I’m very happy that bought the plow this summer. I used it for the first time today and have some thoughts. 1) attachment is terrible. I struggled for maybe 30 minutes trying to get those tiny screws started. It worked a lot better once I got smart and used a long T handled 3mm Allen wrench to get the last few started. I’m thinking it may make attachment a lot easier if I drill and tap larger holes. Some large bolts would likely be much easier to get started, but it will also render the guard unusable I think, though I doubt I would ever be inclined to reinstall it anyway.
2) it would be awesome if the plow finished its standard work with a couple perimeter runs. It may depend on the depth your plowing as consolidating the sides may result in too big a load, so make the perimeter runs an optional selection.
3) those metal cleats in the tracks are incredible for breaking up icy spots if like me you have low spots in a paved driveway. Get yourself on a low slick spot, spin a circle and voila!
I’m a broken record on saying how much I dislike the mounting situation for the plow. I so want to see a quick attach retrofit. It also needs something to fill the void underneath it between it and the module. The escape algorithm tends to let snow pack up underneath and form a snow wedge preventing the module from going all the way down which results in a. lot of track slippage, more escape maneuvers, and more packing of the wedge. And yes, the subsequent build up along the edges of the driveway are problematic in areas where that snow doesn’t even melt or get cleaned up before turning into a hard ice block. An edge to edge option on the driveway for it would be nice (no safety buffers).
I noticed the snow blower module can build up ice/slush too when the snow is the DQ so-quid variety
Made a nice imprint of the bottom of Yarbo😅
Yea, I had mine bottom out a couple of times, but it was my fault because I had the auger adjusted too high.
Ideally I’d like to see Yarbo have a higher ground clearance. But that would complicate the wireless charging.
Mine high centers on the back track debris plates and that antistatic chain a lot with mowing. A little more clearance would be nice, but would probably need to be wider to keep the center of gravity low. They could take the Apollo Turfstorm approach to wireless charging if the clearance levels become a wireless charging issue, but then they’d have to stick the landing almost every single time since it straddles the charger. I’m still waiting to see how that design will work out. I have some doubts.
Thanks for sharing your feedback!
Regarding the installation concerns and your suggestion to optimize the attachment design, I’ve forwarded that to our product team. For the software-related improvements you mentioned, I’ve also passed those along for review.
Glad to hear the plow is working well for you overall!
My Yarbo would not start executing the plan or go to recharge for unknown reason even after I performed multiple mock tests before the storm. Last night I tried to put the plow blade tinkering with the screws with my son trying to attach it, it was not fast. Finally trying to use it, but the augur would not move up and down to touch the ground, so it was another failure with the blade.
Was there snow packed under the module preventing it from moving? Did you unplug or connect the module at anytime while the core was powered on? If so that is known to cause problems. A reboot solves most issues afterwards but sometimes support has to reinitialize the module on the backend. Try the reboot and see if the module moves up and down. If not, make sure there’s nothing blocking it from moving and open a ticket for them to check it out.
nothing was under the module preventing it from moving down. There was about 2 inches space because the module was up before when I was doing a mock test. I did disconnect the module once and reconnected again but still did not solve the issue. I also unplugged the battery and connected again still did not solve the issue. My issue right now is to get the snow blower executing the plan or go back to dock station, which stopped for unknown reason. I will relocate the docking station and see if this may resolve the issue according to support suggestions. It was frustrating not to be able to use the snow blower the first storm we had after all the preparation I planned.
If you tell it to go recharge it doesn’t give an error of any kind?
It does not. It would start the augur and rotate 90 or 180 degrees and not move, but the augur is on. No error message
That’s frustrating. It does say it is adjusting the module. Can you use the app to move the module up and down?
Is the module blocked from raising and lowering by ice and snow? Usually under the module or between the module and core?
It does not allow me to adjust the module up or down. Nothing is blocking the module, no ice or snow. Yarbo was sitting in the garage clean when I moved it out to snow blow. Usually, I do that and send it to the docking station to start the plan during the summer when I used the mower. everything was fine and it worked. Notice one picture, I also tried to use the blade, but no success because it would not allow me to lower the module. It was two failures in one day.
Maybe pull the battery for a couple minutes and reconnect it. Watch it during the startup process as it tries to move the module up and down. unfortunately you may need to open a ticket if it doesn’t move the module.
This seems like the best advice to me.
Maybe also check to make 100% sure the module is correctly attached and secured to Yarbo, but that seems unlikely to me.
I guess that is a weekend project. Will try everything, including relocating the dock station according to Yarbo support field engineer. we will see
Good luck. Hopefully this gets resolved for you soon.
Just curious, what height does the app show the module is at?
And tapping the up and down buttons has no effect?
if so, a new support ticket for not adjusting the module is in order.
The height was set to 6.1 cm (2.4 I) because I set the units in metric. Tapping up and down button was disabled and has no effect.
I think that’s the issue. The module height isn’t adjusting. I’d recommend opening a ticket for that specific failure.