I had a 1950 Farmall model A with a crank start my father rebuilt like new that nearly took my arm off more than once, but I hauled a lot of logs out of the woods with it, and tilled the garden and had a log splitter that worked off of the pto. It would split anything. The tractor was a workhorse. I ended up giving it to my son, too much trouble for me to start anymore.
While you can turn them on a dime by steering with independent brakes, those tricycles are dangerous. I’ve lost friends when I was young when they rolled over.
I have an old John Deere B with a hand clutch and petcock valves for starting. They are workhorses.