It gets tiresome for me to constantly carry on about Kohler. Their engines nowadays are no more distinct than most other manufacturers, especially in the consumer products.
The days of the heavy iron K series are long gone. Their larger twin cylinder models are still very good, but to be honest a lot of the imported engines are just as good or better in some circumstances. They've become a commodity, but maybe not as bad as Briggs or Tecumseh. Those are still pretty much throwaways as they have always been. Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 3, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Mountain Man <maontin....@gmail.com> wrote: > Dan wrote: >> I recently sold a pretty decent Crapsman lawn tractor with a Kohler 17HP >> engine... > > Finally. > Finally you mention what I thought you would have spoken first - > Kohler, which I thought was your employer, and about whom you seem to > rave, in past years. > We have a Bobcat Ransomes 48" walk behind with 14hp Kohler I/C that we > have used for 15 years, purchased new. Gets around all trees & > shrubs. Does not lug 150 pound human on it, as it is walk behind. We > went in to the local shop - use local as you have said, Dan - and we > told him we had 2.5 acres to mow, he looked at me and counseled a walk > behind. I have legs, my sons have legs, we walk. Totally > maneuverable moreso than a tractor. As someone else mentioned, get a > single purpose machine for lawn, then another machine for snow, > if/when. The Kohler is tight as new, starts no problem, we add > fuel/oil and it just runs. This is commercial machine that was > expensive, but... it has earned its keep. We could take it out today > and run it 5 days a week mowing suburban areas - the machine is built > to last 50 years, USA made. > mao > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
