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Electric Tractor Mowing Performance Test

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Electric Tractor Comparison...being brutally honest...Comments Wanted!

What happens here

The presenter starts the Solectrac electric tractor for a real-world mowing test in a field with deep, dense grass, estimated to be about 5 feet tall in some sections. He sets the timer to track the mowing duration and continuously monitors the battery percentage. The mowing operation is conducted in low gear using the 540 economy PTO setting for efficiency in the challenging conditions. The tractor's quiet operation is highlighted as a significant advantage, though hearing protection is still recommended due to the noise of the mower implement itself. The video shows time-lapse footage and aerial views of the tractor effectively cutting the thick grass. Battery statistics are displayed at various intervals: after 30 minutes, the battery is at 92%; after 1 hour, it's at 80%; after 2.5 hours, it drops to 34%; and after 3 hours, it's at 22%, demonstrating consistent performance under heavy load.

Goal: The electric tractor is put to the test, mowing a dense, 5-foot-deep grass field for several hours while monitoring battery drain and providing a quiet, comfortable operational experience.

Tools and materials

  • Ear Protection
  • Smartphone
  • Solectrac 25G Electric Tractor Solectrac
  • Tar River Mower Tar River
  • Deep Grass Field N/A

What they say

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right here so does that tractor it has a cool top on it so does that tractor everything is pretty similar on these models except for the fact that this one runs off electricity very very simple guys so let's start up the Yanmar real quick and we'll let you guys hear this little tym this has a six year unlimited warranty okay foreign there we go contact a little pop of black smoke comes out one has to wonder if I walk away from this tractor it doesn't turn off automatically it just keeps on running it keeps on burning diesel this has a around a five to six gallon capacity and I can run it for about six or seven hours on a five to six gallon capacity this is not a tractor neither of these are tractor that you're going to be out mowing or running for 16 hours on a row crop Farm it's simply not that tractor it's not that machine this is a yard tractor this is a homestead tractor this is a chore tractor both of them are little chore tractors so that's what you got to think about when it comes down to this now dollars and cents wise clearly financially speaking this vehicle is much much less expensive than this vehicle will they ever catch up in other words will this value ever catch up with the value of the little tym I don't know the jury's out 80 000 hours versus four to ten thousand hours smaller diesel engines last a little bit less than larger diesel engines so it's something to really consider right here now I have the loader buckets off of both of these tractors because I was running the backhoe on this one and we're going to mow with this guy right here so let's get up in the operator station real quick and again we've got low medium high two-wheel drive four-wheel drive 540 PTO so 540e and 540 regular economy runs the PTO shaft a little bit faster at a lower RPM which is something that's pretty cool for mowing I will say this machine will not mow while backing up that machine will run the PTO while backing up this one the wheels need to be in motion in order for the PTO shaft to be turning now I don't know if that's something that's going to change with the select track tractor I have no idea selectrack sent this tractor out here for me to test and see if I could beat it up and see what it would do that's why we're here doing this so let's again turn this key on okay that's it it's running now we'll raise our lift just like so cool we're gonna mow with this tractor here in just a little bit so now when I get off of the tractor again it is running just…

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