(ET) John Deere 90

[Neil Dennis <wombatt gmail com>]

They made at least two, the 90 and 95, I have 2 90's, been mowing with 
the same on for about 20 /25 years now.

They basically are the midmount gas mower chassis converted to battery 
with a drive motor mounted on a "swing' mount (to use the belt as a 
clutch) and 2 seperate mower motors giving a 32 inch cut with side 
discharge.

I'm probably opinionated but i like the machine, does a good job, with 
new batts will do at least an acre, i usually get 3 to 4 years from a 
batt set using "marine" deep cycle.

Very simple control circuit, a key switch to start the drive motor, then 
a momentary contact lever to start the mowers which can't be started or 
run if the drive motor is off.  Control is by a couple of "can' solenoids.

Ask him if the charger works, it is a special unit that does the full 
charge and then is timer controlled to 'burp" the batts once a day after 
that.  My timers died a while ago and I've been using an outboard 
charger.  haven't really tried to get a new timer for the onboard charger.

any questions ?  wombat