On Oct 25, 6:17*pm, Gel wrote:
Ah I remember those, and used to use that regime.

But latest spin is as I have, in that strapping dead man's handle no
longer viable
(thanks Brussels ) as that handle has dual role in controlling
motion and engine
being on or off.

Something's wrong there. If as you say you have "motion" then you have
a drive gear. Then by rights it should be separate from the general
motor.

If you look at http://www.lawnmowerreviews.co.uk/mc...ed-lawn-mower/
the 2 handles are easy to see. The yellow, to the front of the main
handle, being the dead-man's handle that can easily be kept in place
with a sort of oversized clothes-peg (for hanging out the washing
with) and the darker coloured handle at the back being the drive
handle.
That said, such a mower is more powerful than mine and so switching
off the mower t as far as eye protection is concerned.

Yes, the Honda ones have a separate gear to disconnect the blade, so
that you don't have debris flying out when the engine is still on.


On 25 Oct, 16:23, aquachimp
wrote:

On Oct 25, 1:32*pm, Gel wrote:

Thanks to Euro Health & Safety zealots you can no longer stop a mower
without engine shutting off, when your hand comes off "dead man's
handle".

This means every time you need to change grass box, you have to
restart engine afterwards, each time.
Older models, would just disengage propulsion and stop blade spinning,
but keep engine on tick over.

This is a pain, but I believe some high end Motor Mowers (Honda) have
fix; however I've got this new McCulloch now.
Anyone any suggestions as to how to get round this annoyance that I
assume is on a lot of modern motor mowers?

One possibility I suppose is to fabricate some sort of crade to lift
front end of mower (as it's front wheel propelled) and place front end
of mower in that, so during grass box change, the front end is
elevated, and front wheels will keep turning, but go nowhere, but
blade of course is still rotating.

Thanks

I have a mower with what I guess you are referring to as a dead man's
handle.
I simply bought a clip to hold it in place. Blades still run, but with
my machine the grass box lifts out easily and with the engine speed
lowered, there's not quite so much dust and stuff flying out; but
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