g'day andrew,

they are all designed different down the gear box end, like i say the
jonsered system looks ans works very well. also i couldn't ever use
the tap-n-go head as the big plastic shroud on the shindaiwa gets in
the raod and it has a permament place for when the tap-n-go is used,
silly thing realy. i had to move the shroud about 12"s further up the
shaft so it wouldn't foul in the longer grass i get to trim, i still
use my old manual head from the jonsered.

yeh shidaiwa recomment 50:1 mix i ran it in on 25:1 and currently run
it on a mix 1/2 way between app' 37:1, but i like your idea of 25:1
regardless. the shind' uses noticably more fuel than the jonsered so
my thinking is that they ahven't realy put any research into
developing an engine that requires less oil they have just jetted up
the carby to run a richer mix in the crankcase.

so the 50:1 makes them look more earth friendly, the way i see it 2
strokes are on the way out so why would any manufacturer be it of
engines or oil waste research dollars on improving the polluting
factor of 2 strokes (silly realy when you look at all those jets and
diesel trucks one would wonder how much dirty air the few 2 strokes in
the world would create chuckle).

len

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