This made all the difference! It works perfectly for my sloped yard. I have tried weights behind the back wheels, with about 70% improvements, but this hack made it work 100%! Thanks a lot for this cheap solution.
Nice to know that this hack worked. Will tell my husband, he is the clever one with diy's. We used to struggle with it and it destroyed the first machine. Now we are happy with this hack too.
@@VitalFairLiving the places it struggled the most, even with weights are now history, and the lawn will finally recover. I also think the amount of screws are prefect, too many would probably lead to more build up of mud and such. Thanks again!
@@jockethebastard I guess so, we were also careful in adding more screws. We are still struggling with the patches where the lawn was badly damaged but we didn't do much last year to improve it. Guess we have to fill in soil and sow need seeds to regrow those patches.
@@VitalFairLiving I’ll wait a month or so, then I’ll transplant grass from another area to those spots. I only have about 5-7 real holes that will not grow unless I stop mowing for a couple of weeks. The other spots I guess will recover by filling small amounts of soil a few weeks apart.
I did this myself and it works to get tread, BUT if they are too longs (more tread) the wheels rip up the boundary wire. Less in more (or else you will be splicing/fixed the wire; it is easy to FIND the broken wire since it stops right in the place it cut it).
Tried on mine and it caused it to back off of the curb at the bottom of a small hill. Removed the screws and added 2.5lb weight to the back and now have no traction issues plus it says on the curb.
Thank you! I live in Florida, USA, a very hot climate close to the beach. My soil is pure sand, very dry. Roots do not have a strong grip so my Landroid has destroyed parts of the lawn. Almost the entire perimeter is effected. On a sloped area, there is no more grass and I cannot plant grass again until a cooler time of year. I keep moving the Landroid perimeter line, so my lawn is getting smaller and smaller. I started mulching areas and putting other types of boarders on the edges so the Landroid won't continue to chew up the lawn. Also someone told me to plant stronger grass and fertilize to get the grass to grow thicker. THAT would defeat the purpose of the Landroid, which is to make less work for me! LOL Also, only certain grasses grow here. My Landroid drives over sidewalk and my cement driveway. If I try something like this, do you think the metal spikes will leave marks in the cement? Maybe not because it is pretty light. Maybe I can find a rubber or plastic spike or screw. Or maybe I can insert metal screws then spray with a. plastic coating like PlastiDip. I will also try removing the plate grill under the blade wheel like Mr. Algotsson suggested here. If VFL or anyone else has further comments or suggestions, I will appreciate your input!
All good ideas, I would try it out and see what works, ( my husband's answer) LOL. If it is hard cement, according to him, it doesn't really go deep to destroy them. We have some scratches on our cement sidewalks. Its not so damaged as of now. Let me know how you tackled your problem.
We used a couple pounds of weight over the rear wheels instead. We have a 50-foot cement sidewalk that gets crossed over many times a day so thr weight worx great with no toll on battery life.
Nice to know. My husband first tried that, but we have a lot of slopes and a creek flowing through the entire garden and plot. It wouldn't have worked, so we did this.
@@MrBRICOTECH You are welcome. We made mistake with the wiring last time and the slopes were a problem, which created electronic problems. This one we did it right and is under a shelter. Keeping it under shelter is better to protect from rain. You have to expect once in a way it getting stuck, if you have an uneven ground like ours. But all in all we are satisfied with it.
You mention having to cut the heads off of the screws but your video shows the screws with the heads still on. Did you end up not cutting them off? Asking because I plan on doing this asap to solve ours getting stuck.
Can't believe cuttung the heads makes sense. Without heads, risk of damaging the wire is most probably higher. Sharp metal tip. There is a small risk in both cases I would assume.
And at the end of video we can see it not work (maybe work, but not perfect) cause screws and whole wheels are glued with soil again. U have to cower places with no grass by plastic net it prevent to collecting wet dirt on the wheels. My problem was droid was diging holes in ground (very sandy soil) and plastic net work fin (need to use plastic nails ofcorse)
I have a Worx Landroid M500 WR141E and solved this issue in a different way: Under the knife plate is a sort of "fork" that (I think) is aimed to guide the grass to the knives. I removed this, and it has never got stuck after. To remove it is very easy: Be assure the mower is powered off - eventually remove battery. Turn the mower upside down. Remove the 3 screws that hold the knife plate and lift it up. Remove the 4 screws that holds the "fork" and remove it. Re-attach the the knife plate and tighten the screws. I have a lawn that is not perfectly flat, and this does 2 things: Prevents the "fork" to hit the ground making the mower stop, and reduce weight on the front wheel. Yes, the fork part is pretty heavy! Nothing is destroyed and can be re-attached if wanted. An image of the underside showing the knife plate and "fork" to the left: imtc.qccdn.fr/test/tondeuse-robot/zoom/worx-landroid-m700-wr142e_002.jpg
Have you ever experienced problems since you removed the plate? I’m thinking maybe the fork protects the blades and the plate and motor. Maybe small rocks or other hard objects
Do not remove the fork! Without it the blades cuts into small inclines and hills. I tried it and while it was better with the movement you could hear the plate with the knives hitting the ground.
My neighbor has a Gardena, and its loud like anything and this year he stopped using it, will have to ask him why. Anyway, next time will research into it. Thanks for the tip.
@@VitalFairLiving if the Gardena is loud, something is seriously wrong. Maybe bent blades, or other broken parts. Gardena is known for one of the most silent ones. My own is very quiet.
@@snowatom Maybe. Thanks. Which model do you have? Next time we can get that one. Now its working well and its only 1 year old and it has a 5 year warranty. So far so good. Plus no budget to change on these gizmos now.
