Willie's post points out he and I have days where using a walk behind push mower can be too much.
Today, just walking around pushing a shopping cart as my walker was a painful challenge, as my arthitic joint pain was intense (even on a max dose of tylenol, and supplemented with glucosamine). I pushed through the pain while thinking, ?How a I going to regularly mow the lawn of the sa home I want to buy if, just walking is torment? I read Willie needs a more robust mower like his Kubota ice riding mower, but with an electric drive. He wants less than a commercial mower but an electric riding mower that will do the job. What I found was home depot has a good selecton: https://www.homedepot.com/b/Outdoors-Outdoor-Power-Equipment-Riding-Lawn-Mowers/Electric/Mulching-Lawn-Mower/N-5yc1vZc5axZ1z0zy7rZ1z1b2h7&experienceName=newappliancev3 however they are going to be in the $1.5k to $3+k price range. The page shows: Model# RY48110 Exclusive RYOBI 38 in. 75 Ah Battery Electric Riding Lawn Mower Willie's nearest Hd store is in Kyle (just south of Austin), but for him to see and sit in that model, the 1303 Rivery Blvd, Georgetown, TX 78628 | 512-868-3682 Georgetown #6538 Store has 2 IN STOCK. I think my needs will much less than Willie's, as I'll only have a smallish front, side, and backyard to keep from growing into a tall TX grass prairie. Since there will be days when walking (hobbling) behind a walking mower would be painful, I was thinking more of a robot/robo e-mower https://www.homedepot.com/s/robot%2520electric%2520lawn%2520mower?NCNI-5 I could put the boundry wire out on the borders, and place a charger in the corner. Then sit and watch it do its magic. Since the homes I'm looking at are on the west side of I-10, they likely won't have as good a soil as at Willie's farm. Here are 2 videos on robo e-mowers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mt6k2IeQ6U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEpVkhCjhog (in German, use cc option to translate to English w/ sound muted) I like the mulching feature of the robo e-mowers as if I end up with rock hard crusty alkaline san antonio calche (kuh·lee·chee) soil, that has only had the grass removed, never fed back into the soil, I can improve the soil, to later kill off the water wasting grass, and plant TX native ground covers (create a bee-lawn), like plant TX clover, frogfruit, etc. Later still, I'll interplant with some seasonal color with TX bluebells, poppies, etc. That bee-lawn should only need mowing a couple of times a year, to cut down the dead growth. I'm hoping the robo e-mower should handle that (saving me from joint pain grief). For EVLN EV-newswire posts view: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ https://mail-archive.com/ev@lists.evdl.org/maillist.html {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
