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Old 05-20-2010, 10:59 PM   #106 (permalink)
bennelson
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Mowed the lawn tonight.

Did the whole thing, minus the road right-of-way to the east of my garage.

Did all that on one charge of the three batteries in the mower.

When I was done, I put the mower back in the garage and hooked up the chargers. That's when I realized I missed a spot in the front yard.

Instead of dragging the Elec-Trak out again, I grabbed the electric Lawn Boy and the 100' extension cord. The 100-footer will reach from my front door electric outlet out to the corner street sign to trim around that.

Sorry about the lack of photos or videos lately. I have shot some video, but have been too busy the last while to do much with it. (I don't even have my ride in the Tesla video up yet!)

The mower still needs more work. The deck isn't quite level. I need to add batteries to the front. An on-board 36V charger would be nice. Needs lots more rust clean-up and yellow paint.

The biggest rust problem is the back corner. I will need to do some serious welding to fix that up! Also, I wan't to install a reciever hitch for a 2" tow ball. Then I can use the tractor to move campers and trailers around!
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