When I got the pto chipper I removed the 8hp Breaks & Scatters and put on a 10hp 3450 220 single phase motor. 3R enclosure with NEMA 4 controls. I was making room in the garage and found it where it sat at least 10 years. Started on the 1st push, I must have drained the electrons before storage.
Much, much better. Once the engine would bog it went downhill quickly. The motor on the other hand doubles down and pulls through.
One of these days Imma load up a trailer full of my "stuff" and head your way and we'll trade some forgotten and or used equipment Keith.
Stuff..... you have no idea. Stuff, stuffed into stuff and then set upon other stuff. Stuff just shows up. Plus I have a problem passing good deals on "stock" stuff. Example from Friday till now..... About 250lbs of new 5' long heavy piano hinges, a nos 4" bore 48" stroke hydraulic cylinder, a McLain edger, a sweet Kohler 5kw generator with a 12hp k, 2 homelite c-51 saws, a new 20"x2" Norton friable grinding wheel and a text saying that a present was left for me behind my shop and that could be anything. Once I showed up to find a Gallion road roller sitting there! And it's not even 1:00.
The Briggs did indeed work pretty hard on those, especially with that blower kit. The bigger Honda engine options were much, much better. Can you believe they offered that same chipper with a 5HP Briggs and a lighter flywheel? Almost useless as a chipper. That said, those are pretty much the best small chipper/shredder unit I've ever come across. If you can start/power that motor, I don't see it stopping for much.
Yeah it worked really hard for sure. Frequently it would suck in too big of a bite and you would stand there fingers crossed, butt cheeks clenched as you prayed for the struggling briggs to not stall! Once it stalled you had the fun job of blindly reaching all the way into its constipated bowels and yanking , trying to rotate the clogged rotor backwards, cussing all the while.
That Vanguard twin in the background of your photo is a prime example of the best side of Briggs. Seen those go 5,000+ hours without rebuild. If I was buying a new piece of equipment, I might have to be persuaded to NOT go with a Vanguard power option. Hell, if you could keep the air cleaner decent, the Intek twins were punching above their price tag for power output. They are a prime example where 80% of the products are great, but it's the headaches lingering from the 20% that have formed public opinion.
Someday I'll do something with it along with the others. I prowl around for NOS engines and being relatively close to Briggs and Kohler deals do come around. Even have a never run 22hp Kohler flat head opposed.
That definitely that worked for the old Briggs and Stratton engines that for sure. Definitely had an annoying sound to them. They've definitely gotten better though. The Briggs that's on my newly inherited DR wheeled HD weed Wacker sure starts easy like it says, and it's nice and quiet even. The Briggs on my Ariens snowblower was my choice to go with Briggs vs a LCT, which I am happy with the choice I made when I bought the snowblower new a couple years ago. All the manufacturers have had a couple engine designs that they wish they could've taken back.
