This depends on your local area's ordinances. I suggest yo0u call your city/town/county/other local level government to ask.
Place mower near street with FREE MOWER sign. That is the best way to remove the clutch/drive on this POS mower.
Depends on the size of the lawn mostly. A push mower (or better yet a powered drive push mower) would have the best control in rough terrain, but if it is a large lawn a riding mower is better.
Castlegarden
There is usually a deck belt and a drive belt.
Can I do it myself, set the timing on my riding mower.
Perhaps it is the starter drive. That happened to my riding mower. Got the drive replaced, works fine.
Generally it is treated as being in the same category as farm equipment, so any place you can drive farm equipment you can drive a riding mower.
maybe your deck is too low
How long is the drive belt
yes if he want to
Most riding mowers are driven by a belt.
john deere smallest riding lawn mower