitters?

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Spikem

Feeling the Heat
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Nov 2, 2008
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Middleboro, MA, USA
Just bought a log splitter and am wondering if it matters what type of gas (unleaded? plus? premium?) I put into it.
 
Yes, make sure its new and not old, other then that the less ethanol the better. That being said I run plain unleaded in mine.
 
I run 87 octane in mine. I only buy gas without ethanol-as long as I can find it. A few stations here sell it. If you can find a station that sells pure gas, that would be the best.
 
ordinary gas.........same as what you put in your lawn mower

-Soupy1957
 
Regular fresh gas, good fuel stabilizer for E10 gas.
 
Whenever I buy gas for splitter, mower, saw, etc, I always add stabilizer and if in winter, I always add some dry gas too. I use regular gas. I have used some with ethanol (10%) but usually don't.
 
Last week we empty ed the gas out of two saws to Finnish splitting, we left with under 2 oz's of fuel. Cutting it close!
 
Backwoods Savage said:
Whenever I buy gas for splitter, mower, saw, etc, I always add stabilizer and if in winter, I always add some dry gas too. I use regular gas. I have used some with ethanol (10%) but usually don't.

If you are getting any with ethanol, then I would suggest NOT adding any more alcohol. Around here we have no choice about ethanol. It just gets crammed down our fill pipes. So I always use Stabil & I also buy premium. The eth crap breaks down & loses octane so I figure I better start with the hi-test.
Al
 
Thanks for the tip Al. I've actually only bought one tank full of the stuff and that was quite some time ago.
 
gfreek said:
Regular fresh gas, good fuel stabilizer for E10 gas.

+1 . . . I tend to use the StarTron.
 
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