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

LCT and Loncin are getting their names out there.  Now Toro is going with Loncin.  Ariens has LCT on all three of their Sno-Tek blowers.  Husqvarna has the new revived LCT Snow King (Tecumseh "revival") on some of their blowers.  So who's best?  Will Briggs end up putting engines only on their own Simplicity, JD, Snapper models?

I agree that the Chinese clones will need much more time to prove their durability.  Ten years, in my view, is not enough.  I've got inexpensive B&S and Tecumseh engines 30 years old and not showing any signs of giving up soon.  Chinese engines need at least 30 years to prove that they're as good as the engines of old.  However, if modern B&S and other domestic engines don't last as long as their older ones do, they'll be as questionable as the the Chinese engines. 

Basically the same debate: Ford Pinto vs. Yugo: who's best? ;)

Scot

sscotsman wrote:
I owned a 1999 Ford Pinto until last year.   I had 450,000 kms on it.    It had good power  but, it wasn't that easy on gas, only about 30 mpg  on the highway.  I had the valve seals replaced at 200,000 kms   Other than sparkplug changes every 50,000 kms, I had no other costs.     I once towed my neighbour's  Yugo for 100 kms , it was worn out at 10,000 kms.  

royster wrote:

I thought Ford stopped making those in the late 70's/early 80's????

pants on fire!

The Pinto was made 1971–1980.

royster,

did your 1999 pinto have a friction disk system? or are you going to change your pinto year to 1979?  i really doubt your 1999 pinto with 400km would have lasted 20 years of salt and more salt.

We had a Pinto that was in a city where I used to live and on teh back it had a sticker acroos teh entire back bumper that said

DANGER! EXPLOSIVE!  I think it had radiation decals as well.

No idea what year but this was like 10 years ago. It wasn't all rusted out which is a miracle for New England winters.

Of course it might have been all bondo under the paint.

I remember giving the Ford Pinto, and it's twin brother the Mercury Bobcat, a wide berth when traveling near either one....

Ford Pinto - There's no subsitute.  Nothing can be uglier  :) 

Ford's answer to the Porsche 924