Adding Starters To non-starter engines ---

Do you think I could add a belt drive starter like on the old 12 hp cub cadet ?

Add a pipe welded to the flywheel nut with a pully on the other end..... belt driven by cub cadet starter....

Do you know of a better starter for this job?

Think about it and get back to me....

I have:
5.5 hp Honda pressure washer---
5 hp Briggs rototiller---

Iguess the weed wacker is out of the question....

Thanks Don

I used to have a rototiller that I really liked except it was the meanest thing I ever had to start with a recoil starter. About half the time it would kick back and nearly break my hand. I put an extra pulley on the pto end of the crankshaft and used a long v belt to the electric clutch on my Wheelhorse. It would spin it until it started, even when it didn't want to! I also rigged a short piece of rectangular tubing to go over the top end of the tiller drag stake. With a wagon-tongue-style hitch on the other end of the tubing, I could tip the tiller, tow it backwards behind the Wheelhorse to the garden, then start it.

The old Cub Cadet starter system would probably work if you have a big enough pulley mounted on the crankshaft. Some old Wheel Horse and Deere models used the same setup.

You might consider selling your gas string trimmer and getting a battery-powered electric. Some of them are pretty good. My wife came home with a Ryobi electric about three years ago, and I groaned when I saw it. But I've got to say that for light duty trimming around the house it does a good job - and she uses it!