Got a snowblower by them. Tried to get it fixed a month after purchasing it and they never responded. Ended up getting my state attorney general involved and my credit card. Ended up getting a chargeback on the purchase. Don't get this brand! It's as bad as EZ works...

Taryl, you just spent 40 more minutes on this mower than the manufacturer ever did.

My landlord said she'd knock some money off my rent if I took care of the lawn. No problem...just get me the tools I need . Then she showed up with this exact model from WM and I knew I was in trouble. On 2ND USE the plastic channel where the handle mates to the deck cracked so I had to reposition and redrill new mounting holes. A few mows later the latch where the pull handle mounts to upright handle snapped off. And the best of all...the mower starts fine when it's cold, but once it warms up...don't let it shut down or it will take 10-12 pulls to get it to restart again! Complete and total GARBAGE on every level

When we were kids side shaft engines were like gold. Cut off a chuck of baseball bat, hammer that onto the shaft and mount it on an old bicycle with a pivot arm to engage it with the rear wheel. Not too smart but great fun.

Sad part is everything made now a days is just to be thrown away. They make nothing to last. And they make it even harder to repair. Good video

With the Hollywood actors strike raging on, I think it's time for Netflix to engage Taryl and the boys for a full length, feature film..

A good friend has a small engine repair shop (snowmobiles, quads, PWC's garden tractors, lawn movers and on and on ....) for the last 30 years. I help occasionally and he also refuses anything Chinese made. Unfortunately today parts are hard to come by. They're out of stock or no longer available. I hope people who watch your channel realize the hours ($) you sometimes spend to repair small items that are needed to make a machine function properly. Costumers drop off their dirty poorly maintain machines and are often taken aback by the invoice. $12.95 for parts and $145 labor. They just don't see the work being done while sitting in their office chair. Well done sir. Enjoyed the video.

That horizontal shaft lawn mower was neat but the recoil spring rewind tool was the best part of the video - never seen a commercial tool for that task before.

*The board meeting shot at EZ WURKZ was HILARIOUS!!!* You have a spring winder like Marshall has over at Wristwatch Revival. The scream at 14:44. Is that somebody getting their bill?

Sorry I left it at the dumpster Taryl but even the scrappers in the neighborhood kept bringing it back. 😂

This makes me think someone said "hey, we bought a shit-ton of these engines, but we can't use them for anything" while someone else said "we just made a bunch of mower decks, but we can't get a supplier for engines" and still someone else said "hmm... what if we..."

I returned mine the day I got it. The engine actually was twisting the deck when running. The most dangerous mower Ive seen in my years.

1) We have 20.000 horisontal shaft engines in warehouse 1 - what to do with them? 2) We have 20.000 empty lawnmower decks in warehouse 2 - what to do with them? 3) Let's combine them!

It looks like it needs a front wheel alignment!😄

THANKS FOR SHARING TARYL... Tip.. Spread a hand towel flat on your workbench. Then, dump the contents of your bolt bin onto the towel. Spread the contents evenly on the towel. Makes it easier to see the fastener you are seeking. Then grab the towel on three corners, lift off bench. This creates a funnel to pour the fasteners back into the container. Hope this helps to speed things up.

Holy crap. Kinda reminds me of a Chinese line of chain saws at Lowe’s. I had one come through our shop. Needless to say, the barely used Lowe’s Chinese special went in the dumpster and we sold the guy an Echo saw. 😂

I have had many bad experience’s with recoil starter’s and that damn spring! No wonder people just buy a whole new part. Thanks for showing how to properly repair one. I believe the whole world is going with disposable products you buy cheap ,use until it fails then it becomes part of the landfill problem? Unless you have lots of time and patience to truly Fix something you would be back in the market for a new lawn mower 😢

I noticed this unknown brand was RAVED about on many YT channels when they came out a couple years back which seemed a bit fishy as it looked like they were sent out for free to have them promoted but now that the mowers have been out now only a few years and already discontinued they have absolutely fallen apart after a brief period...they were available at my Home Depot on the center aisle only one season as a low-cost mower but htey never made it to the regular location where they kept the rest of the mowers...thing looked cheap from a mile away.

At least my power smart snowblower has been used five seasons. so far so good.

My neighbor bought one of these pieces of junk this past spring from Menards. We liked to never get it to start when it was fresh out of the box, and then couldn't get it restarted after shutting it off. He drained the fuel and attempted to return it after only having it in his possession for about 90 minutes. Menards refused to refund his money because it had fuel in it at some point and they wanted to send it in for repair. Apparently this is their policy on all gasoline engine equipment. Needless to say a massive argument ensued and they eventually saw things his way and gave him his money back. The mower was not a store stocked item but an email special and was selling for $199. This is a perfect example of you get what you pay for $199 you don't get much here!

