Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

I was on the briggs and stratton website recently and saw in their "what's new" category that they have recently come out with a small four stroke engine for use on string trimmers, leaf blowers, tiller/cultivators, etc.  Does anyone have any experience with this engine on any of these applications?  If so, how does it stack up vs. the small Honda Engine used on the Honda String Trimmers?  I think that Cub Cadet and Troy Bilt are using this new briggs on their higher end string trimmers (not positive though).  I posted to Mr Mom about the new Deere 4 cycle blower, I had hoped they were using a US engine but I see they are using a fuji-robin 4 stroke....

The Robin Subaru engines are nice, they make quality engines.




I don't know who MTD is using? They don't look like Briggs 4 cycles from the pics. Briggs are both 34cc engines while Cub showes to offer 25cc engines. Are there some Briggs engines I'm not seeing?


Briggs .75HP



Briggs Forced Clutch


Cub Trimmer 4 cycle

There are three problems with having 4cycle engines on trimmers.

#1. You do not have the RPM to really whip that grass and cut it out of there.

#2. The engine weighs more and most woman can't handle it.

#3. New consept, Who knows how long they will last

# 4...the most important problem with the briggs trimmer engine is...

notice where the recoil starter is,on the wrong side of the engine.it has exactly 1/2 of a crankshaft.this is bad on a 2 stroke but on a 4 stroke it only gets worse.

i will continue to hold 4 stroke trimmers in a special catagory until they are lightweight ,reliable and affordable.im not holding my breath either.

later chris 

They say they are going to ban 2cycle engines by 20010. As long as we have a Republican in office, that will never happen lol.

Terminator20 wrote:
Well that's 18,005 years from now so whe have a while. LOL

Just so everyone knows, I meant 2010. I am a riot

That's less than 5 years away. 

I know, thats what worries me. I have a brand new trimmer that I am supposed to get 20 years out of. Well, hell, I am not going to get nothing if they ban 2cycle engines! I talked with my brother about this and he said if they ever do ban 2cycle engines, it will be California first before its us. That relived me a bit. But then you got to ask yourself one question, do you feel luck............punk? Well...........Do Ya?

Where did you get this info on banning 2 cycle engines?  I'd only think they would just stop making them.

A member posted about this at abbysguide some time back. If I remember right, he got his information from this article from a website. Hay, if you think about it, the EPA can be both the problem and the fix. I think we just need to compramise here. All California small engines as we speak have catillic convertors on them. Why not just deman that for 2010. Don't tell us that we have to stop using 2cycles all together!