Electric Lawnmowers

After spending the summer running an RV park, the last thing I want to see is any form of lawn equipment. Sometimes fun to watch somebody else, though.

That is what I like about the desert, no grass to mow just the darn tumble weeds, but only when it blows.

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gmckenzie wrote:

mobeewan wrote:
I have bought some of the Ryobi 40-volt lawn tools which include a lawn mower, weed trimmer, leaf blower and 14 inch chainsaw. The mower has a 5 amp battery, and the chainsaw, weed trimmer and leaf blower have smaller 40v batteries that are less than 2 amp. All of the batteries will fit any of the tools. However the smaller amp batteries will not get much cutting out of the mower. I can trim for a very long time with the 5 amp battery in the weed trimmer.

I bought the mower to use for trimming to supplement a riding mower that I bought. I needed a new gas mower to cut 2 lawns with. Because I have severe arthritis in my knees, bone on bone with bone spurs and arthritis in my back I bought the riding mower. Since I was pleased with the other Ryobi tools I bought the 40v mower. I would say for the most part it worked well for my use cutting where the riding mower couldn't go and would probably be okay for a condo or townhouse because of the battery limitations. It should work fine mowing around a campsite and it also has a folding handle.

The weed trimmer is the Ryobi expand-it model and can use any of the gas powered trimmer attachments. I even installed a Pivot Trim cutting head to replace the small bump feed head. The Pivot Trim came with different left and right threaded bolts to attach to different trimmers. I needed a left hand thread that was shorter then the ones provided. I bought a spare red bump head knob and cut it apart to get the bolt out which was left-handed thread. It was a perfect fit. The Ryobi with my Pivot Trim mod works great. I wouldn't have any problem carrying the mower and trimmer with me camping if I thought that I would need them.

I've got all this but would never think of taking the camping. They are for home.

I have actually carried a gasoline lawn mower and a gasoline weed trimmer camping. It was on my first trip of the season to my father's property to hunt. I had not had enough time prior to my first hunting trip to go up before the start of season to cut and trim the driveway and the parking area and rake the area where the trailer was going to be parked. Not only are they for home they are also for wherever else you might need them.

mobeewan wrote:
I have bought some of the Ryobi 40-volt lawn tools which include a lawn mower, weed trimmer, leaf blower and 14 inch chainsaw. The mower has a 5 amp battery, and the chainsaw, weed trimmer and leaf blower have smaller 40v batteries that are less than 2 amp. All of the batteries will fit any of the tools. However the smaller amp batteries will not get much cutting out of the mower. I can trim for a very long time with the 5 amp battery in the weed trimmer.

I bought the mower to use for trimming to supplement a riding mower that I bought. I needed a new gas mower to cut 2 lawns with. Because I have severe arthritis in my knees, bone on bone with bone spurs and arthritis in my back I bought the riding mower. Since I was pleased with the other Ryobi tools I bought the 40v mower. I would say for the most part it worked well for my use cutting where the riding mower couldn't go and would probably be okay for a condo or townhouse because of the battery limitations. It should work fine mowing around a campsite and it also has a folding handle.

The weed trimmer is the Ryobi expand-it model and can use any of the gas powered trimmer attachments. I even installed a Pivot Trim cutting head to replace the small bump feed head. The Pivot Trim came with different left and right threaded bolts to attach to different trimmers. I needed a left hand thread that was shorter then the ones provided. I bought a spare red bump head knob and cut it apart to get the bolt out which was left-handed thread. It was a perfect fit. The Ryobi with my Pivot Trim mod works great. I wouldn't have any problem carrying the mower and trimmer with me camping if I thought that I would need them.

I've got all this but would never think of taking the camping. They are for home.

rightlaneonly wrote:
This a joke right?

Now that "we" know the answer, it's (maybe) one more thing to add to the "inventory" of essential and/or nice to have stuff !!

Soooo time to add it to the: "Handy hints, gadgets and gizmos" thread.

-or- link it in the....

Around the Campfire forum - (readers are bound to think it's a joke).

:B

Here where we are seasonals for the summer (MI) the park mows, usually once per week and trims every 2 or 3 weeks, but, they do not like to get too close to any of the campers things. So, many have their own electric trimmer to get areas the park doesn't, or spiff it up if they have someone coming, small blowers for blowing leaves off their patio rugs or decks. We did see several parks when looking that required a seasonal camper to mow their own lot.

We full time and in the summer stay at a seasonal lot in Minnesota (where as I write this it's raining like Hell) and we have to cut the grass or pay for management to cut it. That's just the way it is. We use a Black and Decker weed whacker that mounts to a small 4 wheel mowing deck, converting the whacker to a small mower. It's kind'a like a vacuum cleaner that cuts grass. Handy as Hell.

Ok, ok, we concede, this is not a joke, lol.

Fwiw, I bought an 80 volt, 21” self propelled mower a few months ago- along with a matching string trimmer. Mower has 6 ah battery (that’s a lot of watt hours). Wet, tall grass, mulching uses a lot of power, but I got a bit over two miles of mowing before the battery showed empty (though mower didn’t stop).
I’m so over small gas engines, just bought a Sun Joe battery pole saw/ clipper/blower combo- they seem to have pretty reasonable stuff-
https://www.snowjoe.com/

dieseltruckdriver wrote:

rightlaneonly wrote:
This a joke right?

We mow our favorite fishing spots every spring.

I wonder why we have trouble getting in those spots later....? ;)

When I was in high school (many decades ago) some friends and I found a very neat place to camp at the lake. The place was not a regular camp spot and was overgrown with weeds. We took a lawn mower and cut the area and sprayed with yard guard for mosquitos. It became a campspot for many decades until the COE fenced the area off.