Lawnmower..front vs. rear drive
"NickySantoro" wrote in message ... I have to get a new mower soon and have been seeing a lot of rear drive types advertised. Are there any significant advantages or disadvantages to the rear drive as opposed to the front drive I am used to? I have a early 80's Toro with rear drive. I don't know about newer mowers with rear drive, but with this one the rear tires don't rotate backwards. They really do but not easily. This makes it hard to drag the mower out of my shed. For the same reason when mowing and doing a 180 deg. turn on my driveway the inside wheel does not turn so it just grinds on the pavement leaving little skid marks at each pivot turn. Note, I am disengaging the drive as I make the turns. When I got the Toro from my BIL, the rear tires were well worn, I replaced them a couple of years ago ($20 each). They still look OK but I am sure they ware out much faster than the front tires on a FWD mower. Kevin |
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