Battery operated mower!!!

[Certaindeaf]

Or, or....

Let the moss take over. Weed resistant, stays low, is green, and the HOA can't say boo about it!

Oh how I hated moss. Now I love it.

 

[Knobgoblin]

If you scalp the sh!t out of it and don't water it it'll turn brown leaving more time for shooting.
science

Pacific County cares not for your petty schemes.
My lawn is basically a retaining pond 10 months a year .

 

[Mikej]

2 years ago I "treated myself" to a Honda lawnmower. AKA, I spent too much. My 20 year old made in Canada home depot lawnmower with a B&S motor was running just fine, but I always wanted a Honda and I heard that they were about to stop making gas mowers.

I regret it.... it's constantly revving up and down (supposedly common issue with the metering in the carb) doesn't clear the chute (not much suction, doesn't pick up leaves) and, icing on the cake..... it's been recalled for the pull start, supposedly it can malfunction and injure your hand.

My Makita weed whacker is pretty disappointing too, just not enough oomph for those times I let the grass grow too much.

I do like the electric stuff, if I don't put E0 fuel in the gas powered stuff at the end of the season I get to redo the carbs.

Just sayin'. Honda is cars and outboard motors.

 

[Jay Walk]

Makita Mower, while I am happy with it, the grass needs to be really dry during the spring growing season, the mower simply does not spin the blade fast enough to mow wet lawn.

Makita lower end string trimmer, perfect for edging, but you ain't cutting blackberries with it.

Makita 36v leaf blower. love it. Speed settings from 1-10, 3 will move pea gravel.

I still have and use my 2005 Briggs that has been abused but still is a one pull operation.

Buddy was all excited for his new Honda mower but was a real POS.

 

[made in china]

Makita Mower, while I am happy with it, the grass needs to be really dry during the spring growing season, the mower simply does not spin the blade fast enough to mow wet lawn.

Makita lower end string trimmer, perfect for edging, but you ain't cutting blackberries with it.

Makita 36v leaf blower. love it. Speed settings from 1-10, 3 will move pea gravel.

I still have and use my 2005 Briggs that has been abused but still is a one pull operation.

Buddy was all excited for his new Honda mower but was a real POS.

Unfortunately, Makita is not as good as it used to be. I have Makita oscillating fan (for camping), hedge trimmer, pole hedge trimmer, leaf blower, drill, weed whacker and stick vacuum.The best of them are the fan, blower and drill. The rest are mid-pack, but I'm invested in the battery platform, LXT. The LXT batteries are very high quality. My previous DeWalt system, some of the batteries would go bad in less than a year.

I've been wanting a cordless automotive impact and ratchet, and unfortunately Makita makes the worst ones! I'm feeling compelled to sell it all and switch to Milwaukee, currently the best for consumer grade.

At work, they bought me a bunch of 20v DeWalt stuff. I smoked all of them (I work on traffic signals, they get used for everything from drilling and tapping 8-32 screw holes to cutting up big metal poles that have been hit by uninsured drivers, installing 3/4" anchors deep into mature concrete, etc) and have since switched over to Hilti Nuron.

I generally don't like cordless stuff unless the manufacturer has a full line of winners, otherwise you have multiple battery platforms and batteries are the most expensive item, by far, for long term ownership of cordless. At my home garage, I still rely on a compressor

 

[Tony617]

I bought Honda gas powered lawn mower back in 2014. I changed the blade a few times, new spark plug every few years. The only real wear are rear drive wheels. I bought a few pairs and when the tread wears a bit I swap the front wheels to the rear and put new tires on the front. I am using synthetic oil for the engine and use Stabilize for my gas.

 

[Alexx1401]

I bought Honda gas powered lawn mower back in 2014. I changed the blade a few times, new spark plug every few years. The only real wear are rear drive wheels. I bought a few pairs and when the tread wears a bit I swap the front wheels to the rear and put new tires on the front. I am using synthetic oil for the engine and use Stabilize for my gas.

That Sta-bil gas treatment does seem to work VERY well. A LONG time ago it got real hard to find no alcohol gas around me. So I started trying that stuff figuring if it did not work I would got to buying the canned no alcohol gas. Damn stuff seems great. Each fall after last cut I would run some in the mower, the string trimmer gas always was made with it, and put them away. Come spring they would just fire right back up.
I have long put some in the gas I keep for emergencies. Since that gas sits a good while till I rotate it and nothing seem to be bothered.

 

[Tony617]

There also product called PRI-G. I have not tried but I am almost out of Sta-bil.

https://a.co/d/153nF9B

 

[MannyGlocks]

Sta-bil is your friend.

I neglected to boast that 'my deck' is welded, nah, nah, na, nah, nah!

Gotta be, as I like to conk into stuff...if it'd been a fab deck id've crumpled it a LONG time ago!!

 

[kmk1012]

Battery operated is great for city dwellers, I couldn't wait until I could afford to move out of that situation. I'd have to invest thousands in batteries that only last a few year to take care of what I have now. Internal combustion simply cannot be replaced no matter what the lame superiors want, new batteries every few years in bulk is not "sustainable"

 

[kmk1012]

Battery operated is great for city dwellers, I couldn't wait until I could afford to move out of that situation. I'd have to invest thousands in batteries that only last a few year to take care of what I have now. Internal combustion simply cannot be replaced no matter what the lame superiors want, new batteries every few years in bulk is not "sustainable"

I wonder what the Spanish speaking workers say about battery equipment, they would know better than myself and most others if they do it for a living.

