I was at Lowes today shopping for a snowblower. They had Troy Bilts and John Deere's on display. I was about to pull the trigger and purchase a 24" snowblower with what I assumed was a Tecumseh engine. The larger models prominently displayed the Briggs & Stratton label. I casually asked one of the employees if the engine was a Tecumseh and he replied: "It is a Troy Bilt" engine". "Yeah, but Tecumseh manufactures it for Troy Bilt, is that correct?", I asked. "No, this snow blower has a state of the art OHV engine and Tecumseh only makes side valve engines and nobody uses them anymore." I suspected that he didn't know the product very well and I stopped at Sears on the way home and picked up a Craftsman snowblower with an OHV engine I suspect was made by Tecumseh. I will be absolutely shocked if somebody tells me Tecumseh never got with the times and upgraded to an OHV design and that Troy Bilt manufactures their engines in house.
Last edited: