[Murf the Surf]

Originally Posted by zx10guy

Your ability to choose might be hitting your local home improvement/hardware store. I was watching a video from Mike Glover where he said his local Home Depot has eliminated all gas powered lawn/yard care equipment. No more gas powered weed whackers, chain saws, etc etc. I checked in with my neighbor who is a manager at my local home depot about this. She says for now they're still selling gas powered lawn/yard care equipment but it wouldn't surprise her if corporate stopped selling them at her store.

I bought a Ryobi battery lawn mower about 10 years ago when we lived in Oakville, small lot 40'x120' it worked well but I've had to replace the battery 4 times now, one was warrant but at almost $200 a piece I could've bought a gas mower with a Briggs and Straton and had a lifetime supply of gas and be about $200 ahead of the game by now.

[zx10guy]

Originally Posted by Murf the Surf

I bought a Ryobi battery lawn mower about 10 years ago when we lived in Oakville, small lot 40'x120' it worked well but I've had to replace the battery 4 times now, one was warrant but at almost $200 a piece I could've bought a gas mower with a Briggs and Straton and had a lifetime supply of gas and be about $200 ahead of the game by now.

All of my lawn care equipment is gas powered. This news makes it more imperative I stay on top of maintaining all of my equipment. I have a gas powered riding mower, gas powered self propelled push mower, gas powered two stroke weed whacker, and a gas powered snow blower.

I do have an electric power washer but of course that one doesn't use batteries. I have to say the electric power washer has been working out well for me though.

[Murf the Surf]

So an interesting article of the cost to operate three RAV 4, a regular gas, hybrid and full EV.

https://driving.ca/features/shopping...iving_promo_AO

[kyriian]

Originally Posted by Murf the Surf

I bought a Ryobi battery lawn mower about 10 years ago when we lived in Oakville, small lot 40'x120' it worked well but I've had to replace the battery 4 times now, one was warrant but at almost $200 a piece I could've bought a gas mower with a Briggs and Straton and had a lifetime supply of gas and be about $200 ahead of the game by now.

To be honest my Ego has been running problem free other than a bent blade for 5 or so years now and on its original battery.

Not all battery powered lawn equipment isn’t all that bad. But I also don’t have a massive yard

[M5Rick]

''The less mass a car has to move the better it handles''

[M5Rick]

Range in EV's is reduced from day one.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Murf the Surf

So an interesting article of the cost to operate three RAV 4, a regular gas, hybrid and full EV.

https://driving.ca/features/shopping...iving_promo_AO

in addition to the interesting article I was shocked to read how car thefts have sky rocketed in Canada and what these stolen cars used for, like drugs trafficking and terrorism amongst other things.

[Murf the Surf]

Originally Posted by kyriian

To be honest my Ego has been running problem free other than a bent blade for 5 or so years now and on its original battery.

Not all battery powered lawn equipment isn’t all that bad. But I also don’t have a massive yard

We have an acre of lawn now so I only used the electric lawn mower to do some spots where my riding mower can't go. I see there are a few electric riding mowers on the market now but my John Deere is only 2 years old and I suspect it will last a very long time.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by Murf the Surf

We have an acre of lawn now so I only used the electric lawn mower to do some spots where my riding mower can't go. I see there are a few electric riding mowers on the market now but my John Deere is only 2 years old and I suspect it will last a very long time.

The best electric riding mower was the early 1970's GE Electrak series. We had an E15 (I still have the carcass). Just like EVs today it was twice as expensive as the ICE equivalent and had range issues. But it had the mower deck out front, had a 36VDC "PTO" for various accessories like a welder, chainsaw, weeder, snow blower. It could cut 2.5 acres with a 36" deck. Nothing I've seen recently even comes close.

[Murf the Surf]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

The best electric riding mower was the early 1970's GE Electrak series. We had an E15 (I still have the carcass). Just like EVs today it was twice as expensive as the ICE equivalent and had range issues. But it had the mower deck out front, had a 36VDC "PTO" for various accessories like a welder, chainsaw, weeder, snow blower. It could cut 2.5 acres with a 36" deck. Nothing I've seen recently even comes close.

I can cut my lawn, just under an acre of grass 3 times with a fill up of gas. I can use it to tow my boats around the property as well. Pretty happy with it.

[Car-Addicted]

Try this with your EV mower!

