re: OT Opinion on Riding Lawn Mowers

The battery powered from Cub Cadet has a few issues.
It is a fun unit, for small residential lawn it ok, but has a few draw backs if bought from someone that keeps it outside for long periods.
Not a bad unit if and if you buy off the crate that just came in or from someone that stores inside.

1) Alot of service centers did not take the class to certify on the unit.
Some dealers and service centers did take the course and it not that hard to diagnose, but you need the computer.
Not hard to take apart to get to the battery or anything.
There is a process may take 10 minutes or less.
Hardest part is figuring out the code to see if it is the VCM, drive motor, spindle motor, or batteries.

2) Service center has to get the computer from their distributor on loan to diagnose the system. It can take up to a week to get the computer.

3) Problem they are not suppose to be stored outside for long periods.
they are water resistant not water proof.
They do have deutsch connections and so tight to be water resistant.
No room to put dielectric grease. I asked and the response was it would pop the
wires out of the connection as they are tight.

Guess what the genius at Home Depot do?
If someone has an orange vest and they try to sell you something that is not idiot
proof and needs assembling run.
They also did not charge them up as they were too busy drooling as usual as trying
to figure out how to screw them up like everything else they do.

4) They are not suppose to be pushed over a long span.
It send back a charge to the battery and hurts the BCM that protects the battery.

5) lose the charger as again it a person in an orange vest that does not care that probably threw it away. The moto should be that we can F*ck up anything, We can do it.

How it works.
- has lithium battery and 8 year warranty.

30" similar body as the traditional 30" gas units.
- Under the seat of 30" is 1 battery with BCM.
- has electric motor for drive and electric motor for the spindle no belts.
- VCM the computer which is where they key console is.
- Remember keep the charge hatch closed.
- running time 1.5 hours
- charges fairly fast.
- NOT A BAD UNIT FOR A SMALL YARD AND IF AGAIN IF NOT LEFT OUTSIDE FOR A LONG PERIOD AND THE BATTERY IS CHARGED. THINK ABOUT THIS IF YOU BUY FROM HOMEDEPOT.

42" rider electric similar or same frame as the XT1 enduro gas units.
- 2. batteries and claim it can cut up to or close to 2 acres.
- easier to me to get to.
- has BCM on the battery and connects to VCM on the key panel.
- Again 2 motors for the spindle and electric motor for the gear.
- Not a bad unit and should do up to an acre of 2 of a residential (residential lawn).
- Make sure the battery charger door is closed or the unit will not operate it is a safety feature on all of them.

I sold a few to people that did not want to deal with gas.
They really have not seen one come back from a dealer.
If you keep them charged and keep them out of the weather they are actually pretty good.