Murray Is Back In The USA

PistolPete said:

Lokos like its not just MTD building the mowers...

Husqvarna® and MTD Products Inc. will manufacture the
select Murray models. The products consist of nine models, all of which
are powered by Briggs & Stratton® engines.

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It seems the Husqvarna "Murray" was/is available in the South American market.

Sergeant said:

Back as Murray was Going Under they started to Make some machines Overseas just Prior to Briggs Buying there assets Because they owed Briggs 40Million it Might have Been Less:thThumbsU

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From what I understand from an interview with a former employee at the Lawrenceburg plant, Murray outsourced some production, which turned out to be a HUGE mistake as they could no longer fulfill demand for emergency orders such as snow blowers. By the time they moved all production back to the states, it was too late. Coupled with the rest of the existing issues Murray was going through at the time apparently it was too much to recover from.

Of course to a purist like myself, Murray has not built anything since August of 2005.

Ideally I would have loved to see Briggs halt production back in 2005, clear out whatever incompetent management they had or didn't have in the Tennessee offices, and then bring the brand back stronger than ever. For me to see that entry level mtd branded as a Murray product, well never mind, I better stop there.