I FF through a lot of this and may have missed where you pointed out the RF wheel is bent at a strange angle. That's a real pile of junk. Best part of this was seeing the recoil spring winder - very nice tool.

I sent an email for replacement last Friday and they replied my email today, and finally got my problem(ask for replacement blade) solved. I guess they just don’t work on weekends?

Taryl and guys, you always keep us informed on all the mysteries and oddities, and JUNK not to buy. Thanks, we appreciate it very much helping us keep our money in our pockets. You Number one fan from the start.

I didn’t try lawn mower of this brand. But I got a powersmart gas generator last year, the 2500w one. Been almost a year of running weekly, and it’s still solid. I’ll buy it again.

I'll be honest. I think the concept of belt driven is a very solid idea but when you build it with zero craftsmanship, sub quality components and no product support, it's just garbage.

Powersmart is based out of Itasca, Illinois. One came in that needed a belt cover. They sent three of the wrong one before sending the correct one. Their snowblower engines are made by LCT or Loncin.

I bought a powersmart lawn mower recently and I checked the engine of it just now, it is vertical. Maybe this one you got is an old version.

I bought this brand of portable generator last year. We take it with us when we're out and about, it's handy for charging our devices, and it's almost a year old and still going strong.

The disposable junk they make these days makes me sick. PowerSmart takes the cake

listing other recoils that could fit is very helpful. avoiding it altogether was the best advice

last winter we had a huge amount of heavy snow in southern Ontario and worried about clearing the bottom of my driveway from huge snow plows, but I'm impressed with this brand machine cut through it amazingly!! It's worth to try.

Hi Taryl, I really liked your video on the Power Smart lawnmower. You did the kind of thing I have done my whole life and I'm 71. When I was young my neighbors threw out lawnmowers and I grabbed them and took them home to take them apart to see how they worked. Eventually I began to look for what had failed. It was rare, but sometimes two mowers, or at least 2 engines would be the same but have different failures. That is how I scrapped together a mower for myself. My very first mower and it was my own. It was a REO 4 cycle vertical shaft rotary mower. One unusual thing about it was the engine had an oil pump inside it. It was a piston pump. The mower was narrow, probably 20" cut and it barely ran, but it was mine. So that was my mower for my very first paying job. I mowed the lawn for a very nice old lady named Mrs. Climber. I realize "YOU" can't make money fixing a recoil like you did, and it looks like it was kind of a fluke, but the way you fixed it I have been doing my whole life. Later I fixed cars, trucks, tractors, lawn & garden stuff. Even my house gets fixed by "ulterior" means unless I get lazy. Thank you for jogging my memory. ben/ michigan

I saw one of these but with a slightly bigger engine on a lawn care channel and I was really surprised by the design, I asked about it and apparently it is the company behind the Predator brand that is responsible for them. We don't have them here in the UK so the only mowers that have horizontal shaft engines are those high maintenance cylinder/reel mowers or the really large commercial mowers (above 52") that are often hydraulic anyway, so I had never seen anything like it before.

Good product. Will introduce it to my homie

The recoil spring winder is a large version of a watch mainspring winder.

11:55 There is nothing more satisfying than rewinding one of those springs, getting it back into the starter assembly and making it operational again. They seem like rocket science if you haven't worked on one before.

Tarly, I don’t know who edits your videos but do not let them get away!!! Your videos are fantastic, great on all fronts. I sure appreciate the work that is put into your production. Keep up the good work. Thank you. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Passed on this mower last year opted for a Skil 40v and it's been awesome no bs. It replaced an old Jacobsen turbo vent aluminum deck 20" mower from the late 60's

The comments in your sunday videos you throw out like someone already said something stupid (32:35) then responds like someone actually said it always cracks me up. Awesome content Taryl, been watching for years. Thanks for all the work you guys put into these videos for us. Where's Ronnie been?

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I have one somebody dropped off at my place the other day. Tried cranking it but felt like something was holding it back so tried starting it with a drill, got it to fire kinda but never would start. Acted like timing was off. Took a sample of the oil and it had metal slivers in it! They're junk, junk, junk!

I just told a nice lady who brought one to me that I could not get the carb for. It leaked and a carb was "not available" listed on line. I kept it for parts or if a miracle happens of some sort. Also the exhaust valve is sticky on the decompression cycle. It ticks really loud. I am just giving you a heads up.

