I am not a fan of having to set the throttle and walk to the front to start it either.
Meant to say MF, a few months ago I started a vertical pull briggs on victa thumblatch deck. I was on a big solid plastic sheet as it was leaking oil. I went the the spark plug side, put my left foot on front wheel, and pulled the cord
There was oil under the wheel, wheel rotated, my foot slipped off backwards, the front of the mower pivoted up (as I was pulling the cord) and towards me (obviously my vertical pull had a few degrees slant).
Deck dropped straight over my foot and bladeskicked it out hard.
Thankfully steel cap boots - I was very lucky
