Any info on the Briggs 700 Series DOV engines?

[chance123]

PLASTIC gears inside of the engine?
Never heard of such a thing...

Most all engines now days have plastic gears. In the beginning, they started with plastic governor gears which seemed to hold up well.

 

[LawnBoy97]

Well I finally got a chance to try this mower on a big lawn. Being about 40 degrees here, it took like ten tries to get it running. About three to fire, and then a lot more to stay running. I can't say much for evenness, as the lawn was full of little holes and things, put power was pretty good. I only notice a drop of rpm's in the really tall stuff, but it was barely noticeable. It was also disappointing when I mowed through the tall stuff, because it missed quite a bit of grass. So I will try it some more in the spring to get a good opinion on it, but otherwise, it seems okay, maybe not worth $190, but okay.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

Well I finally got a chance to try this mower on a big lawn. Being about 40 degrees here, it took like ten tries to get it running. About three to fire, and then a lot more to stay running. I can't say much for evenness, as the lawn was full of little holes and things, put power was pretty good. I only notice a drop of rpm's in the really tall stuff, but it was barely noticeable. It was also disappointing when I mowed through the tall stuff, because it missed quite a bit of grass. So I will try it some more in the spring to get a good opinion on it, but otherwise, it seems okay, maybe not worth $190, but okay.

Thanks for sharing your input on the mower.....you probably wish you had better things to say about it, though.

 

[LawnBoy97]

Yeah, although I do like the mulching deck, I think I might consider selling this one ^in the spring. Maybe I can get a little more than I got it for, and then put that money towards a new engine for my hi vac. After thinking about things, I really didn't want to pay so much, but I still bought it anyways.