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Typical Lawn. The “typical” suburban lawn is 1/3 to 2 acres. You may adjust these numbers for your own particular lawn. I’m going to list the assumptions I made about your yard up front. Check this article out: 5+ Ultimate Electric Riding Mower Battery Care Tips How I Made Up Those Numbers.

Want to know more about getting the best possible life out of your Ryobi RM480e’s batteries. If you do the maintenance yourself the Ryobi RM480E is the clear winner even if you don’t maintain the batteries and they only last 3 years. If you have a repair shop do all the preventative maintenance the costs are about the same.

Using your local dealer repair shop to replace blades every year and replacing the batteries every 3 years.

Using your local dealer repair shop to replace blades every year and replacing the batteries every 5 years.

$237 per year – Worst Case Performing your own maintenance including replacing batteries every 3 years.

$152 per year – Average Case. Performing your own maintenance including replacing batteries every 5 years.

$115 per year – Best Case. Performing your own maintenance, maintaining your batteries correctly, replacing batteries yourself every 7 years.

What is the actual cost of ownership per year for the Ryobi RM480E?

Using your local dealer repair shop figuring in typical life on the deck and drive belts.

Using your local dealer repair shop not figuring in the deck and drive belts.

$309 per year – Worst Case Performing your own maintenance including replacing belts as part of normal maintenance.

$229 per year – Average Case. Performing your own maintenance.

What is the actual cost of ownership per year for a typical 42-46 inch lawn tractor. Your cost or manufacturer’s published cost may be different. Disclaimer: These are my own calculations based on average costs I am aware of from my own experience. I’m going to list the final numbers first and then if you are interested you may review the detail of how I came up with the numbers.

RYOBI RIDING LAWN MOWERS PRO

Craftsman Pro Series 42″ 20 HP V-Twin at Sears.Battery Electric Riding Lawn Mower at The Home Depot Some are much more expensive and there are cheaper gas-powered lawn tractors available but these are the most popular models sold on my site last year. There is only one electric rider but well over 100 lawn tractors that fit into this general category. With the Ryobi RM480E you pay for everything except the mower blades up front for at least 3-5 years. In other words, when you buy a lawn tractor you pay an amount for the tractor and then over its lifetime you have to pay for gas, oil, filters, tune-ups, belts, mower blades, etc. The Ryobi RM480E costs more initially but it actually includes 3-5 years of normal operating costs in that price. Most of us today spend around $1899 for the equivalent gas-powered model. This mower is designed to replace the typical 42-46 inch lawn tractor.

Don’t know me? Check out this About Page or my YouTube Channel #mycountryacre #todaysmower #movingsnow So let’s detail the purchase a new gas riding lawn mower, the Ryobi RM480E electric riding mower and then figure the cost of using each one for 5 years. But even so we’d like to feel good about that purchase. Many of us now want to dump the gas-powered riding mower for something quieter, easier to maintain and more environmentally friendly. Let’s see if we can justify the cost of the Ryobi RM480E battery operated riding mower.