Not sure if you will read this comment I have a craftsman lt1000 it runs but everything 2 or 3 weeks I have to change the spark plugs it or it doesn't want to start it doesn't burn oil and I replaced the kill switch I took it to a repair shop and they charged me $300 and it still is doing the same thing as before I use regular gas and 10w 30 not sure if Iam doing something wrong the repair shop replaced the head gasket and that didn't fix it either the piston and rings are still good the valves were repaired and set iam really not sure it will back fire and won't start again until I swap out the spark plug

I serviced exactly ONE Power Smart mower a couple of summers ago. Parts availability was a joke. I immediately updated my service ad to say all brands (except Power Smart). I THINK the one I worked on was a vertical shaft engine though.

I haven't bought a lawn mower, but I recently bought this brand powersmart generator. I took it out to travel with my family and used it. So far, there have been no problems.

I love it when you talk about crap bogging down a shop. People just assume looking for parts is free………a guy still gets paid to do it just like the guy installing the parts.

glad i had the $$ to buy a honda.. 5 years zero issues... I remember stacks of these mowers at home depot.. I never knew they were gas mowers.. i always pegged them for being electric cheapies.. havent seen em for awhile they mustve been a once and done kond of thing..for good reason

Their company's snow blowers and generators are good, this mower is not good, but other lawn mowers are good, the after-sales service was difficult to contact before, now it has improved a lot, fair review

Fill it with jb putty, let it harden, re-drill it, then assemble. A 5 min job that'll last longer than the factory work.

I have had zero luck finding parts for these in my shop. What a throw away piece of junk

Taryl, I wonder if this horizontal shaft engine was an answer to the “anti- dumping” law suit that Briggs & Kohler brought against Chinese manufacturers and won. Now anyone manufacturing vertical shaft engines in China has to pay a huge tariff. This is the first time I’ve seen this style engine. Thanks for sharing.

Chai-nah 😂 The repair cost would have cost more than a brand new unit

I almost bought one of these due to the low price and light weight. Only small area to mow. But I looked at the comments online and they agree with you. Bought a Honda.

God Damn, those 1978, $15 dollar Briggs lawnmowers that you used to see NEVER SELLING on the side of the road just went up 20x in price!!

ya just gotta love it. The junk that is out there. I feel so sorry for my kids and grand kids. I was raised on 1965 cubs and 1970's wheel horse lawn and garden tractors. And..... I still have them. Little Grease, Oil, Maintainance , keep them clean. they run a long time.

it seems like they just improved their after service team recently. I got email feedback today as well.

That is an awesome recoil spring tool! On some really hard springs, I have had to make a winding tool out of wood and screws. And it still sucked.

I am glad you made this video about this product. I have seen this brand and similar prodducts on places like amazon. I wasnt really looking into buying one but i did wonder how good a mower it maybe. Thanks to you Taryl I definitely will be saving some money and aggravation . Thank you. I enjoy your videos

don't know what it is but i enjoy your videos, they are practical, and funny, and real.

Yep, we had one dropped off couple weeks ago, the belt tensioner pulley for the blade went bad and smoked the belt, searched on line and found a letter from powersmart stating they could not offer replacement parts for their units. 🤷‍♂️ called the customer and had them pick it up. Also another brand sold by rual king is pulsar, same deal even rual king couldn't get a blade for it!.

Ronnie must of sold it at runnie junk and stuff 😊

Taryl Old School Mechanics ! Love your Fabrication , Your parts drawer is Exactly what i have , Keep Everything ! You never know when you might need it

You are absolutely correct about products being sold today. There are too many victims who base their purchases on price alone. I think we already have way too many items filling the garbage scrap yards, and the trend is becoming worse. We used to repair our trustworthy brands that provided us with some very good years of service. Buying that lawn mower is equivalent to buying an obsolete used toilet that has had a new paint job thrown into a new box. Good rating method using that toilet symbol. 1 to 5 toilets to show how bad a product can be. Keep up these great videos. Consumer Reports magazine or their website no longer works for me.

Thanks for the heads up!

This is one your best skits. I love the lawn mower mysteries and oddities

Looks like Hunters lawyer was hiding his stash under that mower.

I have the same exact recoil spring tool. I had a heck of time trying to get the spring started. It’s a learning curve, but once you get it figured out it works great.

