Got another "EV"

beautiful!
would love to, but we are in 'tick central'. the only thing that deters them is a short lawn, concrete or dirt.
i don't do anything to the field but mow it. around the house, i do care for the grass for the kids to play on in an environmentally responsible way. we have a well on the property, but the biggest polluter is salt from the street out front.

 

About 35k square feet. I use a Robomow RS to mow it, and a greenworks 19" for touch-up areas and "catch-up."

Catch-up definition: early spring growth surge is too much for the robot, so in late May and early June I mow about half of it myself with the walk-behind. As it dries out and growth slows down, the robot does it all.

Ryobi is shipping a new electric ride-on.

I recently learned about Mean Green- heavy duty USA-made all-electric lawn gear. If I were buying again today I'd give them a close look.

 

That's OK. You never go walking into the meadow, thus don't get ticks. Wild flower meadow is not good for foot traffic area. You certainly can not play soccer here.

 

thanks! i see the ryobi in home depot. would love to try it, but $2,500. is a hefty sum for something that might not pan out and cannot be returned. i realize they are making a commitment in r&d, but i still would be more comfortable with a 3 month trial in the spring.
those mean green riders look great, but i can't imagine the price.

 

Get a possum family. They loooove eating ticks and they're very good at it. In some states you can get the wildlife management agency to consider your area for re-homing one found living where it shouldn't.

Wildflowers are wonderful too. I always wait a bit extra before the first cut in the spring, just to give the bees a little extra shot at the clover and dandelion.

I've given back some of the lawn space for wild growth, and plan to do more. I do like the lawn for its own sake, but not enough to burn gasoline for it.

 

I agree lawns are a total waste, it seems to be an unsaid message, “I have arrived” Our horses and goats keep our grass pretty well trimmed. It is said that lawns came about as a statement from the rich land owners
to the common folk that they didn’t need to grow food.

 

golf too. it all trickles down eventually. that's how standards of living improve.

 

So do you think your E-chainsaw is capable of clearing this three that fell upon our garage roof a few days ago? I had to take out my trusty Husky 372 for the job. But I am getting too old for those heavy chainsaw, I am thinking of lighter one that can do the job.

 

It sounds like I have the same set up for maintaining our yard and lot as you have. We are very pleased with these Kobalt tools. We got the self propelled model as our yard and lot are large.

Our neighbor recently bought a new Kobalt mower based on seeing and using our mower. He had shoulder surgery and wanted an option he didn't have to pull to start. The new Kobalt mowers come with an 80 volt 6 amp hour lithium battery. He cuts his whole yard on one battery and uses only half the total available charge. Our 2 year old mower came with two 80 volt 2.5 amp hour lithium batteries. I much prefer the new 6 amp hour battery to our 2.5 amp hour batteries.

In the picture my mower handle is folded and ready to be stored standing up. We especially like never having to run out to get gas to cut the yard or have to check the engine oil before we begin cutting. These mowers are so quiet you can use them at 8 am in the morning and no one would be disturbed

 

Sorry about your garage.

I've had a Worx corded chainsaw for several years. I love the lack of noise, but it's also very capable of handling a tree like you shown. I've taken down and cut up several large trees at Dad's place. Two were 30' hackberry which is very hard wood. I have the 14.5 amp, 16" model @ 3.5 hp. I love it. Just use a cord the proper size for the amps of the saw.

 

Thanks for the info. I am going to look into one, or preferably the system where I can use the same battery for the chainsaw and trimmer. The tree fell on our garage roof was 25-30 feet tall poplar. Although it is a hardwood, poplar is much softer than some of very hard softwood like yew. It was about as hard as ceder, but definitely harder than pine or fir. The tree had ~20" trunk diameter at the base, and it was completely uprooted from the ground. 16" bar chainsaw is very usable for tree limbs, but I would need to do two passes for the bigger part of the tree. I will probably keep the 22" gas chainsaw I currently own for bigger jobs, but it would be nice to have smaller but powerful enough E-chainsaw for around house.

 

That's what I bought the Worx for, around the house. Being that it's corded, I can use it for bigger jobs if needed. I didn't foresee using it on the big trees at Dad's, but as it turned out, it was very capable. Good luck.

 

Feel like such a luddite. All my electric yard tools have cords.

 

You're not alone, all of mine are corded, too.

 

For certain yards, that's perfect. If it isn't that big and you've got enough outdoor outlets, not too many snag points? You aren't missing anything.

Vanishingly few battery-electric yard tools are capable of delivering more power than you'd get through a typical extension cord anyway.

 

Alternately, on a large yard, you can throw a generator on a cart and haul it out to the work site. You can have electric anywhere you want it.

 

Ha, yes, I've done this myself. Well, I didn't need a cart, the genny has wheels. But it got me to the one corner of my property that's not feasable to power from the mains on a day when I needed to use my electric chainsaw.

I wish I could get a couple of my neighbors to follow suit on electrification... they've all got riding gas mowers that make more noise at 200' than my electric does at 6'. Probably won't happen until the neighborhood turns over to younger folks.