Honda or snapper

[cgaengineer]

Originally Posted by leon2245

the thing is even with the cheapest briggs engines in the past, they've always started easy & outlasted the decks & hardware anyway, & when that happens I'd rather have spent less on the engine. But maybe that will be different with snapper.

Thank you for the info.

About 5 years ago I retired an old Snapper mower...it had the 4hp engine and steel wheels originally...the mower was over 20 years old when I junked it. I had rebuilt the original engine about 3 times and finally replaced the engine with a WalMart push mower engine. They hold up well.
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[leon2245]

Do you feel your new one is built equally as well? I understand their construction has changed in the mean time, from aluminum to steel decks at some point? I would actually think steel would last longer if anything.

[cgaengineer]

Originally Posted by leon2245

Do you feel your new one is built equally as well? I understand their construction has changed in the mean time, from aluminum to steel decks at some point?

The decks are a bit thinner and a stamped Snapper logo has been replaced with a sticker instead. Overall the build quality is pretty good. For the cost of a snapper vs a toro com you can buy two snappers to one toro.
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