Thanks for the clarification Mike, and also to hallerb for posting this. I
does leave the original poster's question very confusing however.....and I
am not sure whether the question was to compare the Guardian to the B&S,
both of whom offer very different 7 KW generators, or if he/she intended to
ask for an opinion of some generator made by Generac/B&S in their portable
products company which may very well be a single product using a Briggs
engine. It is entirely possible that Generac Portable Products Corp does
make a transportable 7 KW generator which is entirely different from the
permanently installed units which I was referring to, and which uses a B&S
engine.

I found the website for the other "Generac" and they do show a 7.5 KW
portable at:

http://www.generac-portables.com/gen...ttage=&order=3

I found it especially interesting that the generator engine is described as
a "Generac 15 HP OHVI" whereas if you take a look at one of their pressure
washers at:

http://www.generac-portables.com/pre...psi=&order =1

you will see the engine listed as a "Briggs & Stratton".

Apparently they do use B&S engines in some of their products, but not in the
7.5 KW portable generator. Their 5KW portable generator does indeed use a
B&S engine.

Smarty






"hobbes" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Jul 26, 11:07 pm, " wrote:
**Effective May 15, 2001, (a) Generac Portable Products, Inc. was
merged with a wholly owned subsidiary of Briggs & Stratton
Corporation
("Briggs") (Commission File No. 001-01370) in a statutory merger in
which all of
the outstanding shares of Generac Portable Products, Inc. Common
Stock, $.01 par
value, were converted into the right to receive cash, and Generac
Portable
Products, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Briggs, and (b) all
of the
11-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006 issued by Generac Portable
Products,
LLC and GPPW, Inc., and guaranteed by Generac Portable Products, Inc.,
were
purchased pursuant to the issuers' tender offer therefor and
retired.

Hmm confusing isin't it ...

Ok there are two Companies:

Generac Power Systems Inc. (Privately owned)

Generac Portable Products (an affiliate of Briggs and Stratton Power
Products)

They both sell portable generators .... "Generacs"

Best, Mike.