We live in a throw away world now. How many tv repairmen are still out there? Snowblower dies just like your tv you buy another it’s just the way it is now a days

Ariens Snowblower (AX) engines are made by a company called LCT (Liquid Combustion Technology) LCT used to be Tecumseh. My small engine mechanic reports very little issues with LCT motors other than fuel-related problems due to stale/unstabilized fuel. They use cast-iron cylinder sleeves and have dual ball-bearings to support the crankshaft. I don't know anything about the other Chinese clone engines.

US Tecumseh used to build all the snow blower motors and sold them in over 120 countries world wide...no longer. SAD! Now it's Chinese clone motors.

I have lawn, garden and snow equipment ranging from 1967 to 2001. Lawn-Boy, Craftsman, MTD, Yard Machines. OMC, Briggs, Tecumseh engines. AFAIK, all made in USA everything. I keep 'em inside the garage, religiously maintain and care for them, I fully expect them to be still running as new at the estate sale after I'm gone.

I see Briggs and Stratton 1&2 stage snowblowers at Menards. They used to be Murray snow blowers with Tecumseh Engines. My 828 John Deere snowblower has a Tecumseh engine. I know several people that are still using snow blowers with Tecumseh engines and they are working great still.

I'll take a Tecumseh on a snowblower any day. Damn shame.

I got a 10 year old generator with chinese engine.. still kicks ass.

Good vid. I like the way you covered a lot of equipment in a short time. Briggs Snowblower engines are manufactured in China. You Will find 420cc Briggs engines on many Ariens Pro series snowblowers. Ariens is now using EFI technology on a few of their machines. You will not find an American built engine on a 2 stage snowblower today. Honda 2 stage snowblower engines are made in Malaysia or Thailand. LCT is an American company like Briggs that manufactures in China. LCT took over Tecumseh's technology and hired many of their engineers.

The Chinese can build an engine cheaper, but they can’t come close to building them more reliable than the US. Briggs and Stratton and Tecumseh engines were workhorses that were literally like the Energizer bunny...refused to die.

I got nothing against the Loncin and LCT engines. They are actually decently built. I just like the Tecumseh Snow King engines the best. Tecumseh ruled the snow blower market for several decades.

Thats what you get at a big box store. The Chinese engine. If you want to get a Briggs order from a Aries a or Toro dedicated supplier. Many engine options.

Something that so many people miss is: ALL major manufacturers of lawn and garden equipment are publicly held companies. They MUST return a dividend to the investors( you and I) each and every quarter. Part of that process is to reduce costs. Part of that is using the cheapest engines they can buy. If there was American engine to pick from and any of the manufacturers used them, no one could afford to buy their snowblowers or anything else they sold,effectively killing all their sales. Would this be a good business model? I think not.

Well done for pointing this out just about 3 years ago...........You where right!

OK it looks like I commented on this video four years ago. However, Briggs & Stratton does have engine factories in China that they own an operate. It just may not be on the engine, but those engines very well could be Briggs & Stratton motors this just not labeled that way.I do hate to see them not making them here in America though. They still have the market when it comes to gasoline push mowers.

I tested a generic engine called a "Predator" from Harbor Freight, and was shocked what a good engine it turned out to be, for the low price. Briggs & Stratton have their hands full with this one. It's not as good quality, but, at less than 1/2 the price for the same horsepower rating, they are good value.(I, myself, am going to stick with Briggs & Stratton) The Honda clones made in China, often referred to as "Chonda's" are actually BETTER than the actual Japanese Hondas. They don't consume nearly as much oil as the original Honda engines. I find that the Briggs engines are better yet. (well worth the extra money) The Briggs & Stratton engines are more expensive than the Chinese engines, but much less expensive than Honda, but better than either one of them.

