Grumpy Old Man
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@nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
But then cabbies are often piston wristed gibbons too.
My old man is a cabby. Can confirm.
He's not based in Sydney was he? This twat that dropped me a km away was an Arab dude ... probably a bit young to be your old man though.
Oh sure you racist fuck, cos all lebos live in Sydney eh?
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nepia free always better, but even so - I'm near Wynyard and had a meeting in Surry Hills yesterday. $2.25 each each way, and a far more more pleasant experience. Would have cost $15 each way easily to share a cab with @Bones Dad.
He's an executive cabbie, not sure you're the kind of character on his client list
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@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nepia free always better, but even so - I'm near Wynyard and had a meeting in Surry Hills yesterday. $2.25 each each way, and a far more more pleasant experience. Would have cost $15 each way easily to share a cab with @Bones Dad.
He's an executive cabbie, not sure you're the kind of character on his client list
You know full well that I'm not
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I posted somewhere on this forum about looking at mower options with my ride-on shitting itself.
Anyway, after some testing (with other battery mowers) and research, I ended up going for Makita battery powered mower, 530mm steel deck, $1,600 worth, is a big piece of kit!
Thier write up says suitable for lawns upto 2,000sqm, my mowable area is about 1,500+/-, it came with 2 batteries, and I got another 2 by redemption (uses 2 at a time while mowing)
Consumer Magazine had it as the top rated battery mower.
Anywhoo, very first mow, batteries lasted 15 minutes! Charged up (50 mins later) 13min mow!!
Went back to the shop, said I think the batteries are faulty! They gave me another set, I did one 'mow' where I had it up on a high level and the mower barely cut any grass, 25 mins!
Got my 2nd set after about 10 days, long story short, I was getting on average 16 mins per set of batteries over a period of a month (mowed every week) so with 4 batteries, I could mow for 32 mins, then, wait almost 2 hours for both sets to charge before I could get onto mowing again...based on the times, I needed 4 sets of batteries to do my entire lawn without stopping (well I'd still stop to change batteries, but otherwise)
Makita were involved at the start, but they soon dropped out and werent responsive.
After submitting 'detailed report' of sorts about the battery use from a month or so to the shop citing it was not fit for purpose, I got a full refund (circa 6 weeks after purchase)
Frustrating part is, I really wanted a battery one to work, and had it only been $500 or so, I would have accepted it...the mower itself is great, easy to use with good features, but the batteries simply are not upto it!
So now its back to looking at bloody petrol options!
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@taniwharugby that's disappointing as I've invested heavily in Makita's 18V line up and seriously considered a battery powered mower. I wonder if they should revamp them to their 40V architecture?
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@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nepia free always better, but even so - I'm near Wynyard and had a meeting in Surry Hills yesterday. $2.25 each each way, and a far more more pleasant experience. Would have cost $15 each way easily to share a cab with @Bones Dad.
He's an executive cabbie, not sure you're the kind of character on his client list
I never knew Ewen Chatfield was Lebanese
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@antipodean one thing I did notice is most of the other mowers had 6aH batteries, while the Makitas were 5ah (I believe that means 5 amps per hour combined with the 2 x 18v batteries)
I have used the eGo one as well, its single battery was pretty good, but apparently they arent designed to be used to 'flat' which will massively affect thier life span.
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@mn5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nepia free always better, but even so - I'm near Wynyard and had a meeting in Surry Hills yesterday. $2.25 each each way, and a far more more pleasant experience. Would have cost $15 each way easily to share a cab with @Bones Dad.
He's an executive cabbie, not sure you're the kind of character on his client list
I never knew Ewen Chatfield was Lebanese
Chatters is one of his mates
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@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@mn5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nepia free always better, but even so - I'm near Wynyard and had a meeting in Surry Hills yesterday. $2.25 each each way, and a far more more pleasant experience. Would have cost $15 each way easily to share a cab with @Bones Dad.
He's an executive cabbie, not sure you're the kind of character on his client list
I never knew Ewen Chatfield was Lebanese
Chatters is one of his mates
This conversation sounds extremely familiar……not sure if it was on here or via PM.
Anyway. Best regards to the Naenae express, absolutely loved his work back in the day. What a team man !
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean one thing I did notice is most of the other mowers had 6aH batteries, while the Makitas were 5ah (I believe that means 5 amps per hour combined with the 2 x 18v batteries)
I have used the eGo one as well, its single battery was pretty good, but apparently they arent designed to be used to 'flat' which will massively affect thier life span.
It’s a maximum capacity of 5 amps drawn per hour. So if your tool draws 5 amps the battery
will last 1 hour.
If your tool is drawing 2.5 amps it will last 2 hours and if it draws 10 amps half an hour.
For most tool systems you can buy batteries at different capacities if you want. Eg I just replaced the battery on our Dyson vacuum with a larger capacity than the one it came with and now it gets all the way around the house. -
@taniwharugby I picked up this mower for about $400 odd on special a while back - https://www.tradetested.co.nz/p/gardening/outdoor-power-garden/lawnmowers/electric/greenworks-lawnmower-g-max-40v-460mm-brushless-4-0ah-kit-5423
It also came with a trimmer (a deal they were doing) that takes the same batteries. I've found it awesome, I get about 40 minutes worth per battery, and I have 2 so that is easily enough to get the lawns and trimming done. I have noticed if the grass is really long/thick the battery life drops to around 25 - 30 minutes but still good enough. Have had it about 8 months now.
