Walmart has the Greenworks 60V 54" Maximus (or MaximusZ?) Zero Turn Riding Mower with (2) 20.0 Ah, (2) 8.0 Ah & (2) 4.0 Ah Batteries and 1.5kW Charger model 7422302 or $4497. This is the best price I have seen this mower by over $1000. I.e. It's been on sale for $6498 direct from Greenworks and there is an available 15% coupon that brings it down to $5523.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/2491178967
PROS
- Suspension seat
- Roll over protection
- Built in LED lights
- Front (powered) and rear hitches
- 8 Mph travel/mowing speed
- Fast blade tip speed supported by high torque motors (unlikely to bog down)
- Integrated dump bed
CONS
- Stated runtime is 85 minutes with included batteries, but this is likely under ideal conditions - can be upgraded by swapping out the two 4 Ah batteries with 8 Ah batteries and that might provide a 12% bump in runtime
- Greenworks support is questionable (e.g. will they supply repair parts in 5 or 10 years?), and repair network is certainly not ubiquitous in the states
- Calendar life of batteries unknown
- Use manual states the mower should be stored at or above 32 deg F which may not be possible for those who store mower in unconditioned spaces in colder climates. Batteries can be removed and stored indoors.
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Thanks for sharing your experience with a similar model. Could you comment on how the actual runtime of your mower compares with Greenworks advertised runtime?
Not a knock on them. In fact, good for them to give customers choices instead of better forcing them into the more expensive 80v ecosystem! I'm just a little surprised, is all.
I don't have any experience with mechanical warranty support with them, but some with battery support. I had an 80v 2.5Ah battery go dead. I got to work with humans on the phone and they helped me troubleshoot. They sent me a new charger first to see if that fixed it. When it didn't, they shipped me a new battery and asked me to recycle the old one. No fuss other than the reasonable attempt with a new charger first (that I got to keep). That was my first Greenworks tool and I've owned a few since (just last fall I bought a two stage 80v snow blower). My ~8 year old leaf blower is still going strong. Not so much with their cheap snow thrower devices (electrical failures kept causing the 3 that I owned to fail to start up).
Just thought I'd share that warranty experience when I read that comment in the OP
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