Gas on or gas off?

[Slim140]

I been wondering who turns their gas off and who leaves it on with their Cub?

We have 2 Cubs and I leave them both on. Every now and then I get a small leak stain on the ground but not much and not very often.

[Eugene]

Both, depends on the tractor.

Standard Cub with ball valve shut off at tank. Close the ball valve at end of work day. Carburetor seeps if I leave the ball valve open over night. Doesn't leak when working.

154 leave the tank shut off open.

WD Allis's, shut off one. The other I leave open, the sediment bowl shut off leaks in the off position.

Had one tractor leak gasoline over a weekend. Lost probably 5 or 10 gallons.

[inairam]

I say it is good practice to shut off. Lately I have not been shutting it off my 49 because it has not been leaking. I do shut off for the winter or other long periods.

[iosco cub]

because I never know when I'm going to use which tractor I shut the gas off and run them till they quit. just remember to push the kill switch in or your dealing with a dead battery. Greg

[Urbish]

I leave my Cub on all the time. The B and the H will drip out of the carb overflow if left on. One of these days I'll rebuild the carburetors and set the float height in both.

[ShawnAgne]

Shut off the gas on both my Cub and 300 after use.

[Ken (48 Cub)]

I shut it off and run it dry every time...

[T-Mo]

I shut off the gas on just about all my stuff, including the '47 cub.

[ricky racer]

I always turn off the fuel in all of my tractors. Most I let them run after I turn off the fuel until they quit. I think that leaves the float bowl mostly empty and less likely to gunk up the carb during long sits between uses.

[Lt.Mike]

My cub will slowly drip fuel from the carb when stored. I have an aftermarket inline shutoff valve that I flip every time I park the tractor.
It can sometimes be weeks between use and if I forget to turn off the valve the tank can drip dry.
I suppose I could address the issue causing that drip but it only happens during storage, never while running. I've finally got it running so good I figure I'll leave well enough alone. I can pull that starter after weeks of sitting and it fires like it was run only hours earlier.
My A on the other hand does not leak. I don't do anything with that one though I probably should.
Mike

[staninlowerAL]

I added a 1/8 ipt ball valve to the outlet of the OEM strainer/fuel shutoff to make it a little easier to turn the fuel off on my '57 LoBoy. The others I turn off the fuel and run the carb as dry as possible.

[Stanton]

I shut it off and run it dry every time...

[outdoors4evr]

I only shut the fuel off when I am parking it for the winter hibernation. On the numbered series, the valve is behind a panel so its a pain to access.

[DRaymond]

I shut off the fuel when done using. I shut off and run dry if not to be used for a period of time say a week or so. I shut off and run dry for long term storage.

[Bill Hudson]

It depends whether the carb leaks or not. Leaking carb tractors are shut off after use until I find the time to pull the carb and solve the leaking problem.

Bill