Anyone have any experience with battery powered push mowers?

[Yaj Yak]

Gas powered yard equipment is a waste of time for the most part. If you have a viable option to go battery powered do yourself a favor and pull the trigger. It will save you a bunch of headaches in terms of maintenance and use.

i mean, other silly part, i don't realllllly want to store gasoline in my new attached garage. call me paranoid and yeah i know everyone does it but fuck, my buddy's parent's shed which was super close to their house just went up and they were SUUUUPER lucky the house didn't go with it- it burned all the siding on one side of their house.

 

[Yaj Yak]

I mean, we're all car guys, right? We live in the garage. We're constantly tinkering with things. Doing preventative maintenance on my power equipment isn't this nail pulling, excruciating affair.

id so much rather tinker on something i want to than something i need to though.

 

[Fish]

Loving to tinker and having time to tinker are two totally different animals. Lately Id forget to breathe if it wasnt an automatic thing my body does.

 

[Stink Star]

id so much rather tinker on something i want to than something i need to though.

Story of my fucking life!
don’t become a mechanic because you “like tinkering with cars” should have been the first class in tech school

 

[FESTER665]

Story of my fucking life!
don’t become a mechanic because you “like tinkering with cars” should have been the first class in tech school

Yup. Luckily realized it early on when I started at UTI and said "nope, im out...."

Like working on my own cars, hate working on other peoples piles..... Hell, now I dont even work on my own shit either.

 

[FESTER665]

If the yard is big enough to justify a large deck then I can see running gas. If all you need is a ~21" deck then battery powered all of the way. I literally slide batteries in and go, practically zero maintenance with the exception of sharpening the blade and cleaning the underside of the deck which you have to do on a gas mower anyway.

Question for you.... The self propelled DeWalt bad boy comes with (2) 20V 10aH batteries, which would likely be enough for my yard anyway, but I should see a difference using (2) 60v flexvolt 9ah batteries right?

Trying to think about which would get more yard done, even though the flexvolt battery has one less ah....

 

[Chester Copperpot]

What, you don't like sitting there slow cranking the key because the brand new battery you just bought for your 20 year old mower is already dead after a week of sitting?

ICE for life

 

[CMNTMXR57]

id so much rather tinker on something i want to than something i need to though.

Loving to tinker and having time to tinker are two totally different animals. Lately Id forget to breathe if it wasnt an automatic thing my body does.

Again, I get it, no right or wrong answer. There are so many variables.

 

[Blood on Blood]

Car enthusiasts are raising concerns with filling a lawn mower gas tank and changing the oil (when you remember to)?

 

[Dan00Hawk]

Car enthusiasts are raising concerns with filling a lawn mower gas tank and changing the oil (when you remember to)?

Even a master chef will go to a restaurant or order a pizza because they don't always feel like preparing their own meals. And just because I'm a car enthusiast doesn't mean I need to find a gas powered vacuum cleaner, coffee maker, and ceiling fan to demonstrate my commitment to internal combustion engines...

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Gas powered vacuum cleaner you say...

 

[nytebyte]

Gas powered vacuum cleaner you say...

Yeah, I was thinking my wife would love one of these.
250 horsepower at least.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Car enthusiasts are raising concerns with filling a lawn mower gas tank and changing the oil (when you remember to)?



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[greasy]

Question for you.... The self propelled DeWalt bad boy comes with (2) 20V 10aH batteries, which would likely be enough for my yard anyway, but I should see a difference using (2) 60v flexvolt 9ah batteries right?

Trying to think about which would get more yard done, even though the flexvolt battery has one less ah....

The 10Ah battery would last longer. The technology of the FlexVolt battery does nothing for performance in a 20V tool other than having the ability to be used on both platforms.

 

[greasy]

I am trying to work on my car because I enjoy it. I don't get excited about changing the oil on my mower, I could give 2 fucks about working on a mower.

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[Blood on Blood]

So Yaj Yak asks about electric lawn mowers and somehow .... the thread becomes spending a few minutes changing lawn mower oil once a year (if you remember to) or filling a gas tank is time consuming, PITA, Etc.

I just don’t see it.

The next debate will be sharpening vs replacing lawnmower blades, along with using a jack vs tipping the machine on its side.

 

[nytebyte]

The next debate will be sharpening vs replacing lawnmower blades, along with using a jack vs tipping the machine on its side.

Well, you make a good point. One advantage of an electric lawnmower is you can tip the thing on its side or even turn it upside down and nothing will leak out.

 

[Blood on Blood]

Well, you make a good point. One advantage of an electric lawnmower is you can tip the thing on its side or even turn it upside down and nothing will leak out.

Same happens with my existing gas mower.

Tighten the caps and tip on its side.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Same happens with my existing gas mower.

Tighten the caps and tip on its side.

i know which one id want to use right after this

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

So Yaj Yak asks about electric lawn mowers and somehow .... the thread becomes spending a few minutes changing lawn mower oil once a year (if you remember to) or filling a gas tank is time consuming, PITA, Etc.

I just don’t see it.

The next debate will be sharpening vs replacing lawnmower blades, along with using a jack vs tipping the machine on its side.

Fuck, you just described what I did this past Saturday.

For the record, sharpened the blades since they have lot of meat left on them. Jammed some wood under the deck so I could get to the nut. So, tipping I guess? ?

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Some of the newer Briggs, the gas cap you can't crank them closed. It's one of those where you slide it in the groves/notches and turn it a half turn.

 

[Aircal]

So is someone starting a sharpening vs replacement thread?

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

So is someone starting a sharpening vs replacement thread?

 

[Fish]

Got me a ryobi 21 inch deck self propelled mower on Tuesday with 2 6ah batteries. Had to charge both 3 times to get my yard to not look like the Amazon.

To be fair, the grass was 10-12 inches. 12 closer to the back and sides while the front was 8-10. Damn thing was turboing up set at the highest level. Also doesn’t help it’s a corner lot so it’s a damn bit of grass

I’ll say electric probably isn’t suited for trying to get lawns under control, but we will see how she does when it’s just a basic maintenance cut.

It did cut very damn nice I’ll give it that.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

So is someone starting a sharpening vs replacement thread?

Didn't see this. I kinda do both. I keep multiple blades for my mowers and then rotate them and sharpen usually after every 2 - 3 mowings. Then replace as they wear out. Like I mentioned in another thread, the gator blades on my tractor are getting a little beat up, so I have to get a new set.