[RM7]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

Try this with your EV mower!

lol...you don't even know how far they are ahead of you with EV tractors (that you can hook up mowers to). It's kinda sad.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by Murf the Surf

I can cut my lawn, just under an acre of grass 3 times with a fill up of gas. I can use it to tow my boats around the property as well. Pretty happy with it.

GE advertised the Electrak pulling a Boeing 707.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

Try this with your EV mower!

Well...

[Car-Addicted]

Just like a EV's: After the shutdown of production at GE, Elec-Traks were produced under the Wheel Horse[12] and Avco New Idea[13][14] labels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elec-Trak

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

Just like a EV's: After the shutdown of production at GE, Elec-Traks were produced under the Wheel Horse[12] and Avco New Idea[13][14] labels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elec-Trak

Yeah, I know, I've had one since 1973. It used a Wheelhorse transaxle. It was basically a GE golf cart EV drivesystem and charger in a Wheelhorse chassis.

Main difference between EVs of today was in 1970 the Feds did provide tax incentives to buy EV garden tractors.

[KRS_SN]

In the UK of you buy an ev and you work for yourself ie self employed pr you purchase it through your company you get 40% of the purchase price of the car refunded. Ie a 60k new EV becomes 36k!!
The taxpayer subsidises this. There has been tonnes of EV bought for this reason.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by Murf the Surf

We have an acre of lawn now so I only used the electric lawn mower to do some spots where my riding mower can't go. I see there are a few electric riding mowers on the market now but my John Deere is only 2 years old and I suspect it will last a very long time.

Me too. I have a Snapper electric lawn mower now that I use for the small areas and hills on my property. I have a short steep hill in the back of the house that is better to cut with the electric mower than my gas mower because no worry about oil starvation.

But I also bought a Snapper bundle with a handheld blower and a chainsaw. It's more convenient to use the blower to blowout the garage and shed, dust off the porches, blowout the cars interiors and dry off the cars after a wash than to fire up my backpack blower.

And the beauty of the chainsaw is my wife can't hear it when I cut down trees with it (like yesterday). The chainsaw was really the impetus for going electric

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by Murf the Surf

I can cut my lawn, just under an acre of grass 3 times with a fill up of gas. I can use it to tow my boats around the property as well. Pretty happy with it.

Our latest EV discussion about EV lawn equipment led me on a search this morning.

I have a Ferris 500EZ zero turn mower. I think it's 8 years old now. It is a small commercial-grade mower with full 4-corner coil-over suspension and 48" fabricated 10-gauge steel deck. My home is located on a 2B year old riverbed so the yard is mostly river rock covered in a few inches of soil, so I need the suspension and fabricated deck with seriously tough cutting blades. The current Ferris model is now a 500S.

Looking for an equivalent EV zero turn I found the Mean Green Nemesis. It cuts 5 acres on a full charge. It is best categorized as a very heavy-duty residential machine (it has a fabricated deck) and heavy-duty frame with a hard suspension.

The Ferris 500s MSRP is $6,299. The Mean Green Nemesis is $16,499. The planet will have to get a little bit warmer. Sorry.

[Murf the Surf]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Our latest EV discussion about EV lawn equipment led me on a search this morning.

I have a Ferris 500EZ zero turn mower. I think it's 8 years old now. It is a small commercial-grade mower with full 4-corner coil-over suspension and 48" fabricated 10-gauge steel deck. My home is located on a 2B year old riverbed so the yard is mostly river rock covered in a few inches of soil, so I need the suspension and fabricated deck with seriously tough cutting blades. The current Ferris model is now a 500S.

Looking for an equivalent EV zero turn I found the Mean Green Nemesis. It cuts 5 acres on a full charge. It is best categorized as a very heavy-duty residential machine (it has a fabricated deck) and heavy-duty frame with a hard suspension.

The Ferris 500s MSRP is $6,299. The Mean Green Nemesis is $16,499. The planet will have to get a little bit warmer. Sorry.

I figure I'll be long dead before the motor on my John Deere quits on me, I spent about $2500 on it, got a good deal but I can't imagine how much it would cost to go electric equivalent.

[MmmmmM2]

The question was, "Still want an EV?"

The answer is still, "No"

[M5Rick]

EV? No way for this woman who handed it back.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/a...les-clock.html