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Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: K-zoo] #8663433 09/18/26 06:27 PM 09/18/26 06:27 PM
Joined: Mar 2020 W NY Turtledale trapper
Turtledale trapper Joined: Mar 2020 W NY	Here's an older can of mine NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: upstateNY] #8663434 09/18/26 06:36 PM 09/18/26 06:36 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Alaska and Washington State W waggler trapper
waggler trapper W Joined: Jan 2008 Alaska and Washington State	Originally Posted by upstateNY Originally Posted by yotetrapper30 I've never heard it called anything BUT white gas....... Your aging yourself now just like the rest of us. What do they call it now? All I've ever heard it referred to is white gas.. "My life is better than your vacation"

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: K-zoo] #8663437 09/18/26 06:40 PM 09/18/26 06:40 PM
Joined: Mar 2020 W NY Turtledale trapper
Turtledale trapper Joined: Mar 2020 W NY	It's called mostly Coleman fuel here, very few people use the term White Gas. But I do use both terms We burn Coleman fuel down by the crick at night in our laterns, fishin' for bullhead Last edited by Turtledale; 09/18/26 06:41 PM. NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: K-zoo] #8663463 09/18/26 07:29 PM 09/18/26 07:29 PM
Joined: Dec 2015 northern indiana K kenny k trapper
kenny k trapper K Joined: Dec 2015 northern indiana	Found a deal like that 20 years ago. And I was mowing grass And ran out .the kids used my gas an I was 10 miles to town. I saw the colman fuel on the shelf so I try it. Well that mower never so good.

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: K-zoo] #8663492 09/18/26 08:21 PM 09/18/26 08:21 PM
Joined: Apr 2007 ohio Ohio Wolverine trapper
Ohio Wolverine trapper Joined: Apr 2007 ohio	I have a Colman cook stove that uses lead free gasoline We have met the enemy and the enemy is us!

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: K-zoo] #8663493 09/18/26 08:22 PM 09/18/26 08:22 PM
Joined: Apr 2007 ohio Ohio Wolverine trapper
Ohio Wolverine trapper Joined: Apr 2007 ohio	I might auction it off for the Trapperman fund later. We have met the enemy and the enemy is us!

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: K-zoo] #8663626 09/18/26 11:48 PM 09/18/26 11:48 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Manitoba N Northof50 trapper
Northof50 trapper N Joined: Dec 2008 Manitoba	was the first cans cut to use a marten boxes/ cubbies back in the 1970's

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: white17] #8663644 09/19/26 01:54 AM 09/19/26 01:54 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 Alaska and Washington State W waggler trapper
waggler trapper W Joined: Jan 2008 Alaska and Washington State	Originally Posted by white17 Back before rural Alaska got electricity we used to buy Chevron Blazo. Sometimes I would buy a 55 gallon drum for winter lights or what was referred to as "case gas" ................2---square, 5 gallon cans of either Blazo or avgas in a wooden rectangular box..,thus a "case". Those boxes can still be found in many cabins doing duty as cupboards or other storage structures. I have several on my deck just to stash kindling. They still sell as 'antiques' online for over a hundred bucks apiece . LOL... Back when I was kid it was called white gas. I just realized I'm sitting next to a couple of them right this minute. "My life is better than your vacation"

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: K-zoo] #8663679 09/19/26 07:31 AM 09/19/26 07:31 AM
Joined: Oct 2011 Idaho B bearcat2 trapper
bearcat2 trapper B Joined: Oct 2011 Idaho	Always called it white gas here, first time I heard it called Coleman Fuel I wasn't sure they were talking about the same thing. Walmart sells an off brand white gas that is the same thing for considerable less price. I usually run premium unleaded in my white gas stoves and sometimes lanterns, seems to work just as good in the stoves but does flicker a little more in the lanterns that white gas. Regular unleaded with ethanol flickers quite a bit more and is dirtier.

