What did you neglect in your preps?

[Miatadude]

How are getting your fuel to keep. Today's fuel can go bad in a matter of weeks if not less. What stabilizer are you using?
Moe's Speed Shop said they have 55 gallon drums and gas that are starting to turn in a week or so. That was a while back. Just curious.

I keep 4 five gallon cans full. When my truck is at 1/2 tank, I put 2 of the cans in, then go fill them up. The longest the gas has ever sat in them is 4 weeks.

 

[buellbrewer]

I keep 4 five gallon cans full. When my truck is at 1/2 tank, I put 2 of the cans in, then go fill them up. The longest the gas has ever sat in them is 4 weeks.

i do about the same. 40 gallons on hand and rotate out the cans. Admittedly, on occasion the cans might push 6 months but haven't had an issue in last few years.

 

[lostchild]

...which is supposed to be right around the corner, followed by another!

Life on the coast...

 

[rOmiLaYu]

Topo, definitely. I knew you were talking about Peachtree Creek. That's been a problem forever. Bad management there. Remember the 500yr flood in 2009?

I don't have any recollection of that, no. I was here at the time.

 

[basstracker89]

I don't have any recollection of that, no. I was here at the time.

I was in Maine, VT and upper state NY........When I got back everything was good but around the lake. My Wife was here

 

[rbstern]

Also I had a fully charged golf cart hanging out in the garage and realized I had no way to utilize the energy in there if needed. Getting a small USB port installed soon so I can at least charge phones or lights from it.

For emergency use of golf cart batteries, something like this might be handy:

Amazon.com

 

[rbstern]

Just a reminder though everyone knows to maintain their generator but someone might not think about it. Mine calls for an oil change every 20 hours of run time. I'm keeping a run log and just changed oil yesterday.

Every 20 hours? Have a couple of different models from different makers, and they call for 20 hours for the initial change, and then every 50 hours.

Hard to imagine oil becoming ineffective after 20 hours in a low horsepower engine.

I give my used boat motor oil to my neighbor, a long time heavy equipment operator who is a fanatic about maintenance. The oil is typically at about the 50 hour mark when I change. He always looks at it and practically shouts, "This oil ain't used up yet!"

 

[thevalueman]

 

[Ken Ford]

Ethanol reacts to things in the fuel system, and clogs stuff and rots ripper seals and such.
All gasoline will do the same over time, use of stabilizer will extend the gas a good bit assuming it’s in an air tight and made of material that will not react.

My scooters get about a year to two years if I start it occasionally. More than that and I have problems with clogging.

Hell I run some really old stuff in lawn mowers.
I bought my first gallon of ethanol free gas to put in my Hayabusa, since it’s getting stored.

 

[mo mauser]

Every 20 hours? Have a couple of different models from different makers, and they call for 20 hours for the initial change, and then every 50 hours.

Hard to imagine oil becoming ineffective after 20 hours in a low horsepower engine.

I give my used boat motor oil to my neighbor, a long time heavy equipment operator who is a fanatic about maintenance. The oil is typically at about the 50 hour mark when I change. He always looks at it and practically shouts, "This oil ain't used up yet!"

Thanks for mentioning it. I double checked I'm good for 50 as well. Or at least the faq on their website clarified over the manual.