Are you tired of pulling on lawn mower chords to start them. I am. I solved my problem by going electric. Most folks don’t like that approach. I don’t know why. Mine works good and requires very little maintenance. For an old man, that’s kind of important.

I knew a man that had a little different approach. He took the cover off top of the mower, which exposed a large nut. When he needed to start the mower, he used a drill, that’s right, an electric hand drill.

I can’t say anything for the safety, but it worked for him. He had the adapter and a socket on the drill and the mower came to life every time for him. As soon as it did, he took the drill away and proceeded mowing.

As I think back over it, it makes me wonder, are we over engineering the self starting mower. Maybe all that is needed is a way to safely use a drill.

It sure would be handy for us 76-year-olds. We kinda get tired of pulling chords on those easy-to-start mowers, which are not so easy to start.