Autonomous Mowing - Autonomous 36, 48, or bigger machine - would this have a need / interest for folks, or no?

[kf4uda]

Funny this should come up. I have been looking into these lately. The higher end residential Husqvarna is around $5500. They are gps guided.

I told my Wife we could buy two of them for around the same cost of replacing our aging zero turn then sit on the porch and watch them mow when we get old. She first laughed but has since thought more of the idea.

 

[quicksandfarmer]

From the website: "Designed for large-area mowing, CEORA™ can cover up to 6 acres with a pro sports quality cut or up to 18 acres with a regular quality cut."
I would think "regular quality" is once a week? "Pro sports quality" to me is daily.

 

[LittleBill21]

Funny this should come up. I have been looking into these lately. The higher end residential Husqvarna is around $5500. They are gps guided.

I told my Wife we could buy two of them for around the same cost of replacing our aging zero turn then sit on the porch and watch them mow when we get old. She first laughed but has since thought more of the idea.

if you have any questions let me know, i got one for my 82 year old mother over a month ago, she wanted nothing to do with it initially, and now uses the word love.

 

[LittleBill21]

From the website: "Designed for large-area mowing, CEORA™ can cover up to 6 acres with a pro sports quality cut or up to 18 acres with a regular quality cut."
I would think "regular quality" is once a week? "Pro sports quality" to me is daily.

no, they are designed to generally cut 24/7

 

[quicksandfarmer]

already in use, i talk to a couple who use over 100 husky's

My mental image of a future landscaper is a guy who has a trailer with 100 robots. He pulls up, opens the trailer, 100 robots pile out, cut everything that needs cutting and pile back into the trailer. Then on to the next site.

 

[quicksandfarmer]

no, they are designed to generally cut 24/7

Right, but how often to they cut each blade of grass? Once a day? Once a week?

 

[LittleBill21]

My mental image of a future landscaper is a guy who has a trailer with 100 robots. He pulls up, opens the trailer, 100 robots pile out, cut everything that needs cutting and pile back into the trailer. Then on to the next site.

no, they all need to be mapped. just like the autosteer units on tractors.

 

[LittleBill21]

Right, but how often to they cut each blade of grass? Once a day? Once a week?

depends if it uses systematic cutting or random. prolly close to once a week in systematic.

 

[candersen10]

In this scenario, I'm imaging a robot docking to charge (

) then running a repetitive set of missions cutting in rows and areas. In our case, we can go in areas that include GPS, and areas that exclude it (i.e. in rows with canopies that block GPS). This type of system would likely cover 15-20 acres per system, so on my family farm, 10-15 of them would be enough for 200+ acres.

Have about 25,000 miles of running docking / charging, and running mowing style missions just without a mower. Now working on the mower addition part...

 

[Complete Turf Care]

Is the burro gas powered? It sounds like a small gas engine, but it looks like its battery powered.