Ric
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You mean that in spite of the fact that Briggs & Stratton owns Generac????Generac always used Briggs engines until Briggs bought them.Briggs then moved one of its older lines to a new plant and re named it Generac.They used to be made in Waukesha Wi.So my guess is there is more than a few ties to B&S.
Actually Briggs never purchased Generac, Generac was just caught in the middle. Briggs actually acquired its consumer generator business from the Beacon Group and formed Briggs & Stratton Power Products and the beacon group already owned the Consumer Products Division of Generac Corporation which now is Generac Power Systems. All that doesn't mean that the Generac has any thing to do with the Briggs and Stratton engine. Briggs also purchased Evinrude and Johnson outboard and created the Outboard Marine Corporation but they don't run B&S motors. Thing is there a lot of different lawn mower engines on the market and Modern Tool and Die make parts for a lot of different engines but that doesn't mean there made by MTD does it? You are correct they do have ties to B&S but Generac makes there own mower engine it's not a B&S to my knowledge.