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: K-zoo] #8663702 09/19/26 08:38 AM 09/19/26 08:38 AM
Joined: May 2013 Northern Michigan J J.Morse trapper
J.Morse trapper J Joined: May 2013 Northern Michigan	White Gas here as well. About 25 or so years ago my daughter was working her way through college as a Walmart associate, and was running the sporting goods dept. They had an entire pallet full of coleman fuel in the back of the store that had rust on the cans. The manager thought it wouldn't sell so he was going to clearance it or toss it out. Some fellow overheard him and offered some outrageous price like $20 for the whole pallet....they sold it to him right then and there. I was real sorry I didn't get in on that deal, I'd still be gloating to this day. The lantern I have nowadays is dual fuel and burns either coleman or unleaded. Battery stuff is so easy these days that I don't believe I've lit my coleman lantern in several years.

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: waggler] #8663794 09/19/26 02:34 PM 09/19/26 02:34 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK W white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington"
white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington" W Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK	Originally Posted by waggler I just realized I'm sitting next to a couple of them right this minute. Those look to be in really good shape !! Mean As Nails

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: K-zoo] #8663937 09/19/26 08:30 PM 09/19/26 08:30 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Alaska and Washington State W waggler trapper
waggler trapper W Joined: Jan 2008 Alaska and Washington State	^^^^^^^^ White, What vintage are those? Any idea? I can't imagine running an airplane on 80 octane. What where they running that in? The only guys I know who are using auto gas now are flying old Taylor Crafts, etc.. "My life is better than your vacation"

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: K-zoo] #8664005 09/19/26 10:19 PM 09/19/26 10:19 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt.	Was always called Naptha gas here. Every remote bunkhouse on the railroad had one or two and if you didnt like the oil lamp,you had to bring in your own naptha lantern and mantles.. We had to bring in our own naptha gas for the stoves.. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: waggler] #8664047 09/20/26 12:11 AM 09/20/26 12:11 AM
Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK W white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington"
white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington" W Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK	Originally Posted by waggler ^^^^^^^^ White, What vintage are those? Any idea? I can't imagine running an airplane on 80 octane. What where they running that in? The only guys I know who are using auto gas now are flying old Taylor Crafts, etc.. Back in the day 80/87 was standard Super Cub fuel for the Lycoming 0-320 and also in the older , low compression, Continental 0-470 engine in Cessna 180. But once the compression ratios on those engines increased to greater than 7:1 Everyone pretty much switched to 100 Low Lead in the Cessna especially for the super-charged engines in the 185 and 206 variants. In a lot of Cubs today, guys mix unleaded with 100 LL at a 50/50 ratio. It is cheaper than using straight 100LL and the engine needs a bit of lead to prevent knocking and it is beneficial to the valves in a recip engine. The same Continental 0-470 used in some older helicopters with turbo chargers were fueled with 115/145. It was purple. The 80/87 was reddish orange, and the 100 LL is greenish blue. The last time I saw 115/145 was in the late 1970's and the last 80/87 was around 1986 or so Mean As Nails

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: K-zoo] #8664063 09/20/26 06:58 AM 09/20/26 06:58 AM
Joined: Feb 2020 Indiana P Providence Farm trapper
Providence Farm trapper P Joined: Feb 2020 Indiana	I was running Aviation fuet at 32 to 1 in my 2 strokes for years. Saw shop that ported Opened the exhaust and jetted Mt saws recommended it. What noticed was I dont stink like a 2 stroke all day after running one if in running Aviation fuel. BUT my small local airport quit allowing carry out on fuel and won't sell fuel unless it gets put into an airplane. The saw shop selles it but its over an hour drive so I use what a local gas station seek as recation fuel thats 92 octane and alcohol free. They say its beter for small engines. I think it has a longer shelf life. I know thw Aviation fuel has a 5 year shelf life.. I figured I only run about 25 gal a year of it I can handel the higher cost for more longevity of the equipment. Does it make a difference or am I wasting money I dont honestly know. But my main saw has not needed to be in the shop for around to years since I had it hopped up. Always heard colman fuel called colam fuel or white gas Last edited by Providence Farm; 09/20/26 11:35 AM.

