The chainsaw is once again ripping through logs like a hot knife cutting through butter.

It turns out I was on the right track with suspecting the fuel as the culprit. The key was in the symptom details. The engine sounded and felt like it does just before it runs out of gas.

The only thing I did to get it to work this time was bring the fuel canister in the trailer for a few hours before filling it up. I had been storing it outside, which seems to be the root of my problem. Maybe it has something to do with the oil and gas mixture? My conclusion is to just keep the can of mixed gas inside along with the chainsaw and everybody stays happy and warm.

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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