Which small Engine is Better - Briggs or Tecumseh?
If you mow a city lawn and do it every few days this probably wont even affect you. But I own a farm and mow heavy grass. Sometimes it's a foot tall. Having had numerous push mowers, I have decided that the Tecumseh engines are much better. When I was younger, it seemed that every mower had a Briggs engine. Then I started to run across mowers with Tecumseh engines. The last Tecumseh mower I had was a 3HP model. That mower just went thru everything and rarely ever stopped. Even when the blade was dull, it still kept going. I finally destroyed it when I ran over some metal and bent the crankshaft so badly the blade chopped the frame to shreads (because I kept going). I just got another mower with a crappy Briggs engine. Also a 3HP. Once again I got a mower that dies constantly, dont have the guts to get thru even the lightest weeds, and takes me ten times as long to mow. Considering both engines are 3HP, and the frames are identical (meaning no powered wheels, etc), I will say the Tecumseh has 3 times the power of the Briggs engine. And just for the record, this new Briggs mower has less usage than that Tecumseh one had. I already know that this POS will be going to the next auction. I just cant stand these weak Briggs engines with no power and no guts.
Which do you prefer, and why?
Mark