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To: Oldeconomybuyer

OK...... here’s reality.

I bought an electric lawnmower. It works better than my old Briggs lawnmower . I learned that there were other yard tools that are electric. I bought them all except for a hedge trimmer.

I have two 56 volt batteries and battery power is always at hand

The relief from the chains and trauma of two cycle engines may have added as many as five or even ten years to my life.

Two cycle gasoline engines are pure evil


8 posted on 02/18/2023 6:33:52 AM PST by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day )
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To: bert

While I don’t doubt small scale usage by the typical unskilled homeowner is probably easier with electric, it is wholly insufficient for all day usage.

..and how does an electric chain saw work without a chain?


22 posted on 02/18/2023 6:43:11 AM PST by Rural_Michigan
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To: bert

And your point is? Funny how you think two-cycle engines are evil but you don’t mention a word about tyranny. Exactly how is your mind wired?


27 posted on 02/18/2023 6:47:59 AM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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To: bert

I disagree....you are just weak.


29 posted on 02/18/2023 6:50:45 AM PST by mythenjoseph
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To: bert

You must have a manicured yard...


34 posted on 02/18/2023 6:54:24 AM PST by mythenjoseph (Positive outlook)
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To: bert

you got a lawn tractor that runs on 56V batteries and can pull a car carrier trailer behind it?

I’m doubtful.

And a 24” wide or larger snowblower that can cut through 2 foot deep wet snow and throw it 30 feet or more, let alone last through clearing a 3 car driveway at least twice? I doubt 56V would cut it there, especially in the cold.

Electric has it utility and it is convenient, but it isn’t for everything.

The upfront cost of cordless electric lawn tools that are worth a crap is just prohibitive. Then you have batteries that need replacing every few years as they lose capacity or capability.

2 stroke engines are great if you know how to treat them and maintain them. Maintenance is so simple that it is hardly worth discussing.


39 posted on 02/18/2023 6:58:41 AM PST by jurroppi1 (The Left doesn't have ideas, it has cliches. H/T Flick Lives)
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To: bert

Two cycle gasoline engines worked fine till they forced us onto ethanol


52 posted on 02/18/2023 7:04:05 AM PST by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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To: bert

Why do hate the earth and use batteries and polluting electricity.


58 posted on 02/18/2023 7:07:36 AM PST by cp124 (80% of everything is fake or a lie.)
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To: bert

I have an electric lawn mower and TWO electric chain saws, all of which plug into an electric outlet, and use about a 100’ 14 gauge cord for power supply.

The technology for batteries is just not good enough yet for me to put much trust in them for most high-amperage use. Amperes equal heat, and heat is the enemy of batteries.


62 posted on 02/18/2023 7:09:25 AM PST by alloysteel (Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. - Isaac Asimov)
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To: bert
Okay…. Here’s the reality…

Last summer, I bought an electric string trimmer and leaf blower to replace evil gas powered gear that I worked hard over a number of years. I worked the hell out of them. Trivial maintenance required.

Back to the electric…. So now I have shiny new electrics that do half the work, weigh twice as much and cost near 100% more than the gas gear it replaced. I can’t get a full job out of them because the battery runs out and it takes 3 hours to recharge.

I’m not going down the rabbit hole of buying more batteries. It’s a better investment to save up my pennies for pro grade gas gear. Then, I’ll give the electrics to someone I don’t like.

72 posted on 02/18/2023 7:23:16 AM PST by Hootowl99
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To: bert

THAT MAY work for you——

But tell that to a LOGGER.


78 posted on 02/18/2023 7:37:51 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: bert
"Two cycle gasoline engines are pure evil"

Are you on the right forum Bert?

✅ Loves insane environmental laws
✅ Trump derangement syndrome
✅ loves anyone that backs a war including Pedo Biden

You belong on DU because that is where leftist clowns go to screetch and rage.
79 posted on 02/18/2023 7:37:59 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (The Ukraine is dead, the head just doesn't know it yet.)
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To: bert

“ I have two 56 volt batteries and battery power is always at hand”

Until it’s not. I also have an EGO mower, trimmer, and blower. I’m down to 2 batteries, the big one and the small one. A replacement battery costs as much as an entire mower.

How many batteries do you think a landscaper will need to put in an 8 hour day? Will he need a gas powered generator to charge batteries throughout the day?
EC


86 posted on 02/18/2023 7:54:30 AM PST by Ex-Con777
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To: bert

We mow almost 2 acres..... battery powered doesn’t cut it....


109 posted on 02/18/2023 6:07:19 PM PST by southernindymom
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