I have really sandy soil, is there a solution for that? Every time my mower (George) turns he can sink the back tires into the sand. I'm in FL and my lawn is super thin. Any advice would be greatly appreciated
the only fix for sand is to increase the surface area of the wheels. You can bolt an extra set of rear wheels to the existing rear wheels and this has worked for us before. Then add about 2-3kg of weight on the back of the robot so there is much less weight on the front wheel so it doesnt bog down in the sand as much.
Hi Cesar, sorry I can only comment on the models we have here in Australia. I believe the Australian and North American models have the same rear wheel diameter, but the European models have smaller rear wheels. It I don’t know what the sizes are. Companies like MIBROBO will be able to help if they are available where you live.
Didn't work for me. I'm getting more "outside wire" errors than I did before. Pretty disappointed, but I have sandy loamy soil. I'm thinking that might be the problem, but I'm not sure
Hi nick, for sandy soils the wheel spike will not help much unless you have a very healthy running grass on it. You may look at putting dual wheels on the back. If you want send us a video of how the robot is not performing well and we can advise a solution to help.
My Landroid (Mowie) has to drive across the concrete sidewalk to mow the grass in the tree lawn. He does fine now but will the spikes cause a problem on that surface? Also Mowie mows between the vines in my vineyard which he sees with the ACS system. But occasionally a wheel will come into contact with a vine. Will the spikes injure trees or vines they occasionally come into contact with? Could they be mounted to the insides of the wheels to prevent this?
Hi Fred, it is not recommended to run metal spikes on concrete surfaces. These spikes do not fit on the inside of the Australian wheels as they will hit the inner casing of the robot. The rear wheels on the Australian models are larger than the European models, this is why you might see the spikes on inside of the rear wheels on European models.
Looks good. If they were anodized or powder coated black they would blend in better but, of course, they would show wear more.
Thanks David, we have considered this and probably will in the future.
No spiks on the inside off the wheel?
Hi Jacob, no the spikes do not fit on the inside of the Australian models because our rear wheels are larger in diameter than the European models.
I have really sandy soil, is there a solution for that? Every time my mower (George) turns he can sink the back tires into the sand. I'm in FL and my lawn is super thin. Any advice would be greatly appreciated
the only fix for sand is to increase the surface area of the wheels. You can bolt an extra set of rear wheels to the existing rear wheels and this has worked for us before. Then add about 2-3kg of weight on the back of the robot so there is much less weight on the front wheel so it doesnt bog down in the sand as much.
@robotlawnmowersaustralia7913 thank you!!! I will get to work on that immediately!
Thanks for the instructions
no worries
Any recomedation for a Landroid WR147 Spikes size?
Hi Cesar, sorry I can only comment on the models we have here in Australia. I believe the Australian and North American models have the same rear wheel diameter, but the European models have smaller rear wheels. It I don’t know what the sizes are. Companies like MIBROBO will be able to help if they are available where you live.
Didn't work for me. I'm getting more "outside wire" errors than I did before. Pretty disappointed, but I have sandy loamy soil. I'm thinking that might be the problem, but I'm not sure
Hi nick, for sandy soils the wheel spike will not help much unless you have a very healthy running grass on it. You may look at putting dual wheels on the back. If you want send us a video of how the robot is not performing well and we can advise a solution to help.
Excellent.
thanks
My Landroid (Mowie) has to drive across the concrete sidewalk to mow the grass in the tree lawn. He does fine now but will the spikes cause a problem on that surface? Also Mowie mows between the vines in my vineyard which he sees with the ACS system. But occasionally a wheel will come into contact with a vine. Will the spikes injure trees or vines they occasionally come into contact with? Could they be mounted to the insides of the wheels to prevent this?
Hi Fred, it is not recommended to run metal spikes on concrete surfaces. These spikes do not fit on the inside of the Australian wheels as they will hit the inner casing of the robot. The rear wheels on the Australian models are larger than the European models, this is why you might see the spikes on inside of the rear wheels on European models.