 

[Alexx1401]

Battery operated is great for city dwellers, I couldn't wait until I could afford to move out of that situation. I'd have to invest thousands in batteries that only last a few year to take care of what I have now. Internal combustion simply cannot be replaced no matter what the lame superiors want, new batteries every few years in bulk is not "sustainable"

it will be interesting to see how this goes where they are forcing commercial operations to go to these. While I LOVE mine they are certainly NOT for every situation. The first thing I suspect will start to happen is some really great fires. With crews using these things I fully expect that it will not take long for batteries to end up damaged and boy do they burn when that happens.

 

[Certaindeaf]

I wonder what the Spanish speaking workers say about battery equipment, they would know better than myself and most others if they do it for a living.

Andrew Camarata owns a youtube channel but only speaks English. Started his property management career by finding a gas push mower on the side of the road, fixing it and mowing lawns. Now he owns about every piece of heavy equipment out there and everything else required to maintain properties, maintained out of the steel castle he built largely by himself.. it's mainly ICE equipment with battery stuff comprised of small drill motors and whatnot.

 

[made in china]

it will be interesting to see how this goes where they are forcing commercial operations to go to these. While I LOVE mine they are certainly NOT for every situation. The first thing I suspect will start to happen is some really great fires. With crews using these things I fully expect that it will not take long for batteries to end up damaged and boy do they burn when that happens.

When I'm working, I can burn through 40aH or more of batteries at one job site. That's about 8 5aH battery packs, and it's not easy to charge them back up on a job site or from my truck's 12v system. I go through batteries faster than I could possibly recharge them..... I gotta think it'd be even worse for landscaping crews, plus with batteries being so expensive, they would be targeted by thieves

 

[1911Fanatic]

Looks to be an image with no confirmed source floating around the web

https://www.reddit.com/r/hmmm/comments/1e9coau/hmmm

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/hmmm/comments/1e9coau/hmmm/


And yeah, the ad says bubble wrap but the lawnmower image is also in the ad

New Small Bubble Wrap 20"x50ft. - general for sale - by owner - craigslist

New High Quality Small Bubble Wrap 20" wide and 50 ft. long. Discounts for Quantities. 12 rolls- $100. 24 rolls- $180. Pickup at Fulton Industrial Blvd near I-20 and Six Flags.

atlanta.craigslist.org

You've got The Road Warrior's lawn mower.

 

[1911Fanatic]

Only a person with a big EGO would say they've had it for a couple years

I have one of their weed eaters.

 

[Mikej]

I wonder what the Spanish speaking workers say about battery equipment, they would know better than myself and most others if they do it for a living.

Had to have been close to ten years ago(?). A lawn service with batt operated equipment. Their truck had solar panels on it to do the charging. Thought that was pretty "Woke" before that word became common-place. UH? Lawn guys have to mow in all weather. Duh.

 

[Tony617]

My only cordless power tools are a drill, 5"
Circular saw, reciprocating saw, and a hedge trimmer. I cut a few extension cords with my wired hedge clippers a few times over years. I only have two batteries right now. I may buy a few larger batteries but two is enough right now.

 

[Alexx1401]

When I'm working, I can burn through 40aH or more of batteries at one job site. That's about 8 5aH battery packs, and it's not easy to charge them back up on a job site or from my truck's 12v system. I go through batteries faster than I could possibly recharge them..... I gotta think it'd be even worse for landscaping crews, plus with batteries being so expensive, they would be targeted by thieves

YEP! When CA decided they were going to do this I was thinking the same thing. Charging and keeping enough charged batteries for a days work. Theft, as you mentioned. The ones for my stuff are almost $150 each. If some company has a dozen of them or so on the trailer they will of course be a hot item to steal. I have to guess most would install some kind of inverter to give them the juice to keep them charged but then they would have to leave the vehicle running all the time. Other option I guess would be a small genset that runs on gas until the state tells them they can't have these either. Guess they could go with a large battery like the ones made to run the kind of stuff at home you could previously only get with a larger genset but here again the one I have was almost 1K. This then too would have to be secured in some way to keep scum from running off with it. The best part is a LOT of the small time companies who are going to get hurt by this voted for every bit of it. So will be fun to watch them scream. They truly are getting just the government they deserve.

 

[gun2]

I've had the ego mower for several years. The high lift blade makes a huge improvement! If the grass is wet, it doesn't pick it up with the regular blade but with the high lift one it does pretty well. I don't miss the gas mower at all.

The ego is basically maintenance free other than wiping the grass off if you've been mowing when it's really wet, I have the blower, hedge trimmer and chainsaw too! so much quieter and less smelly and I don't have to worry about gas at all. It's awesome! Still have the big Gas chainsaw as it's pretty tedious to cut anything more than about 8 inches or so with the ego. Got rid of the gas hedge trimmer and blower though; the egos are lighter and a lot easier on the arms shoulder and back to use and do every bit as good of a job.

One of the best things is with them being so quiet and having built-in lights, I can go out and do yardwork after the kids go to bed and not bother anybody.


The batteries are way too expensive, but I've never had to buy one, just buy an extra tool from time to time and they come with the batteries