here is a list of snowblower engines>>> Briggs & Stratton Snow Series: All B&S motors are labeled as such. B&S snow engines are warrantied by B&S, not the snow blower manufacture it is mounted on. B&S snow engines that are made in the USA have the “made in USA” sticker on them. Ariens Polar Force engines are B&S. According to the Briggs & Stratton website the following engines are NOT made in the U.S.A. 800, 900, 1150, 2100 Snow Series™ Source: Briggs & Stratton Engine Manufacturing Locations LCT: Ariens AX, LCT Snow King and Storm Force, LCT engines have LCT on the valve cover. Storm Force, Ariens AX, and Snow King are LCT engines. You will mainly see this brand on Ariens, Sno-tek and Husqvarna Snow blowers but there are a few smaller brands now using this manufacture. LCT reliability on the Ariens and Husqvarna snow throwers is becoming legendary. LCT engines on Ariens and Husqvarna snow blowers are warrantied through the respective Ariens and Husqvarna dealers. LCT engines mounted on Power Smart snow blowers are warrantied through LCT PowerMore™ OHV Winterized Engines: This motor is usually labeled the same as the snow blower it is mounted on. In other words if you buy a Craftsman snow blower it will be labeled as a Craftsman engine. Cub Cadet, Troy-Bilt, and Yard Machines engines are PowerMore. All PowerMore engines are warrantied through the snow blower brand they are mounted on. Loncin: Toro’s Premium Engine is made by Loncin, one of China’s largest motorcycle manufacturers. They make their 87cc, 99cc, 163cc, 212cc, 265cc and 302cc engines. Like LCT and Powermore the reliability is way up compared to your old Tecumseh or Briggs engine. All Honda single-stage machines for the USA and Canada market are manufactured at the Honda plant in Swepsonville, NC. This includes the entire engine, from casting to final machine work and assembly. I believe Honda is the only current USA-market snowblower manufacturer who makes both the engine and snowblower at a USA factory. Starting in May 2015 all Honda 2-stage snowblowers for the USA and Canada market are manufactured at the Honda plant in Swepsonville, NC.. Tecumseh: Lawson Power Products (Tecumseh:) quit making engines in 2008. LCT has partnered with them and is now using the technology and brand names from the old Tecumseh product line.

The problem is simple. You are looking at snowblowers at Home Depot. There’s some good stuff at Home Depot like Klein tools and some Dewalt. You really need to go to a professional store that sells quality to the pros. I was looking at pressure washers at Home Depot this week and all were Ryobi junk or a $700 dewalt with a Honda. None with brass pumps, especially a Cat pump. Drove 4 blocks to Lowe’s, they have a American made craftsman with a American made Briggs motor for $300. It’s a mostly aluminum pump (as expected at that price), but if I do more research on that model and it’s pump I’ll get it.

My new Yardmax wood splitter has a Briggs

Its not like the newer briggs and stratton engines are built that much better than the chinese ones anyway.

My ariens wasn’t an engine issue...it was cheap made drive gears a poor belt alignment

Hay, Cole, you haven't been around long enough to know much about tecumseh engine. I worked on them befor your dada was born.

i have a 300o psi , BE Pressure washer with clone engine , still working , after 4 year not bad for price $300 at home depot

I’m actually in the market for a new unit and I stumbled across Simplicity. I was told they are owned by Briggs and Stratton and still use Briggs engines.

If I know two things it's Briggs & Stratton probably makes one fifth of the world's small engines under many brand names. In those Chinese clone Motors are awesome quality you can't knock it. I've owned Predator Motors Titan Motors MTD Motors and Briggs & Stratton motor they all look exactly the same. Probably all manufactured by the same company. Briggs & Stratton originated in America but they are very much a global company now

So the manufacturers have all gone to cheap engines but the price is the same or higher, then with a Briggs

Fairly sure that Tecumseh was the engine utilized by Ariens, not that it matters, you made the point.

I'm installing a predator 6.5 HP on my Ariens 724 to replace the Tecumseh. $550 at the hardware store for a Tecumseh or $99 predator from Harbor Freight. Both come ready to bolt on and run. With Harbor Freight when your warranty is up you can just pull the engine off bring it back and get a fresh one for free. After seeing this video I don't feel so bad about using a Chinese engine

LCT makes them all now.

