"SJF" wrote in message
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I don't get this idea that a rear wheel drive is maneuvered around a
corner any differently than a front wheel drive. The rear wheel drive
model has a differential in the powered axle and it will pivot on a dime,
so to speak, with the handle depressed and the front wheel raised.

You do get it, partly. If you push down on the handle on a
front-wheel-drive mower, the front wheels are in the air, spinning
uselessly. You do the work and guide it. Push down on the handle of a
rear-wheel-drive mower and the driving wheels are still on the ground. The
mower does the work, you just guide it. This is why rear-wheel-drive mowers
are better, IMO.