Students in Mr. Black’s Ag Construction and Intro to Mechanics classes and Mr. Littrell’s Intro to Engineering class got the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with machinery due to a generous donation of Briggs & Stratton motors from Husqvarna. Briggs & Stratton, the world’s largest manufacturer of small air-cooled engines, donates Basic Training Kits once a year upon request by a qualifying school program; however, this donation went above and beyond by not only supplying one engine and kit, but a whole pallet of small engines! More engines means multiple students are personally able to methodically disassemble and investigate the engineering of the motors. 

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Ag mechanics students have started tearing down their engines. After learning about how a 4-stroke engine operates, students were tasked with disassembling the engine and measuring specifications. They will also be reassembling them to determine if they have proper spark and compression.