I got the front yard mowed and then the belt on the zero turn came apart on me. Fucking Lane Luck.
I started to go down and get a new one, but it looks to be a real bitch to install and I really wanted to get my place mowed today and that in itself is about a 3-4 hour job, so I went into the shed to see if my old lawn tractor would fire up. I figured I'd have to drain the gas because it's been over a year since I even started it, but it was crammed into a spot to where I couldn't get to the tank, so I just needed it to run for all of one minute just so I could back it out of the shed to get it to where I could work on it.
I aired up the tires and put my battery jumper to it, and I'll be damned if it didn't fire right up just like I used it yesterday, and that was with gas that was at least a year old. I backed it out and thought, "Damn, this thing's running like a champ!" I let it run for about 5 minutes or so, dumped in some 4 month old gas right on top of the old(er) shit and finished mowing.
Now check this out: Right after we moved here there was the issue in Alabama with that pipeline and we couldn't find a drop of gas anywhere in Macon County for several days, and my truck had about a quarter of a tank of gas in it. I learned my lesson - I now keep both vehicles topped off and I keep at least 40 gallons of gas in my shed.
But gas goes bad after just a couple months, and one of my readers (can't remember who) had suggested that I try PRI-G gas treatment and told me that it would keep my gas fresh for at least a year.
He wasn't lying. Like I said, the gas that was in my lawn tractor was at least a year old and the gas in my shed is all at least 4 months old, and it has been in temps ranging from 100 degrees to below zero in that shed, and it's still good.
You can read about it HERE at the company's site. It's available online, in Walmart and in parts stores.
