re: Best way to store gasoline for generator

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What if I let some sit in the tank and I cut the fuel off and let the generator run until it shuts itself off?

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Sure. But make sure your tank is full. And your cap has a closable vent on your tank. Air is death to gasoline.

I keep a 55 gallon drum of diesel and one of gas (non-ethanol) in my pole barn as well as seven 5 gallon cans of each. I use Stabil along with SeaFoam in the fuel. I use them on the property and just keep filling so it doesn’t go bad. I run through the 55 gallon drum of gas in about 4-6 months, diesel 6-8 months.

Also, have a truck full of gas and two cars full of diesel. We should be ok for most situations except a total collapse of society.

You’re overthinking it.

I have 4, 5 gallon tanks, my generator holds 8. I typically keep one 5 gallon full in the winter along with the generator. That gets me a couple of days as I only run it for fridge/freezer/tv/coffee in the morning and again in the afternoon/evening...I’m working typically during these events anyway.

As of last week, I went ahead and filled two, and will have them all filled by June. If I run low of gas for the lawnmower or my mixed gas, that comes out the stock and I then refill that tank. I also keep two propane tanks and wood for a number of cooks on my smoker.

I need to get the oil changed in the generator/ lawnmower/truck soon too.

Throughout the year I run the generator towards the first of the month, shut the fuel valve and let it sputter a tad, but never full on stop. I try to run my saws once a week, I’m always using them it seems anyway. I need to go through my saw bag and buy some more spare parts too.

It’s like living anywhere else, you have to be prepared for your environment.

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shut the fuel valve and let it sputter a tad, but never full on stop.

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Ok, this is helpful because I have been letting it run to a full stop. My fuel valve and by off switch for the generator itself are the same knob and are the older champion models so it's the same position on the dial. So i have to be very careful about cutting off the fuel without cutting off the whole generator and leaving gas in the system.

So once it starts sputtering it's fine to just shut it down totally?

I fill up about 50 gallons at start of hurricane season. if not used I put it in the vehicles after the season... I live in SWLA and got hammered last year and had to hunt gasoline after I used up my 50 gallons. We were without power about 30 days total between the different storms. But hopefully that was an anomaly.