it took me a few weeks but i finally got around to getting my chainsaw. i took evryones advice and got the husky and i really like it so far. i got the 445 with the 18" bar, not the rancher. the rancher was a little beyond my budget. after my purchase we were discussing the gas prices and they were telling me that gas has gotten "cheaper" with all the additives and ethynol and they were seeing a lot problems with peoples 2 stroke equipment. they said not to store gas more than 2 months and run all gas out of your trimmers,blowers,chainsaws,etc. it makes sense because all my yard equipment has started acting up in the last year. i thought the bp fuel didn't have ethynol but i went there yesterday and it said 10% ethynol on the pump.