txzrider
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Ok so I am over 50 years old... I grew up fixing hand me down mowers with B&S engines, so much so that later in life I never had an issue with buying one on a new mower. Needless to say I am not a professional mower and never will be. It just bothers me that what seems like a deeply ingrained American brand(which may no longer make things in America for all I know) like B&S cannot make a commercial engine. I know there are B&S trained mechanics on this site, as well at what appeared to me to be at least 1 guy that works for B&S...
Dont get me wrong I love pretty much all things Honda and have had every type of engine from yanmar diesels to 2 cycle suzuki's... I would just like to hear about a B&S engine that got good press!
the 20 hp B&S on my old mower had a terrible air filter arrangement that caused dust to be sucked into the motor causing premature wear... so that seems fixable! (and seems to be redesigned on my new mower with pretty much the same engine.)
I have a 6hp Briggs on my late 90's Snapper walk behind, at the time the dealer tried to talk me into the Kawasaki engined version but at almost $200 more I said no way. Now 12 years later all I have done to it is replace a carb ($38) after not using it for 3 years. It runs now as well as it ever did. Mulches any kind of grass I am willing to try!!
Is it just that Briggs caters to a lower cost crowd? I read a post the other day where one of the guys recommended a Chinese Briggs knockoff on a toro deck instead of a honda!! Wow. He had very compelling reasons so it got me thinking about this topic.
In any case I just wondered what kind of comments I would get. Have a good day.
Dont get me wrong I love pretty much all things Honda and have had every type of engine from yanmar diesels to 2 cycle suzuki's... I would just like to hear about a B&S engine that got good press!
the 20 hp B&S on my old mower had a terrible air filter arrangement that caused dust to be sucked into the motor causing premature wear... so that seems fixable! (and seems to be redesigned on my new mower with pretty much the same engine.)
I have a 6hp Briggs on my late 90's Snapper walk behind, at the time the dealer tried to talk me into the Kawasaki engined version but at almost $200 more I said no way. Now 12 years later all I have done to it is replace a carb ($38) after not using it for 3 years. It runs now as well as it ever did. Mulches any kind of grass I am willing to try!!
Is it just that Briggs caters to a lower cost crowd? I read a post the other day where one of the guys recommended a Chinese Briggs knockoff on a toro deck instead of a honda!! Wow. He had very compelling reasons so it got me thinking about this topic.
In any case I just wondered what kind of comments I would get. Have a good day.