9/10/2023 0 Comments Ryobi zero turn mower![]() ![]() It’ll say I have 40% at some point into a cut (sometimes) and I’ll stop and turn it off to dump the bags and when I turn it back on, it’ll say 65% for example. The battery meter on mine is sometimes all over the place. ![]() Not having to deal with gas and oil and getting it serviced every season alone is a huge win for me. Currently the only drawback for me is I have to wait until the lawn is completely dry because I can’t just hose off the deck and under the deck to clean it. I have a relatively flat yard and it does a great job. Maybe I got lucky but I’ve had a great experience with it. ![]() I’d have to go through Depot for any issues and who knows how long the downtime would be. The main hesitation was repair shops not having the slightest clue in trouble shooting if I had a problem. I was on the fence for a while for the same reasons. I’ve been running a 42in 100ah for 3 seasons now. But how the deck and drive motors will hold up on these is entirely unknown as of now. At this price point, those are items expected to last decades with routine maintenance. How the electric motors hold up versus the established hydrostatic transaxles, for example. The fabricated deck should hold up much better than the stamped deck, but it’s still a light duty frame. I’m extremely excited for electric mowers, but I’m also worried that the state of the technology just isn’t quite there and the overall build is lacking. These issues have had unclear resolutions or tough issues with customer service, where a garden tractor (and were well into quality garden tractor or zero turn territory here) having a fault would be a visit to the nearby dealer. That doesn’t mean they’re common, as there’s certainly going to be a bias in the form of negative experiences post about them while generally happy users don’t talk about theirs. The part that’s weird to me is that I’ve seen some oddball failures reported by users here. I get about 2 hours of mowing on a charge and that was working it pretty hard. Not having that vibration it is much less tiring. I was really surprised how that contributes to fatigue. One thing i really like about the electric besides the lack of fumes that most people don't think of is the lack of vibration from a running gasoline engine. It's extremely quiet driving around but with the deck on, it is rather loud. With light discharging like that the battery should last 1,700-2,000 cycles. They are using a group 31 SLA/AGM battery in these and the BMS is only running the batteries down 30%, so when the blades shut off when the fuel gage reads 5%, the batteries are really only discharged to 70%. It handles tall grass way better than my GE. I live on a farm and I've been mowing grass a foot tall or better. You'd have to be trying really hard to bend it. The 42" zero turn has a 13 gage stamped steel deck and the 54" is a 10 gage manufactured deck and it's solid! There is a 3/8" steel bar along the leading edge. I've been using a GE Electrak 42" for the last 5 or 6 years and my deck has started falling apart. Shorter blades = less strain on the motors. To give you an idea of the difference in build quality between this one and last year's 42" model, the 54" is almost 200lbs heavier. Just bought one of these and I have to say I'm thoroughly impressed. ![]()
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