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Originally Posted by Chocaholic
Bought a 15.5 HP Craftsman (Kohler engine) new 12 years ago for about $800. Use is weekly and have had to do nothing but sharpen/replace worn blades, clean the air filter and change the oil. $9k? Is there a hole in the dash for....well....never mind.
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LOL! +1
I picked up a non-running Crapsman (misnomer) off of freecycle that had been absolutely ABUSED. It was probably 6-7 years old when I got it, and the teenage boy of the family had ridden it hard... even flipped it while mowing. it had scrapes on the top of the engine from sliding across the concrete. More of a testament to Briggs engines than Crapsman, but every bolt holding the case halves was loose or missing and splashed oil out the sides, but it still kept running. What finally killed it was when the boy had put the wrong sparkplug in it and the piston hit the plug and punched it out of the head.
I put a used head on it, helicoiled the stripped case holes, and put it all back together. Ran like a champ for five more years until I sold it and bought a new one three years ago... which has also been flawless.
From what I've read, all of the Craftsman, Husqy, Poulan, and some of the others use the same frame... from the bottom model all the way to the top. Features and gadgets are the only difference. And at the price (I paid right at $1100 for mine), you could buy several over the years and still end up paying less!