80V mowing
The proposed anchor machine is the RYOBI 80V HP 54” ZT Ride-On Mower, selected to bring serious battery-electric capability into day-to-day lawn-care work.
Lawn Lad Co. Green Fleet Project
Building a smarter way topower lawn care.
A youth-led regional Queensland project exploring battery-electric mowing, solar-assisted mobile charging and measurable real-world performance.
Proposed anchor machine
RYOBI 80V HP 54” ZT Ride-On Mower
Solar-assistedMobile charging trailer concept
Data-ledTrack energy, hours and outcomes
Project concept. Final equipment, trailer and electrical specifications will be confirmed with qualified suppliers and installers.
FounderBaylin McKay, 15
RegionBundaberg, Queensland
DirectionToward an electric fleet
The project
From mower obsession to a working green fleet.
Baylin’s interest in lawn care started at four. At eight, he used Christmas savings to buy his first mower. Lawn Lad Co. is the next chapter: turning that long-running interest into a genuine service business with a plan to reduce reliance on petrol-powered equipment over time.
The Green Fleet Project is intended to combine commercial battery equipment with a professionally designed mobile energy system. The aim is practical, visible and measurable: use the equipment in real jobs, record the data and learn what works.
Solar-assisted charging
A purpose-built enclosed trailer is planned with roof-mounted solar generation and professionally designed charging infrastructure.
Mobile energy storage
Stationary battery storage would buffer solar generation and support charging of the mower and handheld battery fleet between jobs.
Measured, not guessed
The project will track machine hours, jobs completed, charging energy, solar contribution and operating outcomes so progress can be backed by real data.
Why measure it?
Better claims need better numbers.
We do not want to call something “green” because it has a battery sticker on it. The project is designed to establish a baseline, record operating data and make future sustainability claims from evidence.
Machine operating hours and jobs completed
Charging electricity and solar contribution
Battery performance across real working conditions
Petrol equipment displaced where comparable
Operating and maintenance observations over time
Founding partners
Help build the first fleet.
Lawn Lad Co. is seeking equipment, renewable-energy and fabrication partners who see value in a genuine regional test bed for battery-powered lawn care.
Real-world regional product use in an operating lawn-care business
Documented mower hours, charging energy and project progress
Partner recognition on the Green Fleet project, trailer and agreed content
A youth-enterprise story connecting practical work, technology and sustainability
Lawn Lad Co.
Good lawns. Done properly.
Follow the Green Fleet project as it moves from concept to working equipment, measured data and real regional jobs.