Re: (ET) B & D

[engrdude <engrdude yahoo com>]

Heya,

I've got both the B&D and the Ryobi. The B&D I got for
$5 at a thrift store and put $150 into for a battery
and charger ( from the Dewalt service center ).  The
Ryobi was $25 at an estate sale.  Battery seems good. 
I had to spend $15 for the breaker/key and $5 for a
handle spinner nut.

Both work fine around the yard.  The B&D has more
power, but the Ryobi is much quieter. Last season was
the first one with the B&D and without the smoking
2-cycle Lawnboy. It was great not have to shower off
the smell after mowing the lawn.

For working on them in the future, the Ryobi looks
much more service-friendly.  The battery looks fairly
standard size.

Just wondering how many season's you've gotten out of
the Ryobi? I like the on-board charger vs. the B&D
with the special connector. Hope you got as good a
deal on the B&D as I did.

Oh, and if you are wondering what I'm doing on the
Elec Trak list, I grew up with one. It's still waiting
to be restored.

Matt 

35, Minneapolis

--- neil <wombat dssinternet net> wrote:
> Just bought a Black & Decker pushmobile (cordless of
> course) at a garage 
> sale yesterday, even seems to work but haven't run
> it very long yet so 
> don't know state of batts.  Hopefully will work for
> trimming around the 
> bushes.  (;-')
> 
> I do have a Ryobi cordless, completely useless batt,
> wonder if there is 
> any source for an "elcheapo" that sould fit  ? 
> Either that or sell it 
> if anyone is interested.
> 
> wombat - Gonna be junking a couple prettyratty large
> frame et's,  will 
> have some slavage parts if anyopne is interested.
> 
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