(ET) Nineteen inch blades?

["David Roden" <etpost drmm net>]

This is a bit off topic, but not entirely so ...

Last season I whacked a big rock with my Yard Machines 19" plug-in e-mower 
and bent the motor shaft.  When I found out that a new motor cost over 
$300 
(WAY more than I'd paid for the entire mower), I decided to keep using it 
until it shook itself to bits.  

It finally did so this past weekend.  The blade bolt sheared off and the 
blade dig itself a couple of inches into the ground.   (Insert safety 
sermon 
here. ;-)

I'm wondering if I can mount one of my spare tall ET mower deck motors on 
it. I can figure out the contactor and power issues, but the Yard Machines 
blade has a big center hole, so it's not usable.  

Does anybody know where I might be able to find a 19" blade that would fit 
an ET mower motor?  And would the ET motor be able to sling it round 
without 
gasping for breath and overheating?

Or should I just haul the carcass of the Yard Machines mower to the metal 
recyclers and get something else?  I'm not too impressed with the current 
crop of electric push mowers, but maybe I've missed the decent ones.

I'd appreciate any suggestions.


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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