[What yall think about electric yard equipment?]

6 hours ago, wingless said:

A cordless electric snowblower will likely run out of "gas" w/ a normal sized property, decreasing the expected utility.

 

A corded electric snowblower should have a heavy duty extension cord and properly wired 15A or preferably 20A GFCI receptacle. The operation will require attention to the cord to avoid injestion into the auger.

 

Electric motors are great, w/ lots of torque.

 

The intentionally elevated Biden / Harris / Obama fuel prices fold over into electricity (plus inflation on everything else) so I would expect operation costs to be a wash between the possible fuel sources. One thing I noticed is my new gasoline lawnmower gets MUCH better fuel economy than my recently retired 25 year old mower, so new versus old will have a fuel savings.

 

Or just move here to southern Florida and retire the thoughts of blowing snow.

Hello Wingless! 

I would hope that if the snowblower is charged to 100% it would last awhile. Of course that's going to depend on how much and dense snow that you're trying to remove. The electric zero turn was sharp and it was about 5Gs with a 42" deck. That's about $1500 more than my gravely zero turn with 50" deck I bought in 2009. BTW, Southern Florida sounds good especially since winter is not that far away! 

[What yall think about electric yard equipment?]

I was in a big box store yesterday shopping when I came across some electric equipment. More specifically I checked out an electric zero turn and snowblower.  Since its pretty close to the end of the mowing season I wouldn't be buying a zero turn. However, I was really looking at the electric snowblower. I do have a CC gas snowblower and it's works pretty well. I'm thinking about going electric due to the higher gas prices. In my part of Michigan, the prices of unleaded run about $3.30 as of yesterday. Anybody on here have any experience with any of these electric machines? Drop me a comment. Thanks!

  

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