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Most dont, sans a third party adapter that replaces the battery. It's also implying that a power outlet is readily available, which I imagine with a lot of land

Most dont, sans a third party adapter that replaces the battery. It's also implying that a power outlet is readily available, which I imagine with a lot of landscaping it isn't.

henearkr 6y ago
But in urban or suburban context a power outlet is never far away. We're speaking of people doing their lawns after all...
- NDizzle 6y ago
  You've never seen landscape crews making their rounds? New theft target when each one has to carry $8k worth of batteries in the truck/trailer to have enough juice to perform their normal task, which could have been performed by two 10 gallon jugs of gasoline.
  - henearkr 6y ago
    Most of the time electric lawn-mowers are just using the mains and are powered through a cable. These kind of models exist since a very long time, and I was not thinking of any battery model when I wrote my comment.
    - NDizzle 6y ago
      So the dozens/hundreds of crews are just going to plug in anywhere/everywhere they can? That's not feasible.
      - henearkr 6y ago
        They did just that when they were mowing the lawns near my house when I was a kid. They would come to the school, plug in (and unroll partly a big portable extension cord), mow the lawn, move to the upper lawn, plug at a different outlet over there, etc. If at least they do it everywhere it's possible, that would already be great. Most of the time when I am distressed by the pollution and sound of a blower/mower there is an electrical outlet handy.
- ganoushoreilly 6y ago
  Not necessarily, we're talking about lawn care / outdoor maintenance. A lot of the maintenance I see invovles medians, communal areas etc. None of them are powered and would require substantial distances to outlets. When there is an outlet you then have to deal with Whom owns the outlet and pays the bill. For a single family home, this is fine. For townhomes, larger lot, commercial properties, this isn't as clear.
- jascii 6y ago
  A friend of mine ran a small landscaping business through college. You'd be surprised how many property owners would not let landscapers in the house to plug in extension cords, use the restroom, etc.
throwaway0a5e 6y ago
Corded string trimmers and lawn mowers last forever but they never took off because wrangling cords sucks.
- bluGill 6y ago
  They also never took off because the power you can get from the wall just isn't quite enough. They work, but if you compare to an engine or battery they obviously are lacking. I pull out my cordless drill for the biggest holes I need to make because it has more power (for a minute until the battery goes dead...), though there isn't much room between not enough power from the wall and needing a drill press on a more powerful circuit anyway.
r00fus 6y ago
For houses, most usually do have access to an electric outlet. I have like 5 around my house on the exterior.
- lostlogin 6y ago
  This is the way. Having one installed outside changed so much for the better. The noise and dust that I tend to create is much better dealt with by having doors and windows closed.
tshaddox 6y ago
That seems odd. In the early 1990s where I grew up in the Midwestern United States corded electric weed eaters (that's what I grew up calling them) and lawn mowers were quite common.
- ganoushoreilly 6y ago
  They are out there but a lot of them have moved to batteries due to market demands and more so, building an ecosystem. All the major power tool vendors sell yard tools with their battery compatibility. I imagine you can get some things corded still. I use battery and corded all the time, but I have gas powered as well. In a small home (less than 1 acre) I can work around it, on the farm. It's almost all gas. Things like the blower, lawn mower, chainsaws, etc. had bad electric alternatives. We also don't and can't run, 1000 foot electrical cords all over the property. Corded will always be the better option though. With the drills on the farm, corded offer way more torque! Just make sure you've got isolated circuits for exterior and aren't loading them down or you're popping breakers with a couple of the electric tools plugged in.
imoverclocked 6y ago
Most vehicles produce power and many work trucks can be easily modified to produce more. Simply making a bank of batteries that recharges as you drive should suffice for anyone serious enough to need it.

Most dont, sans a third party adapter that replaces the battery. It's also implying that a power outlet is readily available, which I imagine with a lot of landscaping it isn't.

henearkr 6y ago

But in urban or suburban context a power outlet is never far away. We're speaking of people doing their lawns after all...

NDizzle 6y ago
You've never seen landscape crews making their rounds? New theft target when each one has to carry $8k worth of batteries in the truck/trailer to have enough juice to perform their normal task, which could have been performed by two 10 gallon jugs of gasoline.
- henearkr 6y ago
  Most of the time electric lawn-mowers are just using the mains and are powered through a cable. These kind of models exist since a very long time, and I was not thinking of any battery model when I wrote my comment.
  - NDizzle 6y ago
    So the dozens/hundreds of crews are just going to plug in anywhere/everywhere they can? That's not feasible.
    - henearkr 6y ago
      They did just that when they were mowing the lawns near my house when I was a kid. They would come to the school, plug in (and unroll partly a big portable extension cord), mow the lawn, move to the upper lawn, plug at a different outlet over there, etc. If at least they do it everywhere it's possible, that would already be great. Most of the time when I am distressed by the pollution and sound of a blower/mower there is an electrical outlet handy.
ganoushoreilly 6y ago
Not necessarily, we're talking about lawn care / outdoor maintenance. A lot of the maintenance I see invovles medians, communal areas etc. None of them are powered and would require substantial distances to outlets. When there is an outlet you then have to deal with Whom owns the outlet and pays the bill. For a single family home, this is fine. For townhomes, larger lot, commercial properties, this isn't as clear.
jascii 6y ago
A friend of mine ran a small landscaping business through college. You'd be surprised how many property owners would not let landscapers in the house to plug in extension cords, use the restroom, etc.

throwaway0a5e 6y ago

Corded string trimmers and lawn mowers last forever but they never took off because wrangling cords sucks.

bluGill 6y ago
They also never took off because the power you can get from the wall just isn't quite enough. They work, but if you compare to an engine or battery they obviously are lacking. I pull out my cordless drill for the biggest holes I need to make because it has more power (for a minute until the battery goes dead...), though there isn't much room between not enough power from the wall and needing a drill press on a more powerful circuit anyway.

r00fus 6y ago

For houses, most usually do have access to an electric outlet. I have like 5 around my house on the exterior.

lostlogin 6y ago
This is the way. Having one installed outside changed so much for the better. The noise and dust that I tend to create is much better dealt with by having doors and windows closed.

tshaddox 6y ago

That seems odd. In the early 1990s where I grew up in the Midwestern United States corded electric weed eaters (that's what I grew up calling them) and lawn mowers were quite common.

ganoushoreilly 6y ago
They are out there but a lot of them have moved to batteries due to market demands and more so, building an ecosystem. All the major power tool vendors sell yard tools with their battery compatibility. I imagine you can get some things corded still. I use battery and corded all the time, but I have gas powered as well. In a small home (less than 1 acre) I can work around it, on the farm. It's almost all gas. Things like the blower, lawn mower, chainsaws, etc. had bad electric alternatives. We also don't and can't run, 1000 foot electrical cords all over the property. Corded will always be the better option though. With the drills on the farm, corded offer way more torque! Just make sure you've got isolated circuits for exterior and aren't loading them down or you're popping breakers with a couple of the electric tools plugged in.

imoverclocked 6y ago

Most vehicles produce power and many work trucks can be easily modified to produce more. Simply making a bank of batteries that recharges as you drive should suffice for anyone serious enough to need it.