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Electric mowers, tractors and other lawn and farm equipment

Discussion in 'Electric Vehicles' started by bhzmark, Feb 2, 2020.

  1. bhzmark

    bhzmark Active Member

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    Does anyone have experience or information on battery electric riding mowers, tractors, gators and even chainsaws and leaf blowers and other traditionally ICE lawn and farm equipment?

    It's hard to find good information on products that work well.

    thanks.
     
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  2. SSonnentag

    SSonnentag Rocket Scientist

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    I’m a fan of ego products. I have the lawn mower and weed eater. Both are excellent. I have a Dewalt electric chainsaw. It is adequate for smaller tasks.
     
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  3. M_D129

    M_D129 Member

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    I currently have Ego Power’s Lawn Mower, Leaf Blower, Trimmer, and Snow Blower. Surprisingly good torque, and reasonable battery life for all applications.

    Only downside on the mower is it’s mulching capability, doesn’t quite handle leaves like an ICE model. Snowblower is single stage, and doesn’t quite handle the end of driveway pile, but is great for reducing overall workload.
     
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  4. JohnSnowNW

    JohnSnowNW Active Member

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    We also use Ego for our lawn mower (non-riding), leaf blower, and snow blower...and have been quite happy with all three.
     
  5. srs5694

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    I also have a couple of Ego products: their non-riding lawnmower and a snow blower. I've had the former for three or four years and the latter since December. Both work quite well, although the battery on the lawnmower has degraded a bit. It still works, but it doesn't last as long as it once did. When I first got it, I didn't know much about maintaining lithium ion batteries, and so I unwittingly abused it pretty badly. The lawnmower and snow blower use the same size batteries (one in the lawnmower, two in the snow blower), so if/when the lawnmower's battery degrades past the point of usability, I'll be able to use the snow blower batteries in the lawnmower.

    Consumer Reports has ratings of lawn equipment, including electric variants of most categories for which electric versions are available. Ego tends to do well, but they aren't the only highly-rated electric brand.
     
  6. drift

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    I have an Echo 58 volt battery powered chainsaw. One of the best purchases I've made. It's not for all day production work but it cuts for 45 minutes as well or better than any Huskvarna or Stihl I own. No gas and oil to mix.
     
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    I have a Ryobi backpack blower, a handheld Ryobi blower, and a Ryobi lawn mower. They are great. I am sound sensitive and gas powered leaf blowers have to go!
     
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  9. Evbwcaer

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    Another pleased Ego mower owner. Totally superior to gas for city/suburban sized yards. I did not get the self propelled and I am happy with that. The mower is a lot lighter than an ICE mower so self propelled is just fine for me. You can get an inverter for their packs too, its only 150w I believe, but still a cool product.
     
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  10. Kandiru

    Kandiru Active Member

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    Ego lawn edger with 56v monster battery here, Black and Decker 48v leaf blower and shrub trimmer.
    Black and Decker chainsaw on a pole, having seen ER injuries I am a bit too careful.

    Good old Kubota G2460G 3-cylinder garden tractor is reaching 20 years and has no signs of wanting to die,
    mows on 60" deck and pushes snow like a champ with Mercedes Smart self-tensioning snowchains. My son
    will inherit it unless ICE get banned by law.

    If I were in it for a new tractor this is what I would get:
     
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  11. cybertrucker

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    I’ve had Ryobi 40 volt products for years and highly recommend them.

    I have a push mower, chainsaw, hedge trimmer, and a weed whacker (string trimmer). The weed whacker has interchangeable attachments and I have an extension and a pole saw for it.

    They all use the same batteries and charger.
     
  12. wycolo

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    Oregon electric chainsaw excellent esp when you are up a ladder or tree. has old style barracuda chain that really cuts efficiently and fast. Lowes 80 volt push mower seems to work fine but here in the rain forest I don't have thick enough grass to provide a challenge. Anyway I stole the 80v motor off it for use on a small 2-stroke outboard boat motor.
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  13. bhzmark

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    Now here is great development. EV backhoe by Case

     
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  14. mongo

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    Have Milwaukee Fuel 18V hedge trimmer, leaf blower, string trimmer, reciprocating saw, chain saw, + bunch of others.
    Love em all, other than chainsaw that I haven't used yet.
     
  15. VT_EE

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    I have Stihl self-propelled electric lawn mower, blower, and pole pruner. All of them are excellent. They use the Stihl AP series batteries.
     
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    They don't talk about charging it or how long it takes to charge from a portable generator off the back of a Pickup.
     
  17. Cal1

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    I have multiple Ego products. Chain saw, backpack blower, trimmer. I added the Ego Powerstation to use all the batteries during a power outage. NOT a replacement for my Honda 2000 gas generator but a good addition when you don't want to run extension cables out the window. Hers a review.
     
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  18. mspohr

    mspohr Well-Known Member

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    I have SnowJoe/SunJoe 40v snowblower, 40v leaf blower, 40v chain saw. All work well.
    Also, I use the 40v battery to run my electric bike in summer.
     
  19. Cal1

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    Which bike? We recently bought two RadPower bikes. Love the power assist feature!
     
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    mspohr Well-Known Member

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    These are bikes converted with front wheel motors. $150 36v motor and controller runs great on a 40v battery.
     

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