Briggs & Stratton engines are not going to go away. They have simply started having theirs made in China. I have a new chipper/shredder with a Briggs & Stratton engine that is a Honda Chinese clone. In my opinion they are better than the ones that are made in the USA. Even the USA Briggs engines have gotten better though.

And you know where B&S is now made?

MTD makes most blowers for the various companies to their specs,I presume.

if we dont come down on the $ for our stuff we will go outta biss. they make the same type engines just like the hemi head briggs are !

The engine on thatAriens is built by LCT which bought the Tecumseh engine designs and patents. The toro is a Chinese clone and so is the cub cadet

i have a 2004 craftsman single stage 5hp briggs snow thrower made in china,a 2008 craftsman single stage 22" 5 hp briggs l head engine made in china and a 2014 craftsman snow shredder 250cc ohv briggs looks like assembled in usa the 250cc ohv looks very clone like !!!!!!!!!!!! only rated for 250 hrs !!!!!!!!!!!! thats it got it used with seized engine if you look at my video i rebuilt the engine but it only lasted 1/2 running then developed a knock all self tapping screws no nuts same unit also sold as a murray /snapper / and simplicity

Briggs and stratton engines are also made in China, now.

Just a recap on Ariens snowblowers. They do use Briggs & Stratton but they name it as their Ariens Polar Force engine on their Platinum and Professional model snowblowers. Ariens make their own engine so pretty much it not quite a Chinese engine clone. Toro also makes their own engines on all of their outdoor power equipment. Most snowblowers company nowadays make their own engine for it. Except for Honda snowblowers since they use their own reliable Honda engines. You might wanna check the snowblowers company websites before saying that the engine is chinese clone, you'll never know if it is or not.

The Chinese engines are Honda clones, they are built very well. (Hate to admit it)

As I understand it there are no snowblower engines made in the US anymore. Rather, they are made in China to the specs of the US manufacturer(s). i am old enough to remember when people would laugh at a "Made in Japan" label. Not anymore. I wouldn't sell the Chinese short, either.

Briggs & Stratton has never been a builder of Engines for snow blowers. That part of the market was, in the past, almost completely dominated by Techumseh, as the company had designed a special Carburetor for cold weather use, something B & S never spent any research time on.... It was always that simple... A Techumseh would start at 10 below zero, while a B & S probably wouldn't... My old 1970's vintage MTD 15/48 used a 15 hp Techumseh Single Cylinder engine that could be electrically started in the garage (110v Motor & Extension Cord) or you could use the Manual (pull) Starter out in the driveway I was always a B & S guy, but that ol' Techumseh would just Go and Go and Go .....

Briggs did it to themselves. The engines they’ve put on zero turn mowers in the last 12 years are garbage. They have a major design flaw in their valve train design. My dad bought a new MTD snowblower about 8 years ago & I was so upset to see a foreign engine on a snowblower. I pounded the absolute snot out of it for 2 winters after he passed away and I couldn’t believe how good the motor held up. Now I’m working on the same motor for my neighbor & I’m finding these knockoff motors are not that difficult to work on.

change the oil after the first use,then after the second use,theyll last for ages then,gotta get all the break in crap outta them.

the lct motors are more like a briggs copy than a honda and they are an American-owned company they are not true replicas if you are going to get a snow blower get one with lct motor both Ariens Husqvarna and yard max use them, and thay come stock with metal cam shaft

False! Well kinda...LCT (liquid combustion technologies) is an american based company. The engines are built in China, just like most things these days! They're actually a great engine. Had a 6 year old 208cc version in a craftsman snowblower that i sold last month. Never did a damn thing to it other than change the oil and it always started first pull.

