Russ from MN
Well-known Member
- Location
- Bemidji MN
There has been a lot of discussion lately about lawn mower belt life, and I wonder how many folks do what we do. We always engage the pto (blades) with the engine at idle, and then run it up to full throttle. Same thing shutting off the pto, idle the engine down and then disengage the belts. Starting and stopping the blades at full speed has to be hard on everything, it's like revving up a truck to 3600 rpm and then popping the clutch, only an idiot would do that! Some mowers stop the blades when you go in reverse, to prevent someone from backing over a child, that has to be hard on equipment too, I would not have one that does that.
