Post #1901969
2026-05-03 02:44 UTC
What I failed to think about (and didn't run across anyone mentioning), is that doesn't matter in the slightest because if one of the two wheels slips a bit, like, say, when on a slope, you suddenly cannot turn.
You need both drive wheels to turn. The front wheels are just coasters. The only way to turn is to have BOTH wheels firmly on the ground.
Imagine the terror of a momentary lapse about which handle to pull to turn while on a slope and gravity pulling you down and it won't steer anymore.
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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social 2026-05-03 02:46
So not only is the handling on a slope somewhat terrifying to a zero-turn n00b, it also absolutely murders battery life. Which brings me to the third point. My yard is 1 acre. It has a whole house on it. There's an old trampoline. An area we ignore that we call the "prairie." What I'm getting at is, it's nowhere near an acre of grass. I stopped for lunch and the battery was already down to something like 30% left. I wasn't even half done.