Briggs and Stratton have their bigger engines made here in USA. You can tour their plant. The smaller engines that we see on mowers are made overseas. The engines you see now are made by LCT. This is a reason why I never buy a new machine. Snow King is the best engine made!

Building a single-cylinder 4-stroke utility engine isn't rocket science. The Honda in my lawn mower was probably manufactured in Asia somewhere too.

Ever Since Tecumseh went down the Tubes ( Snow King Engine ) almost all Snow Blowers had their Engines never saw too many Briggs Engines on a Snow Blower until about 10-15 year ago now Briggs Engines are made in China and even the one that were made here had their Problems like the Oil fill Plugs falling out while Operating and Toasting the engine I had a Craftsman with a Snow King Engine that is 17 yrs old and still running I gave it to my son . now I have a Ariens compact 24 with the Ariens Engine hate to say it But it Runs Great no problem Moving the deepest snow

It is sad when reliability has become a non issue in all aspects of life.

I'll stick with my 20+ year old machines. The new snowblowers are garbage. they use plastic components that break easily. I have a 30 year old Ariens that will out perform these newer pieces of junk any day of the year.

Some of the Briggs engines are Chinese clones and Briggs doesn't even carry parts for them. The model and serial numbers don't even come up on Brigg's web site. Throw away engines now.

this is why my snowblower says Honda on it

No Husky?

Cub cadet has been garbage ever since MTD bought it from International Harvester.

Sad state of affairs . Even Briggs have the motors built in china . The china built stuff is junk the carbs and the components hard to sauce . Just to say you and your family have a great christmas and a happy new year. Regards Pete.

those are honda gx clones

AriensAX engines are supposed to be very Good !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also the POWER MORE SNOW ENGINES

Hurray! Now these machines are no longer use by the upper class fat S anymore. It's affordable for all folks . You no longer have to wait to save enough money to purchase one. Time to celebration. Yahooooo!

Your in a box store. Why would you expect the exact same product actual dealers sell for more money? The same snowblowers a d tractors sold at the actual dealer are not the same as box store models. The serial numbers are different. Ever wonder why if you have an issue you need to call the box store 800 number to find a participating service place? Actual licensed dealers don’t want to work on box store equipment.

zongsheng Oem for MTD, Loncin Oem for toro. This is it. They all made in China.

I would rather buy a poulan my tractor is a brother hood of ariens and husquavarna and CRAFTSMEN and poulan and poulan pro and very rare brother mine is a weed eater tractor and if i had to choice i would buy that poulan because they are reasonable and more American! There all the usa has to offer for the mower world snow blowers arent the best to biggen with but i would say you would have to do some serious research

Junk.

Briggs and Stratton are made in china too!

Your not at home depot in the United States the voices on the intercom are chinese behind you. The name is Ariens not Aryans

briggs motors are poo poo years ago they were good

Well it appears these engines already have nearly 90% of the snowblower industry, only high end blowers use Briggs and they arent so great either. Its like when Tecumseh was around 90% of blowers had Tecumsehs, only a small % used Briggs, it wont put Briggs out of business though, because nearly every lawnmower and most summer equipment still uses Briggs like when Tecumseh ruled the snow. Briggs did move operations of building their engines to china to stay as profitable as possible though in 2013.

Sad state of affairs.

cub cadet use to be good when case-international owned the company, but since MTD bought it out cub cadet is garbage

Send a message to these manufacturers! Don't buy this junk... There's a reason Briggs is buying out mower companies.

Only honda snowblower don't have honda clone

the briggs engine cheaper made than the clone crank not ball bearing !!!!!!!!!!!!! at least the clone has a ball bearing crank

Apparently you don’t understand global economy! Where do you think most of you clothes and appliances etc. are made?

Toro great American company???? Garbage

These LCT engines are actually built in the USA. They are not a Chinese clone.Liquid Combustion Technology Why Use LCT Engines Liquid Combustion Technology (LCT) is a US owned, managed and operated company that manufactures air-cooled four cycle gasoline engines for related outdoor power equipment markets.

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