HI brett65
Are the tables that your "older guys" use, the Engine Starting Safety Stands type of restrain? That is a good idea that you will be getting a tail restrain for starting it on the ground. Imagine a 60 size or larger engine starting WIDE open when you thought it was at idle, while you are lightly holding it on the ground. That plane could get away from you, cut you up, and then attack anyone near by. Two weeks ago my engine was at WIDE open when it started. It was on my Engine Starting Safety Stand so there was problem. That does not seem to happen to others. I wonder why?