It's the way things are going, especially with the big box store house brand mowers. THey are built to a price, I actually spoke to one of the engineers who designed for such a brand and he said they specifically requested the item be designed so it lasted out the warranty period so they dont have to replace it, but no longer than another 6 months after that period so they come back to purchase another one sooner. And thats the way with this mower, i bet something arbitrary like a pivot on the height adjustment will break and you go to order one and you ring the spares guy (if there is one) and they say "Oh, yeah, we never got any of those in!"

Another great video boys! Thanks for the heads up on powersmart and how to fix a recoil.

Before I even clicked on this I knew it was a power smart lawnmower . They also make battery powered stuff

Tyral I have such respect to you and yours, all the knowledge, entertainment is just fanominal, you al are like part of history in the making, I appreciate all the time you share with all of us, the moment is now and forever that you have taught me so much in so many many ways, your smarts tools experience and patience is priceless to me, I thank GOD for your heart along with ALL your FAMILY, THANK YOU

Great advice. Don't purchase used equipment until you make sure that parts/service are available locally.

I have seen the cordless version of that mower at the membership wear house club. I think it actually was a riding mower.

Easiest way of doing those springs is start with the outside in the actual pulley and work it in. No fancy tools needed.

The spring winder looks like a large version of the tool used to wind the mainspring of a wristwatch.

My Uncle once had a wheeless lawn mower, it hovered above the ground as you cut the grass, throttle adjustment was used for cut height.

So many things are poorly assembled from the factory anymore. Loose, over tightened, cross threaded. Great video!

I was looking at one of those. Glad I saw this video, thanks Taryl.

Taryl you are a wonderful man ! So good of you to show & explain to people what a piece of junk mower that thing is & teaching people how to fix things .

Thanks for the tip Taryl

Powersmart, anything is junk. Oh and keep up the good work on your videos you have educated me on so much keep moving forward with my small engines business here in Ontario Canada.

Good example as to why I still use and promote 30 to 40 year old lawnboys.

That spring winder is the coolest tool I've seen in a while!

I have 3 of those sitting in the junk pile from Menards. One has shreded belts and the cost of the belts plus labor is 1/2 the price of the mower. And another with the blade spindle housing sheared off of the deck. I didn't even look at the 3rd before pushing it into the pile with the rest.

Thanks Taryl, I looked at one in the store and thought where would you get parts for this oddity.

I found one just like it in a dumpster last week with the same issue. You are right!! It IS a POS.

The tool for winding the spring on the pull start is straight out of watchmaking just bigger!

I work on mechanical watches, and that recoil winder is practically a super-mega-size mainspring winder that I use on repairs. Really neat to see the crossover of industry tools!

Hi Taryll. Never seen anything like that, and yes I was excited to find out more as you peeled back those covers. It's another buy, break and throw piece of cheap machinery. If no back up or parts available, it saves money on running that service, that's why they are cheap! When people bring stuff like that in for me to repair, I'm thinking about asking for a deposit as when I say I can't find the part, I get told, you can have it for parts! I also bought that spring tool. I whacked my knuckles so often, I stopped using it. I also have tubs of bits and pieces also. It may have been 10 years later you use it, but it was worth the wait lol

This is awesome Taryl. If I was doing this, that thing would make a quick trip to the dumpster. Like your patience

Thank you for sharing.👍

Weird mower, but I am really impressed with that tool that winds up the spring.

I have the snowblower you were talking about. It was the only 2-stage i could find in my price range. It has a lot of features for the price, and mine has performed well over the 3 winters I've had it (because i baby it and did a thorough break-in), but as you rightfully noted it suffers from cheap materials and a flimsy body. Also non-standard shear pins, they are much thinner than other pins and you can only get them from Powersmart. The 212cc engine has been nice at least.

Looks like whomever came up with this contrivance was tasked with using up a bunch of small generator or pump engines. Cause WOW is that a hamfisted way of doing it. Love that the wheels and pushbar are mounted to plastic bitsa, that are then stuck to the deck. The whole thing just reeks of afterthought engineering.

Hahaha omg when that spring popped the second time, I was rolling lol. Good job on that p.o.s. But man, you’ve got patience since you already knew it was crap lol

You answered my questions about the blade drive on that POS. Saw them at Walmart and just shook my head with an OMG and WTF!

Thanks for sharing these companies just don’t care about customers anymore sad 😢

Recently received DB861AS, it works as expected. Given the current day cost of lawnmowers with name brands this machine was a good value.

Now I remember why I bought a Honda push mower. That was 14 years ago but it still runs like a charm.

I bought a lawn mover 2 years ago, it still works well today, I also recommended it to my friends.