frontpage Posted by USMCR • May 22, 2021
May 22, 2021 12:46 PM
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Item 1 of 6
frontpage Posted by USMCR • May 22, 2021
May 22, 2021 12:46 PM
RYOBI 42" Electric 75 Ah Zero Turn Riding Lawn Mower w/ Bagging Kit
+ Free Shipping$3,850
$4,199
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I agree $4K is too much, but with electric there's less moving parts, less maintenance, and less fuel costs, so I look at it as a wash in the end cost wise for something much more convenient to use.
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I don't have a zero turn, I have a dinosaur Troybilt Pony riding mower. Bought it used for 500 bucks and i'm on my third year with it. In my area, I have to start mowing the lawn twice a month this time of the year and come July 3-4x a month until September before going back to 2x/month until novemberish. so 24 mowings a season I estimate after two year finished 50 mows.. mower so far has cost me $10 a session. If I would have gone new, the one I have costs 1300 so $54 dollars a session but with plenty of life.
Anyways, I'm just rambling. At the end of the day, for me, gas just makes more sense. I've got the Ryobi 40v line for trimmers, edgers etc because I hate starting and mixing gas.
I don't have a zero turn, I have a dinosaur Troybilt Pony riding mower. Bought it used for 500 bucks and i'm on my third year with it. In my area, I have to start mowing the lawn twice a month this time of the year and come July 3-4x a month until September before going back to 2x/month until novemberish. so 24 mowings a season I estimate after two year finished 50 mows.. mower so far has cost me $10 a session. If I would have gone new, the one I have costs 1300 so $54 dollars a session but with plenty of life.
Anyways, I'm just rambling. At the end of the day, for me, gas just makes more sense. I've got the Ryobi 40v line for trimmers, edgers etc because I hate starting and mixing gas.
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My Kobalt String Trimmer is lighter, easier to handle, and has great battery life. While the Ego, even with the 2.5a battery needs a strap to be kinda comfortable, and their trigger is HORRIBLE.
The edger attachment is borderline useless, I have to fight the ever living crap out of it due to the torque of the motor.
The blower is...mediocre. I have both the newest backpack and the handheld. I still have to pull out my gas to clean up leaves. The battery might last 15-20 minutes on Turbo mode, which is the only useful mode. To be fair, everyone sucks in this battery category.
The hedge trimmer though, that thing is a beast as is the poll trimmer.
The smaller snow blower is a horrid design and burns through rubber pads, I look forward to upgrading to the all steel design.
AND my lawn mower freakin' broke after a year. The drive train locked up. I couldn't push it manually anymore, so stupid, barely lasted a season. I hope the new one Ego sent me lasts longer than a year.
Overall, no way most of their shit deserves the reviews it gets. I almost think so many people are just happy to not be dealing with gas and that bias's them heavily.
I wish I returned most of it but oh well... I'll try to get another few years out of it, bitching every time I use them. Hopefully the next gen won't suck as much.
would this be enough to charge/maintain one of these? I may really look into getting one of these in future.
https://www.renogy.com/36v-48v-ro...ontroller/
would this be enough to charge/maintain one of these? I may really look into getting one of these in future.
https://www.renogy.com/36v-48v-ro...ontroller/
its been charging for a year and maintaining just fine, but I know for 75ah 48v I would need 2 or 4 panels probably. 2 would possibly be even fine if I mow once a week.
making the adapter to plug into the mower could be tricky, unless there's literally a positive/negative lead like a regular 12v battery. not sure. or maybe get an extra charging cord, and if there's just a positive/negative in the wire harness, cut it, and insert it into the PWM/MPPT. since its literally positive/negative wire lead into it.
I used to have issues where 12v battery would die every year after winter from not being used, well it worked perfect this spring, battery was sitting on PWM all winter long, appears to kept it perfectly healthy.
my shed is FAR from my house, so running hardwire lines isn't feasible, if I could get a genuine 48v solar set up on my shed like my current 12v set, id be game even if few hundred bucks. worth it imo long term. I'd probably even leave the current 12v panel up there with the current set up, and run 3-4 new panels for a 48v charger.
so id have a 12 and 36/48 solar charger!
my sheds pretty damn large.
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