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I am looking at buying a self propelled lawnmower and was a store
today and the clerk said that is hard on the mower when you pull it
back. So if I cut forward into a tight area I would need to pull it
back also. He showed my on a model he had, don't recall the brand,
and there was resistance felt and what felt like a gear click.
I went to Sears and ask this question and they had not heard of that
being a problem. Once the drive lever is released there didn't appear
to be any resistance.

Is there merrit in the first clerks comment about the reverse thing?

Brian


How hard is it on a drive train to spin tires? VERY HARD! Look for front
drive where you can just lift the front wheels off the ground and pull it
back. Otherwise simply disengage the drive before you need to go into and
out of tight spaces.