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OS23 7½hp (250cc) Briggs & Stratton (recoil start) Engine Reviews

4 Rating 13 Reviews
Darrin Slifer
Verified Reviewer
It runs good sometimes a pain to start otherwise good engine. I think I'm going to upgrade to 13.5 hp with turn key start. Love my sawmill does what I need it to do
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Posted 1 day ago
While I love the setup and it says great I give it three because the track sweepers are garbage and the tracks them selves are ruff and the galvanized coating is flaking over all its a great little mill
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Corey Bumbaugh
Verified Reviewer
Very fickle machine and slightly underpowered but if you take your time it can produce good lumber
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Posted 1 month ago
Jo Hutcheson
Verified Reviewer
Seemed like a quality saw at first. After a few cuts the track got all out of level. Cheap grade bolts won’t stay tight. Bolts that hold the motor down were stripped which let the motor move and kept throwing the blade off. Cheap plastic valve on the water tank broke after a month. Briggs motor is the biggest pile of junk. Main bearings seized up after about 10 hours. Ended up putting a preditor motor on it. Better off buying the harbor freight saw mill
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Posted 1 month ago
Shaun Townsend
Verified Reviewer
Starts well in any temperature no matter how long it sits
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Posted 1 month ago
Jace Jackson
Verified Reviewer
Seems to be a sturdy little motor that does well cutting through small and large logs
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Posted 3 months ago
The sawmill is a very well designed saw mill, bought the os18 and its really only designed for smaller wood and smaller projects. The saw mill you could build a building or a cabin with, it is rather heavy weighing in at just under 800lbs but add fuel and water and your probably at 800lbs a trailer is really recommend and the after sales service (Rosanne) literally best customer service I have ever received. There warehouse staffing for loading and unloading very professional and very friendly not to mention I've been in a few warehouses and this is spotless no mess and great organization from my short time in the warehouse it all looks professional. (I'm NOT paid or sponsored from frontier or Norwood just 100% honest review)
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Posted 7 months ago
After saving up enough money from building furniture, I bought the OS23 model as I already had quite a bit of logs on hand and I wasn't capable of hauling logs bigger then 23" diameter so this model fit perfect along with the price. CS was awesome from the beginning, before I placed the order I had a million questions and the same lady always answered them. She even called me when I needed help with something. The only issue I encountered was due to where i live they weren't able to deliver it curbside. I was able to track it down at a local UPS hub and drive a hour to pick it up. From there I found a good spot and leveled out the ground because I didn't want it too far off the ground. Installation was a little tricky at times because of the pictures weren't an exact match. Once I got everything assembled, mounted and fluids topped off. Fired right up. They had a sale so i opted for the 10 HP motor, Wish I could upload photos here because i had some black walnut logs that were small and possibly just burned but i tested a new blade on it and out came some stunning pieces. So far its been about 3 months and I've probably made half my money back.
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Posted 1 year ago