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@crucial said in Grumpy Old Man:
@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean one thing I did notice is most of the other mowers had 6aH batteries, while the Makitas were 5ah (I believe that means 5 amps per hour combined with the 2 x 18v batteries)
I have used the eGo one as well, its single battery was pretty good, but apparently they arent designed to be used to 'flat' which will massively affect thier life span.
It’s a maximum capacity of 5 amps drawn per hour. So if your tool draws 5 amps the battery
will last 1 hour.
If your tool is drawing 2.5 amps it will last 2 hours and if it draws 10 amps half an hour.
For most tool systems you can buy batteries at different capacities if you want. Eg I just replaced the battery on our Dyson vacuum with a larger capacity than the one it came with and now it gets all the way around the house.Yeah we've gone Ryobi and sounds like even our 2.5 is lasting longer. When I watch Bonesetta do the mowing and strimming it lasts about 45 minutes probably.
No comment on sqm coverage.
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Have Greenworks stuff for a few years and can vouch that it's been really good. Haven't bought the mower as we have a few hilly bits so need a self-propelled one and have a Honda Izy 16.
Worked brilliantly until I fired it up the next spring and found the carb had gummed up - even though I'd turned off the petrol. Turns out you need to drain the carb before putting it away for winter. WTF?
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@no-quarter I had gone with the self propelled, but with my bush data analysis it made zero difference if I pushed it or used the self propulsion.
Makita were supposed to take it back to check the mower wasn't faulty but they kinda dropped the ball and left the retailer to deal with it, and he clearly got fed up of me sending all my 'data' in asking when Makita were gonna sort it.
I did look at the bigger one of the greenworks one (looking at the 21 inch or 530mm ones) but went with Makita; eGo, AEG and Ryobi were the others I looked at...I would rather a battery one, but I'm not feeling confident in them now
For now, I'm just pushing around the 18 inch Victa, takes me about an hour or so if I do it properly (edges, around trees) which I can deal with for now...
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@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crucial said in Grumpy Old Man:
@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean one thing I did notice is most of the other mowers had 6aH batteries, while the Makitas were 5ah (I believe that means 5 amps per hour combined with the 2 x 18v batteries)
I have used the eGo one as well, its single battery was pretty good, but apparently they arent designed to be used to 'flat' which will massively affect thier life span.
It’s a maximum capacity of 5 amps drawn per hour. So if your tool draws 5 amps the battery
will last 1 hour.
If your tool is drawing 2.5 amps it will last 2 hours and if it draws 10 amps half an hour.
For most tool systems you can buy batteries at different capacities if you want. Eg I just replaced the battery on our Dyson vacuum with a larger capacity than the one it came with and now it gets all the way around the house.Yeah we've gone Ryobi and sounds like even our 2.5 is lasting longer. When I watch Bonesetta do the mowing and strimming it lasts about 45 minutes probably.
No comment on sqm coverage.
Upvote for Bonesetta doing the edges
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@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crucial said in Grumpy Old Man:
@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean one thing I did notice is most of the other mowers had 6aH batteries, while the Makitas were 5ah (I believe that means 5 amps per hour combined with the 2 x 18v batteries)
I have used the eGo one as well, its single battery was pretty good, but apparently they arent designed to be used to 'flat' which will massively affect thier life span.
It’s a maximum capacity of 5 amps drawn per hour. So if your tool draws 5 amps the battery
will last 1 hour.
If your tool is drawing 2.5 amps it will last 2 hours and if it draws 10 amps half an hour.
For most tool systems you can buy batteries at different capacities if you want. Eg I just replaced the battery on our Dyson vacuum with a larger capacity than the one it came with and now it gets all the way around the house.Yeah we've gone Ryobi and sounds like even our 2.5 is lasting longer. When I watch Bonesetta do the mowing and strimming it lasts about 45 minutes probably.
No comment on sqm coverage.
Upvote for Bonesetta doing the edges
the drill doesn't last nearly as long tho
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@taniwharugby I have had a 36v ryobi for about 4 years and get about 40 minutes still, i now have a second battery for the edger, trimmer and blower lol
Don't cut wet grass or let it get too long and the battery seem to go ok, any variant on that and battery performance drops though
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@bayimports I honestly think the mower was faulty, the mower power indicators dropped at different levels,but Makita told me I was using it on too lower level, it was wet etc...which is why i started recording times, height, battery level indicators, took photos of the mows, numbered the batteries to mix up in different ports etc...but they didn't buy it, confident in thier product...
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I live in rural Victoria and once the fire ban is lifted all the farmers set fire to their fields to burn the stalks etc before the next crop. The smoke and smog from these fires is fucken terrible and the smell comes through the house and the sky is a haze with smoke.
I am very curious why this practice is still allowed; does it not contribute much to emissions? or is it too hard and expensive for the farmers to do it any other way. Do they pay some sort of carbon tax or fee to burn like this? Either way as a local resident its bloody annoying.
