Dear Yarbo Family,
We’ve noticed that many of you are starting to switch from the snow blower module to the lawn mower module as the seasons change 
We’d love to hear how you’re handling this transition — from storage to maintenance!
Let’s talk about it:
Have you switched modules yet?
Or if you only have the lawn mower module, have you taken it out and started using it?
How are you storing your snow blower module?
Any tips for keeping it in good condition during the off-season?
What’s your maintenance routine for the lawn mower module?
Cleaning, blade checks, anything you do regularly — share your best practices!
Feel free to share anything else from your experience — tips, lessons learned, or even things you’d do differently next time!
Let’s learn from each other and get ready for a great mowing season 
I restored my summer map. I’ve noticed we lost the ability to rename saved maps and the ability to store maps to the cloud. Please correct me if I overlooked some button somewhere.
I switched to the lawn mower. Mowed 2 of 8 areas between rain showers. I had to adjust 1 area in my map, so far, to deal with the “forced safety boundaries” that were removed.
I must say, needing to reset ALL settings after a map restore is a PITA.
@Yarbo-Forum its super simple these days to convert settings to JSON and store them along-side the maps.
Snow blower is covered and tucked safely in the shop where the lawn mower was sitting next to the leaf blower.
lawn mower got a quick spritz with the hose. Blades were changed before storing. So the transition to mowing went really well aside from the aforementioned pains.
I switched from the snow blower to the mower module last weekend. I put the foam packing cup over the motor and put on the cover. It sits where the mower module was in the corner next to the garage door. I put it on top of a scrap of plywood with chunks of packing foam keeping it upright. This fall, it may get a custom wood cradle with locking castor wheels.
I used my small leaf blower to dust off the modules and clean out the front of the core. I used my snow brush to brush all the grass and pollen dust off the mower module. I did the old “full send” to my main back yard work area. I noticed some map drift since Buzz bumped the side yard fence 3x. Soft touch was enabled, and he did just fine. He did so well, I sent him to the side yard after the main back yard zone was done. The next day I had my wife open the garage and detach the charge cord while I drove it out to the next work zone by smart vision from my cube at work. Sent him off to mow, and he finished quicker than expected. I used the smart vision to drive him into the dock zone in the garage and nearly parked him perfect. Since he was a good boy, he’ll get a bath and some maintenance next weekend.
Thanks!
Kevin Schlosser
Yarbo #1: Buzz LightYar
Yarbo #2: Coming Soon
I swapped to the mower module a couple of weeks ago. Still too early for First Mow of the year, but Yarbo is ready to go!
I have a vertical shelf I installed that holds all of Yarbo’s modules. I should probably order the module dust covers, but for now the modules are just sitting on the shelf.
Snowblower PM:
- Physical review for anomalies, wear, or damage.
- Inspect the auger spindles and belt for wear or damage.
- Inspect sheer pins.
- Liberal spray of WD-40 on auger, chute, and blade for corrosion avoidance.
- New razor blades installed
- Lubricate friction points
- Check for mouse damage
- Verify proper operation
