Power Equipment Trade magazine Editorial Adviser Dan Shell visits Briggs & Stratton’s Vanguard engine plant in Auburn, Alabama. Production continues to ramp up at Briggs & Stratton’s innovative 810cc Vanguard engine assembly line that gives Briggs’ mower manufacturer customers the product flexibility, technical innovation, durability and performance to better meet commercial mower market needs. Designed to further bolster the innovation and quality of the Commercial Power Vanguard 810cc Engine line announced in 2013, the assembly line features an elite team of Briggs & Stratton Master Service Technicians (MSTs) who work closely together to build and test the engines that Briggs & Stratton officials say are the “ultimate ZTR engine.”

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Written By: Dan Shell
Company: Briggs & Stratton
Location: Auburn, Alabama
PET Issue: December 2016

Check out other articles in the December 2016 issue of Power Equipment Trade magazine.
Power Equipment Trade magazine’s December 2016 issue features Medford, Oregon’s Hubbards Hardware & Home Center, who had their best power equipment sales year ever in 2016, the annual 2017 Trimmer & Accessories Preview, a recent visit to Briggs & Stratton’s Vanguard engine plant in Auburn, Alabama, and coverage on GIE+EXPO 2016, held in October in Louisville, Kentucky. Other articles cover the latest industry news and new products.