Posted on 07/20/2020 3:15:38 PM PDT by AggregateThreat
Didn’t B&S move its engine mfg to China?
Speaking of spark plugs for small engines I’m only using NGK or Autolite. Almost never saw a bad one out of the box. Can’t say the same for Champion or AC Delco.
They probably have everything made over there and do some assembly here. Don’t know for sure.
“”””Briggs & Stratton Corporation is an American Fortune 1000 manufacturer of gasoline engines with headquarters in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
Engine production averages 10 million units per year as of April 2015.[2] The company reports that it has 13 large facilities in the U.S. and 8 more in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, and the Netherlands. The company’s products are sold in over 100 countries across the globe.[3] “””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””’
But hey.... Dr. Fauci, the covid Fascist, is throwing out the first pitch at the Nationals game... The Briggs & Stratton employees should enjoy that while putting in for their unemployment.
Chapter 11.......they will still be around.
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Maybe the fact that modern Briggs engines have plastic cam lobes and timing gears that are prone to failing might have something to do with this? For a comparison harbor freight predator engines have metal cams and while the timing gear is still plastic its more solid than the Briggs one.
Briggs Iron Heads, like old Harley engines can be rebuilt, and rebuilt and rebuilt. Ive got a super boneyard of stuff. Elementary school kids can work on them.
Honda aluminum engines are great, and they run long time. But try and rebuild it when something goes wrong.
Pricey parts, when available. Nothing swaps. Japs dont rebuild stuff. They just replace. Toss it and drop another $600 on a mower.
10, 15, 20 yr old Briggs are everywhere. Swap engines onto anything. Cranks swap into everything. Even same year and model Hondas wont do that.
Does have the Chap 11 BKY, but still looks like one of them hedge fund buyout things, sell off good assets, load rest of company with debt and let some other sucker deal with it. As other posters have stated they should be ok now with the COVID forcing lots of DYI stuff.
I have a Harbor Freight little Tailgator generator I use a lot at a location with no power.
To run a power tool or a fan, it’s great.
That little unit will pump it’s heart out.
I typically run a couple of tanks of mixed through it on a day on location.
I thought lawn mower engines were made in Missouri.
I’ve got a 21 HP B&S V twin running my older Yard Machines ride on mower. No issues, no smoke. Sat under a tarp all winter and fired right up on a refuel of non ethanol premium.
I hate to see it.
I’ve got a B&S motor on my lawnmower that is at least 10 years old. I bought it used for $60 10 years ago. I often abuse it by running it into thick brush and never had a problem Once I get my money’s worth from it I might buy a new one.
When I was a young kid in the city, I would find Briggs and Straton engines that people had thrown out (e.g. old lawn mowers, etc.), and try to revive them. This was when I was 8-9 years old, and it taught me a lot of useful skills in life - including the value of trying to resurrect things instead of spending more money on something new. Good memories.
I have a 20 year old Mower and a 15 year old generator with Kawasaki engines. All still have great compression. The Mower, though, with the OHC engine, has a higher RPM power curve and if you get into heavy grass it will bog where a Toro or B&S engine (or an electric) will power through it. So while the Kwacker is a good engine it’s not the best design for a mower that needs super low end grunt. That’s the trade off in using higher RPM in a smaller mower to get the “same” power.
Honda does make the best engines but Subaru, Kawasaki and Kohler are worth the money.
I belong to a Snapper Facebook group and that is one of the combos people like to use - an old school Snapper Comet and a Honda. I’m too much of a purist though.
I probably own 50 Briggs small engines in various sizes none younger than 30 years. I’m set for now.
I recall seeing an article half a dozen years ago or so about the B&S small engine plant being closed.
I thought it was AL or AR, but MO is close enough.
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