2012 - Volume #36, Issue #2, Page #40
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"Acre Per Charge" Electric Mower
“Some people like it for its low noise level (74 dB), about that of a loud conversation,” says Joe Conrad, Mean Green Products, LLC. “Others like it for the lack of exhaust. Still others like it for the low cost of operation, about $2 in electricity versus $20 in gasoline.”
Maintenance is at an absolute minimum with the Mean Green mower. There are no belts, pulleys, plugs, points or oil to worry about. There are very few moving parts, only a couple of electric motors and a few bearings.
The heavy-duty mower weighs in at 390 lbs., and is 69 in. long, 38 in. high and 35 in. wide with the discharge chute up. Each blade is driven by its own motor and controller with up to 10 hp available to drive each blade.
The mower uses commercial-grade wet-cell, lead acid batteries that are more durable, have heavier plates and hold their charge longer than typical deep cycle batteries.
When under power, fingertip, variable speed control lets the operator go from barely moving to 5 mph in forward and 2 1/2 mph in reverse. The residential mower is priced at $2,795.
Mean Green Products makes a commercial walk-behind that’s slightly heavier and includes a slide-out battery exchange pack.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Mean Green Products, LLC, P.O. Box 317, Okeana, Ohio 45053 (ph 513 200-7561; joe@meangreenproducts.com; www.meangreenproducts.com).
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