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Originally Posted by thinkxingu
40 gallons a year for a push mower?! I use, like, 15 for a lawn tractor mowing 2/3 acre AND towing things like my trailer, wood splitter, etc.
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Woops, I think you're right. Let me recalculate that. Tank holds 1.6 qts. I use about 2 tanks a week = 3.2 qts x 4 = 12.8 qts/month x 5 months = 64 qts = 16 gallons x $5/gal =$80 a year x 5 years =
$400 for gas. If I were to buy a new mower for $350 + $400 for gas =
$750 for 5 years.
Versus $400 for an electric mower + 1 new battery at $250 =
$650 for 5 years. At the end of 5 years both machines might be finished. So the cost is similar. The electric mower will have many advantages
if it doesn't fail.
I was thinking that many new products are less reliable in the beginning. I guess we can't expect manufacturers to come up with a perfect product on the first try. Maybe we all need to play our part by going to battery-operated yard machines now despite their drawbacks.