Entrepreneurial initiative and savings are the bedrock of a thriving economy. As governments and corporations have pushed people into accepting debt and mindless consumerism while destroying the monetary system, society as a whole has suffered. That $10/yard in the 1980s would probably have to be $50 today.

Briggs & Stratton is the Chevy Small Block of the small engine world, so yes, it is absolutely the engine to look for even today, but Honda also makes good engines nowadays. I see more and more people starting to use the Harbor Freight Predator line as a budget option. I think it's a clone of Honda.