Mike Andes and a co-host examine whether eco-friendly lawn care can make money. Electric mowers charge in four hours, a six-battery setup costs $6,500, and commercial zero-turn mowers run $20,000 to $30,000 before batteries and charging infrastructure. Residential equipment breaks under commercial use.
Questions this video answers
About four hours for a full charge.
$6,500 (out the door).
$20,000–$30,000 minimum (plus batteries and charging).
What this cost is?
Thousand dollars, four grand on sale. I've only bought them on sale because they are literally like close to a hundred pounds.
So how long would it take for this to charge? The smaller.
About four hours for a full charge. Just like these aren't designed for the wear and tear, we're putting them through this. This thing already has some kind of electrical thing that's causing it, the left wheel, not to spin. So we have one working. We have one working 42 that comes with six batteries, and it's out the door for 6,500.
Oh, really?
Yep. That's not bad. It does not the batteries. It does not get you through a full day of service with even eight lawns. So then what happens?
The thing is, he's running up against right now with his mowers is he can't use residential equipment anymore because it's starting to break.
So he's gonna have to.
Buy commercial electric equipment. Commercial zero turns that are electric are 20 to $30,000 minimum, plus all the batteries, plus all the charging. Like, it's. It's not cheap. This is the first electric truck.
This is the first and only electric electric truck. I said if you can kill two birds with one stone for 70 grand, that's a little different than just having a mode of transportation because it's got the 120 volt outlets out the back. This season will really tell whether it's really necessary or if it's just to walk the walk and, you know, to show off for the customers that we really do want to be fully electric to the extent possible.
