Willie via EV wrote:
On 3/26/20 2:09 AM, Bill Woodcock via EV wrote:
I did not receive the post from "evln"; is that always Bruce?
On Mar 26, 2020, at 4:47 AM, evln via EV <[email protected]> wrote:
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.
I just did my shopping/comparison on these, and wound up ordering a
Husqvarna Automower 315. My second choice was a Worx WR140.
The Husqvarna hasn’t arrived yet, so I can’t yet tell you how well it
works, or doesn’t.
https://www.husqvarna.com/us/products/robotic-lawn-mowers/automower-315/967673005/
https://www.worx.com/landroid-m-20v-cordless-robotic-lawn-mower-wr140.html
I'm interested but don't think it will work for my situation. I look
forward to your reports. Perhaps you could make a blog post or
something detailing the situations the mower successfully and
unsuccessfully deals with? I'm especially interested in how it handles
heavy growth.
I am willing to devote about half an hour a day pushing a mower. Spring
growth has pushed that demand to an hour a day or longer. I have about
two acres that I attempt to keep mowed; it is never all mowed at one
time. I fear the effort to control and direct a robot would be beyond
it's value. Even if it has manageable control/direction requirements, I
fear there might not be enough time for it to make a dent in the task.
The Robomower I had did a decent job. It's less efficient than hand
mowing, as it covers the same spot many times in an effort to find the
ones it misses. My yard also has many trees, and it takes extra time
(for human or robot) to mow around them. But the robot has nothing
better to do do; it can mow all day if needed.
I didn't get the automatic docking/recharging station; so I had to
manually drive it out to the lawn, then back to the garage when it ran
down to recharge it. But that only took a few minutes, and it could be
"put out to pasture" every day.
It certainly saved time when it was working. But overall, I'm not sure
it saved any time or money when its high initial cost, expensive
repairs, short life, and the big time investment in the boundary wire
were taken into account.
Lee Hart
--
If you would not be forgotten
When your body's dead and rotten
Then write of great deeds worth the reading
Or do these great deeds, worth repeating
-- Ben Franklin, from Poor Richard's Almanac
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Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com
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