I was going to suggest an ET but they are showing their age. This summer , so far, I rebuilt a mower motor, refurbished the mower deck, replaced two mower blades, replaced a main contactor, , etc. noticed yesterday the main cutoff switch is running hot and it seems to run high current in reverse, so more to do…. But still a good machine . -Steve
> On Aug 16, 2021, at 3:47 PM, jim via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > A good friend has a Ryobi electric riding mower and his wife has been using > it for over 3 years. Battery capacity is noticeably less than when new (but > she mows until the machine slows down considerably). They don't like the > "cruise control" on their hilly yard as there is no regenerative braking so > it speeds up going downhill. The ride is very rough on their rough yard, > too, and he found features like the charging for I-phone to be frivolous. > But he seems fairly happy with the machine otherwise, especially since his > wife likes to use it.Personally, I like my E-15 GE tractor. I replaced the > controls with newer solid state parts but still spend a lot of time on > maintenance and repairs, mostly mower motor bearings, leaky tires, and other > things that aren't surprising on a machine approaching 50 years old. I can > mow a couple of acres of rough lawn and orchard on my 5 year old golf cart > batteries, and tow pretty good sized loads on trailers when I need to. > Jim, in Menomonie, WI > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210816/0f484caf/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
