Posted on 05/02/2023 8:11:15 AM PDT by JV3MRC
#26
Got the exact same. Weighs only 35 pounds.
Makes mowing a bumpy steep hillside a little easier, as it takes less muscle to move and reposition, as opposed to gas models (75 pounds).
Not getting my oil burning riding mowers..Going to keep on polluting!
CALIF already has banned them-—don’t remember as of when.
I am waiting to see WHAT they expect forest fire fighters to use, also.
How about a 700 # donkey??
Q for anyone who owns an electric mower: Have you replaced the battery? If so, what percentage of the cost of a new mower did it run?
Just curious.
Or if you own a corded mower: Have you ever run over the cord?
I work at Home Depot part time, most of the mowers have 2 large batteries, to replace these batteries is approx. 75% of the cost of a new mower, THEN I haven’t seen one yet that has a run time longer than 20 minutes on a full charge!!
Well, since they have no authority and a readership in the tens.... let them come and try to get my mower.
But they can mow the LENGTH of three foot ball fields or something like that. It is further than that from one side of my yard to the other.
Oh man, just the memory of that makes me need a nap :-\
A daughter of mine bought a home nearby with lawns in front and back, and wanted to buy an electric lawn mower. I told her gasoline mowers are best, but she was insistent on electric, was looking at cheap ones. I bought her a good quality DeWalt electric mower with dual batteries.
Yes, batteries are a high cost. But... the DeWalt batteries are compatible with my battery powered hand tools and portable vacuum machines. Win-win for me. She happily does the mowing, I can borrow the large capacity batteries.
I have an older Deere 318 that could use either a set of rings or a rebuild.
But this 'news' convinces me that burning an extra quart of oil over the course of a year would be both more cost effective AND a poke in the eye to envirocommies.
Might just add an extra couple drops of oil to the Stihl gear .. blowers, trimmer, chain saws :-))
Like everything else it depends on the use cases. It works for me because most of what I cut is relatively flat 1.5 acres. In my case, part of that acreage is my mother's lot, which is a couple of blocks away. So I usually have enough power to pull a small trailer with lawn tools to my mother's house, cut her yard, pull the trailer back to my house and cut my yard. All usually done without recharging. On the Saturdays I don't quiiittteeee have enough power to do it all on one charge(i.e. if a lot of rain made the grass grow a lot), fine. On those days I stop and, while I'm weed trimming and blowing anyway, recharge it. The 20-30 minutes I'm trimming and blowing is enough to recharge and finish the job for both yards. This is all while cutting fast like most people cut with other zero turn mowers.
Or a herd of goats.
You did the VERY SMART thing purchasing your daughter the mower compatible with YOUR tools, those batteries are damned expensive!!!
I am in CA. and yes the liberal counties have already banned them HOWEVER there are some more conservative counties that have not yet done so HOWEVER there is a drop dead date dictated by Gruesome Newsom I am not sure of the drop dead date!! I work part time in Home Depot we still have gas powered landscaping tools in our store HOWEVER are fazing them out!! The battery operated tools are VERY EXPENSIVE, customers tell me they do not have the same power as the gas operated ones!! I really feel for the landscaping folks just trying to make a living, having to put out this HUGE expense THEN trying to go onto the next home with depleted batteries and having to wait for them to charge after each job it is not easy for these guys!! I HATE the stinking government and their foot on EVERYONES neck!! These bastards making these regulations have NEVER DONE an honest days work in their lives OR ever signed the front of a paycheck!! SPIT!!!
Yes, that was the plan. Since I was paying, I chose the mower (as a single mom her expenses are huge). The DeWalt mower works great, is self-propelled but we don't use it to go up and down slopes, we self-propel across a slope to save on power.
I've had various battery-powered tools, and the batteries don't last forever without problems. I investigated rebuilding my battery packs. You can order higher amperage batteries online, and swap out bad batteries from the battery case. I also bought a battery welding tool that quickly joins batteries. However, you have to balance the labor and trouble versus cost of buying a replacement pack. You can save some money.
I watched videos on remote-controlled mowers. The good ones have a battery pack for the remote and functions, while having a gasoline-powered cutter that also recharges the battery pack while running. You stand aside and use a controller to guide it around your yard, and it has tractor treads that go anywhere. Expensive, but fun to operate ($1000 and up).
next year is when the ban starts
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