Glyn Robinson
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Does eXmark make it's own "eXmark" engines?
I was looking at a Toro z-turn and am not at all happy with the clone engine, Kohler, Briggs and Stratton and others have spent millions developing and marketing their products only to have an offshore sweatshop produce knockoffs for a fraction of their cost. John Ruskin wrote the bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten in 1861. It is just as true today.
yes quality, like the kohler big block that overheated so bad it warped cylinders and spit valve seats out, and if you got past that the plastic cam was just waiting to grenade.or the command series that if the head gaskets didn't leak the oil pan did, the constant ignition coil failures and the rocker arms that come loose. if you were lucky it only lost power, the unlucky ones had valves go into the engine and come out elsewhere. now the wonderful courage single, well lets not go there. if you have a boat it makes a great anchor.This is the reason exmark went looking for a new engine supplier. found a company in china that listened to them, made the changes they wanted. now yes there is a lot of junk out of china I don't disagree. but the 708cc twin run great, been out several years, we sold quite a few and zero failures of any kind. and as far as a clone? who did they clone? now im and old mower tech not an English professor so please excuse the rambling.
yes quality, like the kohler big block that overheated so bad it warped cylinders and spit valve seats out, and if you got past that the plastic cam was just waiting to grenade.or the command series that if the head gaskets didn't leak the oil pan did, the constant ignition coil failures and the rocker arms that come loose. if you were lucky it only lost power, the unlucky ones had valves go into the engine and come out elsewhere. now the wonderful courage single, well lets not go there. if you have a boat it makes a great anchor.This is the reason exmark went looking for a new engine supplier. found a company in china that listened to them, made the changes they wanted. now yes there is a lot of junk out of china I don't disagree. but the 708cc twin run great, been out several years, we sold quite a few and zero failures of any kind. and as far as a clone? who did they clone? now im and old mower tech not an English professor so please excuse the rambling.
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GeeLee can i get some advice from you about an exmark im looking at??