Whatever you feel like thread.

[5030]

Something I found interesting and that is, the replacement blades for my Kubota F series diesel mower are substantially less than the cost for my wife's CC zero turn mower. Why, I haven't a clue. As a rule, I don't sharpen them, just replace them every spring. I would be concerned about blade balance anyway. Guess I could drive a nail in one of the barn posts and use that to balance them???

 

[5030]

How big of an area are you mowing? What type of grass do you have?

I'm mowing bahia and bermuda grass, plus a variety of weeds. I'm mowing about two acres a week, but sometimes I don't have the time, and I might skip some areas.

I start off the year with last years blades because I'm mostly mowing weeds when Spring hits. Then I put a new set on in May that will last till July, then I'll finish off the year with those blades and use them for weeds in the Spring.

I buy two sets of blades every year.

3 blades, 61 inch cut, on a 26 HP Scag Wildcat zero turn.

The middle of the picture shows how much metal is worn away on an old blade by sitting on top of a brand new blade after a couple months of mowing.

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What mine look like. The 'kick up' gets eroded away. Must be the sandy soil here as I don't cut that low as a rule either.

 

[Grumpycat]

Something I found interesting and that is, the replacement blades for my Kubota F series diesel mower are substantially less than the cost for my wife's CC zero turn mower. Why, I haven't a clue. As a rule, I don't sharpen them, just replace them every spring. I would be concerned about blade balance anyway. Guess I could drive a nail in one of the barn posts and use that to balance them???

Look for aftermarket blades to fit the CC (Cub Cadet? Not Country Clipper?)

One obnoxious manufacturer uses an oddball flower shaped drive engagement between spindle and blade making aftermarket difficult to impossible.

 

[ArlyA]

New thread guys.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

How big of an area are you mowing? What type of grass do you have?

I'm mowing bahia and bermuda grass, plus a variety of weeds. I'm mowing about two acres a week, but sometimes I don't have the time, and I might skip some areas.

I start off the year with last years blades because I'm mostly mowing weeds when Spring hits. Then I put a new set on in May that will last till July, then I'll finish off the year with those blades and use them for weeds in the Spring.

I buy two sets of blades every year.

3 blades, 61 inch cut, on a 26 HP Scag Wildcat zero turn.

The middle of the picture shows how much metal is worn away on an old blade by sitting on top of a brand new blade after a couple months of mowing.

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I mow about 2.5 acres of lawn, tall fescue. From March to October. I just put a little edge on them every spring. Very little wear the past 6 years.

I've never seen a blade wear like yours. That's incredible. Yeah, a decade on mine easy.

 

[Fixastuff]

High lift blades cutting grass in our sandy soil wear out fast. Wears the edge and also the bend up that creates the lift. Most don’t last a year. Low lift or no lift last longer but leave stragglers.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Oh, we have no sand

 

[Grumpycat]

New thread guys.

Why? Now we are talking about blades? And waiting to hear if the EGo uses a unique blade mount to force one to purchase only EGo replacement blades?

 

[WinterDeere]

Issue for me is having a mower that can mow 2.5 acres in one go on battery. And what does that mower cost?

My cousin is mowing a 2.5 acre property with his Ego 52" zero turn, 5 years now. He reports no issue with his battery life, so far. He also uses the same batteries in his walk-behind snowblower and walk-behind mower.

Ok I see the EGO 52" states it will mow 4 acres on a single charge.

Probably when new. But I suspect those pushing it for the full 4-acre capacity will be the first to complain about battery degradation, as they have no margin for that.

Mower cost is $7k. That's impressive. I still don't want to trade my heavy duty 72" commercial Hustler for one though

Damn. 72" is friggin' huge for 2.5 acres!

I've run his mower, and I like it, mostly the lack of noise and heat. If I were buying a new mower in the future, I'd give them a hard look, but I don't love the thing enough to consider selling my 60" gasser today. What I have works well, and feels more robust and built to last longer, than the Ego.

 

[Grumpycat]

Probably when new. But I suspect those pushing it for the full 4-acre capacity will be the first to complain about battery degradation, as they have no margin for that.

