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I studied several options for replacing/updating my mower deck and did not find one I was really satisfied with. My requirements for the deck were: readily available, ie. currently in production parts easily adapted motors to the deck reasonable cost, longer run time or larger deck for the same run time, and commercially available blades. As there was not really anything out there that fit all my needs, I found myself looking at the offerings of battery powered push mowers. At the time there was the Black and Decker one and the Neuton/ DR Power one. I thought the Black and Decker one looked light duty to me, and it had a fan on the lower side that looked fragile. So I ordered one from Neuton. The Neuton motor specs: Neuton CE6.4 motor: Size: 750watt, 36V, 50AMP and for those who like more numbers: RPM: 3800 tip speed 18,000 FT/min AMP idle: 5-6 AMP cutting: 10-12 Max torque(Stall) 2.28 ft/lbs Noise: under 80 decibels 19inch blade, actual 18.7" http://www.neutonpower.com/ The deck is a MTD 54 inch deck complete off E-bay. a set of motor mounts/adapters to the deck and a few bad attempts at pushing it in front and now I have a pull type, 54 inch, 3hp, mower that runs for the two hours I need it to without getting close to the low side of the battery pack. now if I offset my hitch and set another 42 inches underneath.... I would love to mow an eight foot path each time around! On 5/29/2014 7:37 PM, David Brandt wrote:
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