Are Loncin engines any good

[matt padden]

I'm looking to get a petrol log splitter - the Rock Machinery 15t venom. I don't split firewood commercially, it's mainly to get through my own ever growing pile of logs. I do sometimes get asked if I split the logs from trees I've taken down, so it might occasionally get wheeled onto site. 

Having contacted the local dealer they have one available with a Loncin engine or I can wait a few weeks for the Briggs and Stratton engine. I'm waiting to hear back on prices between the two, but I have no experience of the Loncin engines. Are they any good is my question.

[woody paul]

Good engines from what I have been told, put one one stump grinder last year, looks like a honda and sounds the same at half the price. 

 

[Tree monkey 1682]

Very good engines, better than the honda

[Stubby]

Honda clone , only better now than Honda now that the Hondas are made in China . Got one on my splitter . Never let me down . 

Edited 1 hour ago by Stubby

[5thelement]

I think Greenmech have replaced the Honda with Loncin engines on their new turntable road tow chipper. 

[Bob_z_l]

My little Loncin on my chinese 12t splitter has never been  a problem.

Yearly quality oil change and keep the air filter clean and I hope it'll still be going in another 8 years.