When I am mowing tall grass (>6") with the mower, I encounter patches that bog down the mower. It interprets this as a blocked mower. When I go to check it, the disc is clear. I have found that backing up a few feet manually to clear the disc and clear the error is usually sufficient to get going again. BUT …
If I don’t catch it right at the point of error, an auto recharge cycle starts and it goes back to the dock. Which can be a 15min trip.
When I go to halt the recharge trip, the entire workplan is ended. I have to guess at the percentage and start the work plan over. All for what could have been auto cleared by a simple back up and blade restart.
Hopefully this will not be an issue with the Pro mower, but for now I am having trouble completing a work plan because I find my yarbo has returend to the dock.
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So the obvious smartellic answer is don’t wait that long to mow. I truly believe this won’t be an issue with the pro. I assume you have remove the blade guards, as this will help. But yes, some better clearing logic would be very helpful. I would love to see them spin the blades in reverse a couple a times to help clear and then try 3 times, and yes backing up would be useful.
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Sorry to hear you’re experiencing this issue. Have you tried removing the blade guards as Bryan suggested? This can often help reduce clogging in taller grass. Increasing the mowing frequency may also help prevent the mower from getting bogged down in dense patches.
As for the Mower Pro, based on our current testing, the new mulching blade design significantly reduces clogging issues—so this should no longer be a problem in that version!
Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions or need further assistance.
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This is not just a tall grass issue, but an issue whenever Yarbo thinks the motor is blocked. The block could be from a dip in the terrain, so the discs “bottom out” for a moment. The block could be from a stick, that is gone by the time Yarbo leaves the area. Etc.
It would be better (or at least better with the option) to pause work and alert the user to check for why the motor is blocked, rather than drive back to charge every time. For me as well, when this occurred, all I had to do was pause work, back up or go forward a bit, and then continue. This was only possible because I was watching at the time, but it had already driven back to charge several times before then.
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I agree that a better clearing logic would benefit here. It should back up a few feet, then try spinning the blades a few times before confirming a blocked motor. That is my process when I remotely clear it.
The reason it got so tall was due to a hardware error and Yarbo replacement process kept me from mowing for a few weeks.
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I feel your pain there. 
I have a weeks growth to try and catch up on.
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That’s not bad. Could be worse. Two cuts and you should be good to go.
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Agreed. Working on the second one… but here we are day two… another rain delay. 
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