Worx Landroid installation

[@grandtrunk49]

St. Augustine grass does provide a better base for installation using stakes. Wire is completely covered within a couple weeks. The edger method looks good in certain installation situations. I would not hesitate to use this method if necessary. Good video demo.

[@Ralybuch]

Thanks Tom for publishing. I purchased a robotic mower and it is due this Saturday. You gave me some good hints (eg stakes and edger). I am excited as well as broke. Thanks again for sharing!

[@trbizwiz1]

Ralybuch glad it was helpful. I actually upgraded to a Robomow a month ago. But I was able to reuse a lot of the Worx perimeter wire.

[@fireball5255]

Tom Huggins is there any reason why you upgraded? I have similar lawn as yours and was thinking about the WORX as well as the Robomow.

[@trbizwiz1]

Daniel B I wanted something with remote control capabilities and a lower cut. I’m transitioning over to a hybrid Bermuda/zoysia lawn and need a 1 inch cut. Worx won’t go they low.

[@fireball5255]

Tom Huggins thanks, I am looking at the Robomower as well but keep hearing issues about them breaking. Any issues with yours? Would you recommend the worx other then just not having the remote?

[@trbizwiz1]

Daniel B I’ve had a few small issues since upgrading to the Robomow. But all were related to the boundary wire. I tried to splice in new wire from the Robomow to the old wire from the Worx. Robomow is 22 inches wide, Worx is only about 12 inches wide. So the wire was too close to the house. The problem with splicing in wire is two fold. The Worx wire is multi strand wire and the Robomow wire is heavy duty solid copper. The two do not fuse well together. Additionally, multiple joints in the wire is just begging for problems. 99% of lost signal issues are related to a failed or leaking joint in the wire. The fewer joints, the fewer potential failures. I recently redid all the boundary, with the Robomow wire. I have 1 joint, in an easy to find corner, with low traffic. Stepping on two joined wires can create a failure as well. Now if I have a lost signal, I just need to walk the perimeter looking for damage, likely caused from a landscapers riding mower, from the HOA property, or the neighbors. If there is no damage, then my union of two wires in that corner need to be repaired. I did a twist of the wires, followed by a solder, followed by two layers of heat shrink water proof wrap. So I should be good. Another suggestion is to build the mower a dog house, to keep it out of the elements. I would also suggest buying from either Ebay or Amazon, as both offer an extended 3 year warranty for $79. I think it’s money well spent. Lastly, the quality I’d cut is significantly better from Robomow, and it has a cutting range of 3/4 inch ( for Bermuda grass) up to 3.5 inches. The only grass that would benefit from taller than 3.5 inches is st Augustine, but 3.5 is ok even for that. I’m thinking about doing another video with the Robomow. I’ve already installed it though. It’s much easier to install. You can literally stake the wire on top of the ground, because it’s so much stronger, and the stakes are significantly better.

[@rayngrace]

KZbin Suggested your video and was hoping you can do a follow up on how the wires and Landroid have been ever since. I'm using stakes, but, use your bury-technique since my neighbors have a Lawn Service that comes weekly and might hit my wires. I just might add more stakes to better secure the wires down so it doesn't get tangled or cut. Thanks

[@trbizwiz1]

Burying the wires does seem to protect them better. With two caveats. If two wires are not joined in a way that is water tight, you can loses signal, especially when it rains. Buried cable proved to be difficult to track down breaches as well. The second caveat was that even hurried, our HOW grounds crew that was mowing the common area, cut into my line and covered it back up. It was a nightmare to figure out. I ended upgrading to a Robomow after about 18 months. It was a much better mower, though it did have its own reliability issues. It’s wire and stakes were significantly better quality than works. I might actually suggest keeping the world mower, but order the Robomow wire and stakes. This wire is heavy single strand, and the stakes are sufficient to hold the wire down, with no burying. It can also stand up to string trimmers. I moved to a new neighborhood, with lawn care included, so I have mo robot mowers, currently.

[@rayngrace]

@@trbizwiz1 much appreciated the input. Have a Great Day

[@johnjohnson7128]

to much work putting that wire down

[@trbizwiz1]

John Johnson ,it was quite a bit of work. But, I live in south FL, and mowing every 5 days is a lot of work too. So I decided I would have one day of hard work rather than a lifetime. I also like how the lawn always looks mowed. I am only left with a little weed eating. I did talk to tech support at work last fall. The Landroid tech said they are working on one with GPS. That may allow this to work with out the wire. It also may allow more directional or intentional mowing. It may also allow tracking if the mower grew legs and walked away. Though this has not been an issue for mine, yet. Also, I did attempt to get my wire buried, but if you bought wire stakes, and staked it every 2 feet, holding it right to the ground, you would not need to dig. The grass would root right over the top and keep it safe. Especially a grass like Bermuda.

[@johnjohnson7128]

Tom Huggins ok for you it's the way to go I would gotten those stakes

[@trbizwiz1]

Yes, I would probably do the stake method next time around too. I did not realize it until later when I had to move some wire.

[@jose_trujillo]

Tom Huggins didn't the landroid come with stakes to hold down the wire? Do you mean you have to buy more stakes or a different type of stake?

[@trbizwiz1]

Jose Trujillo it does come with stakes, but if your yard has many obstacles that require curves, that will eat up a lot of stakes. If you’re just doing a big square, and have thin grass the included stakes will be sufficient. For straight runs with closely trimmed grass a stake every 2 feet will be fine, but you may need 5 stakes in a 2 foot curve. If you have sandy soil, rent a power edger, and slip the wire in the trench. It’ll be quick and much easier. But just trench a few feet and insert wire and repeat.

[@koolone3791]

Someone was drunk by the end of the video.

[@trbizwiz1]

Nope, I don’t drink. I was trying to show the underside of the mower while it was mowing. I thought it would be a neat shot. I laid the camera down and ran over it with the mower. Sadly my camera abilities aren’t as good as I would like. So it did not quite achieve what I had hoped. Hope you liked the video anyway.