Prepare Lawnmower for Runtime Test on Wet Grass

alright guys we got the perfect conditions to test out this more the yard hasn't been mowed in three weeks or so and it just got done sprinkling this morning so everything's gonna be wet which is perfect let's make it harder not easier for it so let's just get started so we had a nice little shower come through just moments before we shot this video it's definitely wet so this Makita more runs off from two separate sets of batteries that are tied together but run individually as one they call it Row one and Row two when you have the dial selector switch on one that's the bank of batteries that's operating the more if those go dead you switch it over to two pop rule one into the charger and now you're still running your mower but you're running on a second set of batteries now when you want to engage the blade it's got a big red button and a big red safety lever both of those have to be fully engaged to activate the blades then when you want to have the pow the mower self propel it's got a push bar on the back first test is run time let's see how far this baby will go now makitas mower does something that I've never seen done on a mower before it actually increases the torque as it senses more resistance is applied to the blades this is meant to conserve the power in the batteries if you listen you'll hear it shifting up and down as it goes from taller grass to shorter grass [Music] for the runtime test we're not just timing it but we're also gonna look at how much ground it will cover after this we're gonna start throwing everything we can edit to see what it takes to plug it up and stop it dead in its tracks [Music] all right she just died and see how long we're into it 29 minutes and I believe that's the first set of batteries let's check you