Thats a good idea, but I am 100 percent certain it is perfect. (pto bearing)
Nothing is pulling the engine down. It hardly knows the deck is running. I can start the deck as easily at idle as I can at full throttle.
Check this strange coincidence out: On a flat plot, mind you, It always wanted to die facing North , and about the same spot. It will do the same thing other places, but today was really really funny.