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Weird - and annoying! - that they do that. Maybe so they can advertise again that they've dropped prices $2000 to get the attention of would-be buyers that haven't been paying attention.

You may know of the newer 21700 form-factor Li-ion cell - slightly larger package size than 18650 for more manufacturing and price efficiency for more power-intense applications - I think I read that Tesla worked with the battery mfrs. for that. Probably most if not all (especially commercial...

It appears you are viewing me and GrumpyCat as one person.

Jeezo Pete! I was addressing *only* the cost of gas and the cost of electricity for cutting the same yard - again - because someone brought that up. Nowhere did I state or imply that I was, in that analysis, covering every aspect of ownership - TCO, even though I mentioned several of those...

👍 (I explained why I focused on the cost of electricity/fuel.)

?? I didn't ignore anything. I never said to look at electricity and gasoline cost and don't look at anything else. I focused on that because someone else had commented on that. You might want to re-read what I said. I mentioned cost of batteries more than once. I suggested (twice) that...

I'm still using the original 80-volt 6Ah battery on my Kobalt self propelled walk-behind that I bought 6 years ago. I bought 2 gray market ("open box") OEM batteries as spares from highly-rated sellers on ebay at half the price of buying new ones through Lowes. (Chinese-branded knock offs are...

We have a lot in common - I'm an electrical/electronics engineer, and I'm one of the guys on car enthusiast forums arguing against EV mandates and pointing out the unachievable grid demands and every other reason why we are nowhere near ready to transition. I wasn't arguing in terms of TCO...

I'm late to the thread. I have the Z30Li. I don't have the burn turn problem. It's supposedly programed to prevent one wheel from staying totally still while making a turn. It appears to work like that on mine. I just bought mine this spring. Is this a possible later software revision. If...

"$60 of diesel to mow 3.5 acres? 10 gallons? That doesn't sound right." I wondered about that too. He did say that was a 60" mower, and implied that the weight might drive the fuel usage up. Not sure if that's true or not. More weight would be more than offset by wider cut => more...

I bought the 30" Ryobi Z30Li this spring. Comes with two 80-volt 10Ah Li-ion suitcase batteries. They have 30", 42", and 54" models. (They also have steering wheel tractor equivalents in the same 3 deck sizes at same prices as the ZTs. As someone else mentioned, this spring they dropped the...

"Fact: Idle speed activation of electric PTO shreds belts. Manufacturer says 2/3rd to full throttle when activating." While idle-speed shredding is counterintuitive, I don't doubt it. Likely some resonant frequency dynamics (as you said - within milliseconds) going on, which will vary with...

Groundhog Day (there's a date and time stamp at the top of each post)

Good point about PTO vs. older manual type blade engagement. I believe PTO clutch has a little slippage while engaging. 👍

A side comment on engaging the blades at low engine speed: I had a 42" 16 (or 18?) hp 2009 Western Auto Wizard mower (I forget which of the 2 mower manufacturers of those days it was made by) - bought it used and used it for many, many years on a couple of rough acres. Anyway - I was having to...

FYI - You should avoid firing an ignition (whether lawnmower or automotive) without a path to ground either through the specified spark plug gap or direct short to ground. Here's why: The ignition coil can generate much higher voltage than it takes to fire the properly gapped spark plug. When...

(late to this thread) "Not sure what the new Electric Battery Powered units are doing." I bought a Ryobi electric 2nd gen. zero turn (model Z30Li) this spring (the 2nd gen Ryobi ZTR's have Lithium ion batteries instead of lead acid). It has no reverse safety feature - seamlessly allows...

"Sundays are my day to get my own things done. I only stopping now as I awaiting a couple of my gals to lay." Please post pics of gals!

Good post! HOWEVER ( 😬 ), you said: "Very few automobiles on the road have roller lifters. Have stiffer valve springs. Run faster than 3600 RPM." I believe you probably didn't say what you meant to say there - that you would agree that most passenger vehicles built in the last 2 or 3 decades...

I'm late to the thread. "Sundays are my day to get my own things done. I only stopping now as I awaiting a couple of my gals to lay." 🙀 Sounds like you're a busy man!

Do they also have an uncircumcised version? 😁 👍

My son in law is in a nightmare every mowing season keeping his lawn (approx. 3/4 acre urban lot) cut. The grass is way too thick - the neighbors tell him that the man who owned the house two owners before him was obsessive about overseeding - he was out there over-seeding all the time, and...

I purchased parts from Outdoor Distributors to repair my mower 10 days ago. I called them twice at the end of this last week to find out whether the order actually shipped or not - could not get a straight answer out of them, much less get a tracking number during either call, even though they...

I've got to go into my Dana (http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/small-engine-mower-repair/7524-need-advice-going-into-dana-transaxle.html) - never been into one before. I got good help on my other thread about that. I like to know anything I can before I turn the first wrench so I don't run into...

I messed up. This is on my Wizard/AYP (same as Crarftsman) 16 horse 42" deck AYP7167A39 mower - vintage 1993/94. I just bought new rear tires, and figured it would be easier to take the rear wheels off the axles and take them to Walmart or someplace to have the old tires removed and new ones...

I'm rebuilding (replacing *all* parts associated with) the front axle of this 1993 Wizard (Western Auto brand) AYP with all new parts - was able to find *everything* else on the internet, including the spindle for the *right* side and the axle itself even though they have also been discontinued...