Petrol mowers - why do people tie the pull cord to the handle bars?

[carbs for arbs]

Hi all

 

I've been looking for a second hand petrol mower and I noticed in a lot of the adverts that people have the pull cord pulled out and tied (or hooked round) the handle, or some other bit of the machine. It's been a few years since I've had a mower, but I never used to do that when I did have one.

 

A quick google search has not been able satisfy my curiosity, so I wondered if anyone here could explain the reason for doing so?

 

Many thanks

[muttley9050]

Can you give an example picture of where you have seen this?

[carbs for arbs]

Sure thing.  Here's the first one I found.  There are many others!

 

[Doug Tait]

It's so you can stand in the safe position behind the mower with the safety handle held and still reach the pull cord to start it. In the pic it's not tied off but fed through a little ring on the frame to keep the handle in reach.

[nepia]

That's the resting position; the manufacturer's put it there so you can brace the machine via the handlebars while pulling the starter cord.

[Stere]

Yeah suppose to be like that

[carbs for arbs]

OK, that makes sense then.  Thanks for explaining.

[scbk]

Unless the mower has a clutch on the blade you need to hold in the dead mans handle to start it, hard to do that from the side.

 

The kaaz mowers have a tread area on the side of the deck to put your boot on as you pull start it from the side.

 

 

ps I thought this was gonna be about when the recoil goes in the starter and you wrap the starter cord off somewhere on the handle till you fix it 

[muttley9050]

Sure thing.  Here's the first one I found.  There are many others!
 

I thought that is what you meant. Just progress I suppose.

[spudulike]

His block paving looks very clean