Thread: New Battery Mower?

Originally Posted by Homestar

I’ve got a 36 volt Ryobi mower and it’s brilliant. It shares the battery with my chainsaw which is one of the reasons I went with it.

My Son has the version you’ve linked and it’s fine for his tiny yard but it doesn’t have anywhere near the grunt of mine and it struggles in longer grass but if you’ve only got a bit to do I like them - they’re light and easy to use.

Same. That’s why I went the 40v units

Mower
Brush cutter
Chain saw
Pressure washer

Interestingly they eBay special batteries have been great (I only get the ones using Panasonic cells)

I bought an 80V Victa & whipper snipper 7 years ago, which is terriffic but they were not on the market long .

Problem post shoulder surgery , too hard to push as I tend to let my grass go too long.
Bought a Sthil self propelled but is gutless , Ok if you cut the lawn every week. It has a 2.0Ah & 3.0Ah battery , need both batteries to do our yard. But the Sthil leaf blower I bought at the same time is bloody fantastic.

Dissatisfied with Sthil Mower I read a few reviews & bought a Greenworks Pro self propelled 3 years ago , its coincidently on the same chassis as the Victa and uses the same catcher and blade. It has 2 x 60v 4.0Ah batteries , When one is flat it switches across to the other. It easily does the grass & fills the sulo bin to the top when the yard is overdue for mowing ( every time for me) .

only downside it comes with one charger for the 2 batteries, so bought a 2nd charger online.

(Still on the Victa 80v whipper snipper , (on its 2nd head) better than any petrol one ive had.)

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DSCN4869.jpgDSCN4866new garden shed 1.jpg My Makita Self Propelled & Battery charging station in garden shed.

Well, this is embarrassing!

I flipped the mower onto its side last week to hose off the collected grass that sticks to the underside. If the lawn is in anyway wet, the clippings stick like the proverbial to a blanket.

As I was hosing it, I thought, "Hang on, that blade is rotating the wrong way and cutting on the squared off edge, not the sharp edge."

I looked further and realised the blade was rotating in the correct direction but had been installed upside down at the factory (it's a single bar of steel). So it hasn't been cutting efficiently or throwing the grass out the discharge chute - the upturned ends were battering the grass not throwing it. No wonder it would clog.

I turned the blade over and tried the mower again. It now cuts properly and fills the catcher (it never would before). It lasts longer and mows more than it ever did before. I wonder if the less efficient cutting was loading the motor more and causing it to draw more current. That wouldn't have helped battery life over the years.

I'm tempted to buy a couple of new 12v AGMs to reload the battery case.

I'm rather embarrassed in that I hadn't noticed it a long time ago - we've had the mower about 10 years (I checked).

Originally Posted by p38arover

Well, this is embarrassing!

I flipped the mower onto its side last week to hose off the collected grass that sticks to the underside. If the lawn is in anyway wet, the clippings stick like the proverbial to a blanket.

As I was hosing it, I thought, "Hang on, that blade is rotating the wrong way and cutting on the squared off edge, not the sharp edge."

I looked further and realised the blade was rotating in the correct direction but had been installed upside down at the factory (it's a single bar of steel). So it hasn't been cutting efficiently or throwing the grass out the discharge chute - the upturned ends were battering the grass not throwing it. No wonder it would clog.

I turned the blade over and tried the mower again. It now cuts properly and fills the catcher (it never would before). It lasts longer and mows more than it ever did before. I wonder if the less efficient cutting was loading the motor more and causing it to draw more current. That wouldn't have helped battery life over the years.

I'm tempted to buy a couple of new 12v AGMs to reload the battery case.

I'm rather embarrassed in that I hadn't noticed it a long time ago - we've had the mower about 10 years (I checked).

Yeah, well we all regularly check to see if our mower blades are fitted upside down, don't we?
You have less to be embarrassed about than me. My first experience with a circular saw was many years ago, as a young bloke with my mate and I playing TA for my mate's Dad, while he was building a pergola. I was tasked with changing the blade on the eaw and passing it to him. Yep, I put the blade in backwards.

When we cleaned out Mum's place a couple of years ago,my youngest brother took the hand mower,and it had the blades on backwards.

They could have been like that for decades,as it only did a tiny yard,and for the last few years the gardner mowed it as she was not strong enough to start it.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I went electric as I could no longer pull start my two ICE mowers after rotator cuff injuries on both sides.

I think I might be better off buying an electric start petrol mower.

Either that a a few litres of Glyphosate. Gives the garden that "Desert Look" so popular with local Councils these days, or maybe Tombie's garden. Drop a few local boulders around, some scats of Possum ****e, an old worn tyre tossed over the fence a few rusty Horseshoes, some aborigines doing a Welcome to Country. Cheaper than a new Mower unless they demand some free baccy.


Just think Ron ,your lawns could be the talk of the town.

Job done!

Originally Posted by scarry

When we cleaned out Mum's place a couple of years ago,my youngest brother took the hand mower,and it had the blades on backwards.

They could have been like that for decades,as it only did a tiny yard,and for the last few years the gardner mowed it as she was not strong enough to start it.

Speaking of reversed blades, I put a new pair on my ROVER/MTD 38"rideon yesterday with the aid of next door's impact wrench/RATTLE GUN just to remove 2x shaft nuts.
Bugger removing the deck & all it entails , so I was able to place it at an angle against a bench frame using a Garage floor Jack & 2 x axle stands after sealing off the fuel tank filler.

Anyway it had enough clearance to get the Impact Drill under so off they came.
It was then I found that for most of the time the blades had been replaced they had been upside down & wondered why they were never Marked as such. .The Maker stamped his name but nothing else.
With the curved end facing down & it was Scouring the Lawn & hitting & throwing gravel.

Reversed the new ones when refitted & Bob's me Uncle (He is actually or was, until he snuffed it a few years ago. The irony was that it was next doors ( the owner of the impact drill )that fitted the blades each time. He has never charged me for his time so what could I say? Nowt.