The John Deere JS26 is one of three walk-behind, steel-deck lawn mowers (JS26, JS36, JS46) released in December 2009. As the base unit, the mower features a 190cc ReadyStart, four-cycle Briggs & Stratton engineered with a 7.0 lb-ft gross torque per SAE J1940 and a zone-start recoil-rope starting system.