We have owned two MTD gas powered lawn mowers. One was a MTD push type. The other was a Troy Built riding mower. Troy Built used to have an excellent reputation, but the one that we bought was built after MTD bought Troy Built. The MTD brand was by far the worst mower that I have owned or had experience with. The "new" Troy Built did not last more than a couple of months so we took it back and got a refund. I think that MTD = made to die!
We have owned and used a gas powered Stihl chain saw for many years. It is EXCELLENT! Almost a year ago we bought a Stihl electric chain saw. It was not their most powerful electric chain saw as it seems to have been made for smaller jobs. That is what we bought if for. With almost a year of use we are extremely happy with the battery powered chain saw. With the Stihl name behind a mower I would expect a quality machine. We also have a Greenworks Pro 80 volt self propelled mower. The mower often loses traction on our rough/uneven yard, but other than that I really like it. BobK On Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 5:34 PM Mark Abramowitz via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > No experience with Stihl lawn mowers, but I have nothing but high praise > for the brand. > > After years of getting (mostly) Black and Decker hedge trimmers, I bought > a Stihl corded. It was expensive, but the Stihl made the B&D seem like a > toy. We call it “The Monster”, and it has been just incredible. They’ve > only recently gotten into consumer stuff, and have increased their electric > tool availability. > > We were going to get a Stihl weed whacker, but you need to wind it, like > a commercial one. That was a non-starter for my wife, > > - Mark > > Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > > > On Jun 24, 2020, at 11:15 AM, Denis Boutet via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, any one have experience with Stihl? > > > > Denis > > > >> Le 20-06-24 à 13 h 19, EVDL Administrator via EV a écrit : > >> I've owned a total of 4 E-mowers (not counting the Elec-traks) so far > since > >> 1994 - a B&D, two Yard Machines (MTD), and a Greenworks. > >> > >> The B&D lasted the longest, but I had to replace the motor and the > wheels. > >> Eventually the replacement motor died too, and since the plastic deck > was > >> starting to crack from age and hard use, I gave up on it. But at least > >> spare parts were mostly available, and usually at reasonable prices. > >> > >> The MTDs' motors both failed too. The official factory motors were > priced > >> over $300, more than the entire mowers cost, so the mowers were > essentially > >> disposable. > >> > >> Probably the Greenworks will prove to be disposable too. It's a cheap > and > >> cheerful Chinese mower. > >> > >> David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > >> > >> To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > >> offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > >> > >> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > >> First they came for the journalists. We don't know what happened > >> after that. > >> > >> -- Unknown > >> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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) > >> > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200624/a738989d/attachment.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200624/86ab2a59/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ 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)
