Maybe MTD realized that B&S will still be buying everything but the engines from them anyway and sticking a B&S decal on it.
'there was not s single MTD product there with a Briggs on it'
With the demise of Tecumseh and the 'boycott' against B&S, what engines did the mowers have? Honda?

Mornin' Saxman,

"Maybe MTD realized that B&S will still be buying everything but the engines from them anyway and sticking a B&S decal on it."

I can't see why Briggs would buy anything from MTD when they have the Murray line to build from. My Stens rep said he saw new B&S branded Murray riders in south Tennessee in the summer of "08 but I have yet to see them. There must be something to the B&S/Snapper connection because Sears is offering a front engine Snapper rider that has a 46" Murray deck hanging under it.

"With the demise of Tecumseh and the 'boycott' against B&S, what engines did the mowers have? Honda?"

The lower end walk behinds had the Chinese made engine that MTD had made that is not a clone of anything. Moving up the price line they had the consumer grade Honda engine. Every rider there had a Kohler Courage engine. One note on this new MTD engine....This thing sounds great, just like a small Kohler or something. Time will tell if they hold up to the job.

Mike