the blower is indeed an MTD product but mtd owns mc culloch they are built in tiawan or china.
that being said it is a pretty good blower for the price.
i have worked on some of there stuff and it was built a lot better than i was expecting.
anytime you get a whole crank you get a pretty good machine.
only problems i have seen were bad gas related carb troubles.
later chris
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