Getting Machines treated for Winter Storage- How many do you

Randy G

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This time of year reminds me Maybe I have too much stuff. I do this every year at this time treating the gas items with Stabil and diesel items with diesel treatments. How many do you treat?

Here's my list:

13 tractors
4 riding mowers
3 chain saws
1 generator
2 tillers
1 string trimmer
1 Swisher brush cutter
1 4 wheeler
2 hit & miss engines

I think I'm done!?!?

The rest of the year I never think about it but glad everything starts in the spring.
 
Never have for winter treatments Ray but use Sea Foam for suspected carb problems in all gas machines.
 
Have all those items except the brush cutter, only in lesser quantities. I don't check anti-freeze every year unless I have added coolant, which I always add in a 50/50 mixture. But I usually add some coolant conditioner to the tractor radiators. Usually try to start everything but the lawn equipment at least once during the winter, usually on a nice warm (above freezing) day.
 
Never do anything to the lawn tractor or tiller or chain saw. Couple of yanks in the spring with maybe a bit of gas on the filter to help prime it. Ben
 
I don't use any additives since I started using non-oxygenated gas. I run some of the small engines out of gas in the fall. The tractors, gas or diesel, I just start once in awhile if possible. Not the diesels in Minnesota winter unless it is a mild day. I use battery maintainers. I don't have any problems.
 
For me & winter prep.. 1st thing is I test antifreeze in all 10 tractors.
Then any that won't be used often the get a battery tender installed. On
a couple with OLD tires I take the weight off & block them up. Only keep
enough gas or fuel in them so they can run a short time 1/2 hour or so.
 
(quoted from post at 11:53:36 10/24/17) Too many

Fule shutoff valves save a ton of time on small engines. Bought a bunch of them on eBay and added to lawn tractor, snowblower, tiller, etc.

Also added one to my gas tractor. Shut off fuel, let engine run dry. Done. Turn on fuel the next spring, wait 5 minutes, start engine.

They've never failed to produce an easy start in the spring.

With chainsaws, brush cutters and other small 2 stroke engines, I'm not shy about dumping fuel out of these back into the gas can, Start, run dry, and they start easy next spring.

Totally agree, use non-ox fuel and there's no need to be dumping a bunch of additives in.. I've noticed a lot of guys that are adding additives all the time seem to have a LOT more issues with carbs going bad.

Grouse
 
The only implements I winterize is the sprayers. Everything else already has antifreeze in the radiator. I’ve never done anything special to the fuel. Plain old (gasp) ethanol works for me. Everything pops right off in the spring except the lawn mower. The mower needs a shot of carb cleaner to get it going the first time in the spring. The diesels get anti gel fuel treatment and #1 fuel because they are used in the winter.
 

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