Am guessing years ago when EGo claimed 2.5 acres the provided batteries were 7.5 Ah. Shipping 10 and 12 Ah today.

Believe EGo is using lithium-ion, not LiFePO4, so operation at the upper and lower limits wears faster. Not sure what limit EGo sets when charging as we don’t have an option to charge to less than full other than to manually time and pull the battery off charge.

 

[5030]

I might add that the Kubota F series diesel mower I have uses a 'normal' blade as in round mounting hole and Kubota uses a pair of Bellville washers to provide the clamping effort to the spindle with a specific torque value, in this case, 78 foot pounds. IMO, good engineering and a positive blade breakaway if you contact an object in the grass that could destroy a spindle or worse and the outboard spindles are running in grease and have Alemite fittings that are accessible without having to lift the deck at all as they are on the topside and there are cutouts provided in the top shield to easily access them. Only the center spindle runs in gear oil and has hypoid gearing.

Don't need no new thread either...lol

 

[5030]

Something I'm not slightly interested in is a battery powered zero turn as I mow acreage anyway so no battery operated riding mower could last the entire time without going dead.

 

[WinterDeere]

Something I'm not slightly interested in is a battery powered zero turn as I mow acreage anyway so no battery operated riding mower could last the entire time without going dead.

Is that a typo, or did you honestly come to a thread titled "ego zero steer mower review", just to tell everyone participating in it that you don't care about EV zero turn mowers?

I almost assume you must have misspoken, as that is a level of narcissism we don't often get to see, in regular life.

 

[Fixastuff]

Is that a typo, or did you honestly come to a thread titled "ego zero steer mower review", just to tell everyone participating in it that you don't care about EV zero turn mowers?

I almost assume you must have misspoken, as that is a level of narcissism we don't often get to see, in regular life.

Wait till tier 4 tractors get brought up. lol.

 

[5030]

Is that a typo, or did you honestly come to a thread titled "ego zero steer mower review", just to tell everyone participating in it that you don't care about EV zero turn mowers?

I almost assume you must have misspoken, as that is a level of narcissism we don't often get to see, in regular life.

If you say so.

 

[Grumpycat]

Is that a typo, or did you honestly come to a thread titled "ego zero steer mower review", just to tell everyone participating in it that you don't care about EV zero turn mowers?

I almost assume you must have misspoken, as that is a level of narcissism we don't often get to see, in regular life.

Lots of posters stop by to tell us how smart they are and dumb we are.

The Bad Boy electric looks promising but for the use of Greenworks components.

 

[WinterDeere]

Lots of posters stop by to tell us how smart they are and dumb we are.

I'm going to go join a vegetarian forum, just to tell them I hate Lima beans.

 

[Grumpycat]

I'm going to go join a vegetarian forum, just to tell them I hate Lima beans.

No no no!

Lima beans are not Saving The Earth or Good For Your Body!

Are you aware of the environmental harm of growing lima beans? The amount of water required? The hydrocarbon based fertilizer? Child labor picking lima beans?

No telling what hazardous materials lima beans absorb from the soil! All kinds of bacteria live in the soil!

Much better one live off 100% pure and processed Sugar Frosted Flakes!

 

[MossRoad]

How big of an area are you mowing? What type of grass do you have?

I'm mowing bahia and bermuda grass, plus a variety of weeds. I'm mowing about two acres a week, but sometimes I don't have the time, and I might skip some areas.

I start off the year with last years blades because I'm mostly mowing weeds when Spring hits. Then I put a new set on in May that will last till July, then I'll finish off the year with those blades and use them for weeds in the Spring.

I buy two sets of blades every year.

3 blades, 61 inch cut, on a 26 HP Scag Wildcat zero turn.

The middle of the picture shows how much metal is worn away on an old blade by sitting on top of a brand new blade after a couple months of mowing.

View attachment 975258

My blades are similar on every mower I've used on our place. All sand under the grass. It takes a toll.

 

[EddieWalker]

My blades are similar on every mower I've used on our place. All sand under the grass. It takes a toll.

Sand would make sense, but my place is all red clay, with the exception of some iron ore in a few areas. I believe it's the stalks on the Bahia that cause the wear, they are very woody, and abrasive.