Toro Electric Conversion - complete
 

This is a video "Walk Around" and a demo ride of my completed Toro Lawn Tractor conversion. (Now I just need to solve some vibrating body panels to quiet it down) Thanks to a bunch of folks on this site that helped with a ton of questions I had....



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boLT...ature=youtu.be

Nice! Your quality of work cannot be surpassed.
If you do a write up, I hope you'll include a parts list, parts access list, and maybe an electric schematic.

I'll be very interested in seeing your attachment and control arrangements for the front mower.

Thanks for sharing your "fun project" with us.

Great walk around. What size motor do you think the deck will require?

I will be penning a complete HowTo article on my web site later today. I'll include all info... www.rvbprecision.com


I'm not sure on the mower deck motors. More research is needed but I'm hoping two, 24v or 36v / 1500-2000 watt motors will spin two 19" blades. We shall see

The only drawback I see thus far in the plan is where will extra batteries go for deck? If on the deck itself, the weight of the deck with motors, batteries, and deck itself will get pretty heavy. Gauge wheels may dig into ground. Perhaps battery box on rear of tractor? Anyway.. cool project.

At this point I'm looking to repurpose cordless lawnmower battery/motor/blades. These are extremely lightweight and shouldn't be an issue supporting them.

Otherwise, the entire deck will roll on four large, inflatable casters. The batteries for the deck will be LiFo which weigh about 1/3 of lead batteries.

AH!!! That seems like a good solution. A tilting electric lift might go a long way for parking purposes etc.

I have a very heavy duty electric linear drive to lift the deck

https://images14.fotki.com/v1315/pho...5905808-vi.jpg

This came with the CC782 I picked up and refurbished last month.

http://rvbprecision.com/machine-tool...-electric.html

Here is the article I wrote on the electric conversion

Love the article, thanks for writing and sharing.
But you can't get away with no criticism at all, and that is....
these old eyes would appreciate larger, and especially, darker font for more pleasant reading.