I looked at several stores Sunday for a push mower for our daughter and son-in-law who just bought a house this fall,(Christmas gift) not a lot of stores have them out in December but I found a mtd at menards for 159 -(marked down from 189) it had a rear bagger with it also--I never looked at it real close because it was on the top rack---it had a powermore engine, I looked up powermore engines today and saw they were made in china and had terrible reviews---I started looking online and saw sears had a husqvarna rear bagger push mower for $199 (marked down from $239)--it has a Koehler motor on it, I told the wife I would return the Menards mtd and I ordered the sears Husqvarna--just for the heck of it I looked up reviews on this mower and guess what---chinese built Koehler motor---I give up!--the koehler is supposed to be a honda wannabe and has good reviews, just the idea I assumed Koehler was still american built. Rant over---
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Bought a push mower Sunday, then another today, I give up!
- Thread starter Flysure1
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My father in law worked for Tecumseh machining engine parts most of his life. Then about 5 years ago they shut down the plant and shipped everything to south America to build them there. To many plants moving out of the country these days.
blue65coupe
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Hell, even some of the Craftsman hand tools are now made in China.
apollard
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Most (maybe all) small Hp engines are made over seas. B&S still makes them here according to the website, but they also import and don't say which ones. http://www.briggsandstratton.com/ Larger Kohler engines are US made.
Ariens has a plant about a half hour from me. Not sure what percentage of their stuff is made there. My father in law went to work there when tecumseh closed and just retired.
I guess it bothered me enough to continue on my mower quest to cancel the husqvarna with the chinese engine and order a craftsman with briggs platinum series engine--I called briggs and stratton this morn and the lady said it was american made for the most part, carb and a few small parts were foreign--that is about as close as I can get.
jims6t6
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You know people buying foreign cars didn't help, greed by other then corporations also played a part and high labor cost in the US."Flysure1" said:
There's this type of push mower that's a bit cheaper and has an American motor:
scedd
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"Midlife" said:There's this type of push mower that's a bit cheaper and has an American motor:
Incorrect there Mid,
I have one of them and its Convict powered.
"scedd" said:
Maybe, but that is one motor that can handle ethanol, I'll bet!
scedd
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"Midlife" said:
Speaking of ethanol, and the fact i haven't railroaded a thread for a couple of days,
Santa is bringing the Princess her new Holden VE SS commodore, LS6, 6 speed auto, which will be here December 20.
The big Chev is rated to E85 in OZ, which is now available, made from Sorghum.
The one I test drove had E85 in it and still pulled like a 14 year old boy.
scedd
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"lethal289" said:
I had to google him.
i wish i hadnt