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Looks as if Husqvarna dumped Kohler.

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TnHusky

TnHusky

I had posted in the Husqvarna section about my encounter at Lowes with the engine change on the YTH24K48 Fast Tractor to a Briggs engine. :eek: After doing more digging it appears they may have moved away from Kohler altogether. IMO this will be a mistake because the engine they have chose is the Briggs Intek. I may be wrong on this but with a lot of the most recent problems with a lot of Intek engines they may regret this move. I do however remember the Single Kohlers giving trouble but I think that's all in the past. I've put over 50hrs on my 24hp Kohler engine and it is very strong and plenty of tq to get the job done. Probably just got under bid I guess.
So as it stands now, if I bought another Husqvarna I'd have to move to a Kawasaki engine. I don't know, I may be to harsh in my thinking.


#2

wjjones

wjjones

TnHusky said:
I had posted in the Husqvarna section about my encounter at Lowes with the engine change on the YTH24K48 Fast Tractor to a Briggs engine. :eek: After doing more digging it appears they may have moved away from Kohler altogether. IMO this will be a mistake because the engine they have chose is the Briggs Intek. I may be wrong on this but with a lot of the most recent problems with a lot of Intek engines they may regret this move. I do however remember the Single Kohlers giving trouble but I think that's all in the past. I've put over 50hrs on my 24hp Kohler engine and it is very strong and plenty of tq to get the job done. Probably just got under bid I guess.
So as it stands now, if I bought another Husqvarna I'd have to move to a Kawasaki engine. I don't know, I may be to harsh in my thinking.
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And thats a good thing. I agree Kohler had a bad run, and they have improved lately, and Briggs had a bad run as well but my next one will be a Kawi. I have to say though my briggs intek has had a beating, and it still runs like new with 457 hrs on it. Most issues some have are not because of the engine brand its because of the person who owns them doesnt know how to properly service them. Have you seen the newer Husqvarna tractors with the Kawi engines, and the fab cutting decks Tn?


#3

wjjones

wjjones

Husqvarna GT52XLS - Garden tractors


#4

Lawnboy18

Lawnboy18

Husqvarna seem to make nice tractors! I've been sometimes thinking about getting one instead of a ZTR to mow my bigger lawns.


#5

TnHusky

TnHusky

wjjones said:
And thats a good thing. I agree Kohler had a bad run, and they have improved lately, and Briggs had a bad run as well but my next one will be a Kawi. I have to say though my briggs intek has had a beating, and it still runs like new with 457 hrs on it. Most issues some have are not because of the engine brand its because of the person who owns them doesnt know how to properly service them. Have you seen the newer Husqvarna tractors with the Kawi engines, and the fab cutting decks Tn?
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Yes I have, and actually started looking at one of these at the beginning of my search. I'm glad I didn't though, my 48" deck is plenty big enough and I still get it hung in a couple of spots where the terrain goes from flat to hilly. Again I'm very satisfied with my mower so far and will continue to use it for a long time if there's no major issues to speak of. Is it the perfect mower, probably not but who's is? If I was mowing on a perfect flat yard I would have chose a ZTR but I'm not doing that at all, my yard sucks as far as being perfect. I'll agree about the Kawi though, I think they've got the market as far as engines right now, or appears that way.


#6

wjjones

wjjones

Lawnboy18 said:
Husqvarna seem to make nice tractors! I've been sometimes thinking about getting one instead of a ZTR to mow my bigger lawns.
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Yep, and the 7.8 mph is a plus for a tractor style mower.


#7

M

motoman

Yes, based on reader info I would only look at Husky/Kaw if the Intek goes away.


#8

pugaltitude

pugaltitude

Who is making this tractor for Huskey?


#9

wjjones

wjjones

pugaltitude said:
Who is making this tractor for Huskey?
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I wouldnt be sure but I believe Husqvarna builds this one??


#10

S

Straydog

TnHusky said:
I had posted in the Husqvarna section about my encounter at Lowes with the engine change on the YTH24K48 Fast Tractor to a Briggs engine. :eek: After doing more digging it appears they may have moved away from Kohler altogether. IMO this will be a mistake because the engine they have chose is the Briggs Intek. I may be wrong on this but with a lot of the most recent problems with a lot of Intek engines they may regret this move. I do however remember the Single Kohlers giving trouble but I think that's all in the past. I've put over 50hrs on my 24hp Kohler engine and it is very strong and plenty of tq to get the job done. Probably just got under bid I guess.
So as it stands now, if I bought another Husqvarna I'd have to move to a Kawasaki engine. I don't know, I may be to harsh in my thinking.
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I have been wondering about that too. I have the Kohler in my "Fast Tractor" that I bought last summer. Now I see they come with the Briggs. If I was buying today I think I'd go with the Kawasaki. So far so good with the Kohler though...:2cents:


#11

E

edd

i was told that the engine companies put in bids to the lawn mower makers and whichever one comes in with the best unit price is the one that they go with.........next year kohler may win out......who knows


#12

djdicetn

djdicetn

TnHusky said:
I had posted in the Husqvarna section about my encounter at Lowes with the engine change on the YTH24K48 Fast Tractor to a Briggs engine. :eek: After doing more digging it appears they may have moved away from Kohler altogether. IMO this will be a mistake because the engine they have chose is the Briggs Intek. I may be wrong on this but with a lot of the most recent problems with a lot of Intek engines they may regret this move. I do however remember the Single Kohlers giving trouble but I think that's all in the past. I've put over 50hrs on my 24hp Kohler engine and it is very strong and plenty of tq to get the job done. Probably just got under bid I guess.
So as it stands now, if I bought another Husqvarna I'd have to move to a Kawasaki engine. I don't know, I may be to harsh in my thinking.
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IMHO, user wjjones has been "lucky" on that Briggs Intek. My experience with a 24hp Intek was just the opposite. Just out of warranty the choke assembly screws came loose and went into the carb. Guess I was lucky that they got passed out the exhaust instead of ruining the cylinders but that engine couldn't hold a candle to the Briggs Vanguard engines. I would consider the Intek the "Kohler Courage" of Briggs but again you seemed to get one that did not have the design flaws of other Courage engines.


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