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: K-zoo] #8664137 09/20/26 10:53 AM 09/20/26 10:53 AM
Joined: Dec 2010 Armpit, ak D Dirt trapper
Dirt trapper D Joined: Dec 2010 Armpit, ak	The newer coleman lanterns and stoves ( 1990-s and on) started advertising " duel fuel". I think you could always use unleaded gas in them. Problem was in the old days, it was leaded gas. I keep things simple at the trapline cabin and use unleaded gas for everything ( No ethanol in AK gas ) One fuel powers everything. I have a couple of the old red single burner lanterns that have seen nothing but unleaded since I have owned them. P.S. I bought some of that Chevron canned gas at Rainy Pass Lodge back in 1993 when I drove a Bravo back from Rohn for ABC during the Iditarod. Last edited by Dirt; 09/20/26 10:57 AM. Who is John Galt?

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: K-zoo] #8664141 09/20/26 11:17 AM 09/20/26 11:17 AM
Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK W white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington"
white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington" W Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK	Years back there was a "joke" going around that Audrey Magoun and her husband Pat Valkenburg were doing wolverine research into what scent was the most attractive to wolverines. The punchline was that the most attractive scent was 80/87. I don't have any idea whether there is any truth to that or whether everything was contaminated with 80/87 because they were using a Cub for their research. The other "joke" at the time was that the two things trappers liked the smell of the most was 80/87 and wolverine blood. Mean As Nails

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: white17] #8664143 09/20/26 11:19 AM 09/20/26 11:19 AM
Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK W white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington"
white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington" W Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK	Originally Posted by white17 Originally Posted by waggler ^^^^^^^^ White, What vintage are those? Any idea? I can't imagine running an airplane on 80 octane. What where they running that in? The only guys I know who are using auto gas now are flying old Taylor Crafts, etc.. Back in the day 80/87 was standard Super Cub fuel for the Lycoming 0-320 and also in the older , low compression, Continental 0-470 engine in Cessna 180. As long as the engine was low compression and naturally aspirated, 80/87 was fine. But once the compression ratios on those engines increased to greater than 7:1 Everyone pretty much switched to 100 Low Lead in the Cessna especially for the super-charged engines in the 185 and 206 variants. In a lot of Cubs today, guys mix unleaded with 100 LL at a 50/50 ratio. It is cheaper than using straight 100LL and the engine needs a bit of lead to prevent knocking and it is beneficial to the valves in a recip engine. The same Continental 0-470 used in some older helicopters with turbo chargers were fueled with 115/145. It was purple. The 80/87 was reddish orange, and the 100 LL is greenish blue. The last time I saw 115/145 was in the late 1970's and the last 80/87 was around 1986 or so EDIT: Martentrapper can probably provide much better information on this subject than i can Mean As Nails

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: K-zoo] #8664188 09/20/26 01:10 PM 09/20/26 01:10 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 40 years Alaska, now back to O... A alaska viking trapper
alaska viking trapper A Joined: Dec 2007 40 years Alaska, now back to O...	I ran 100LL in my Lycoming 0-540 powered airboat. Was fortunate to be the facilities manager, (which morphed into "Chief Problem Solver That Has Anything to Do with Our Buildings, Inside or Out"), for a regional air carrier in Juneau, which included "disposing" of roughly 200-300 gallons of AV Gas, (100LL), each month. My wallet was very happy. We had an old Coleman lantern in the cabin that ran on white gas, but if we ran out, would use some of that AV gas, and it ran fine. Just doing what I want now.

Re: Coleman Fuel [Re: Dirt] #8664206 09/20/26 01:28 PM 09/20/26 01:28 PM
Joined: Jan 2009 Nebraska Trapset trapper
Trapset trapper Joined: Jan 2009 Nebraska	Originally Posted by Dirt The newer coleman lanterns and stoves ( 1990-s and on) started advertising " duel fuel". I think you could always use unleaded gas in them. Problem was in the old days, it was leaded gas. I keep things simple at the trapline cabin and use unleaded gas for everything ( No ethanol in AK gas ) One fuel powers everything. I have a couple of the old red single burner lanterns that have seen nothing but unleaded since I have owned them. P.S. I bought some of that Chevron canned gas at Rainy Pass Lodge back in 1993 when I drove a Bravo back from Rohn for ABC during the Iditarod. Agreed. I don’t think Coleman changed anything, I think regular gas changed. I’ve done just what you do in all my old 70s Coleman stoves and lanterns. Never had a problem. www.rtssetter.com

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