On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 14:13:55 -0500, dpb wrote:

On 07/14/2016 11:35 AM, wrote:
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Honda (their "good stuff") and Yamaha and (diesel only) Kubota and
Yanmar, as well as Kawasaki are all pretty good. The pro ceries B&S
are still reasonable but the consumer grade stuff is pretty
questionable.

I've nothing but praise for the Kawasaki small 4-cycle gas engines...and
the Yanmar diesel in the JD utility tractor is top-notch as well.

I'm not sure whose engines Kubota uses??
Not sure who makes their gasoline engines. _ so I checked - they build
their own gasoline engines too - - -