An adjusting device includes a lifting device for adjusting a position of an attachment in use and a locking mechanism. The lifting device is switched between a locking position and a free position under a locking action of the locking mechanism, the lifting device drives the attachment to move to a first position when the lifting device is in the locking position; and the lifting device drives the attachment to move to a second position so as to work when the lifting device is in the free position. The adjusting device has a simple structure, a low production cost, an easy maintenance, and a garden tool using the adjusting device can conveniently and quickly adjust the position of the attachment connected to the garden tool.

In one embodiment, a stand-on mower, comprising a chassis having drive wheels operably coupled to the chassis, a platform arranged between the drive wheels, a front wheel frame, coupled to the chassis, and having pivot mounts and front wheels coupled to the pivot mounts, and a load deck mounted to the front wheel frame and having openings through which the pivot mounts extend.

In one embodiment, a stand-on mower, comprising a chassis having drive wheels operably coupled to the chassis, a platform arranged between the drive wheels, a front wheel frame, coupled to the chassis, and having pivot mounts and front wheels coupled to the pivot mounts, and a load deck mounted to the front wheel frame and having openings through which the pivot mounts extend.

An adjusting device includes a lifting device for adjusting a position of an attachment in use and a locking mechanism. The lifting device is switched between a locking position and a free position under a locking action of the locking mechanism, the lifting device drives the attachment to move to a first position when the lifting device is in the locking position; and the lifting device drives the attachment to move to a second position so as to work when the lifting device is in the free position. The adjusting device has a simple structure, a low production cost, an easy maintenance, and a garden tool using the adjusting device can conveniently and quickly adjust the position of the attachment connected to the garden tool.

Provided is a residential utility vehicle having a frame, a set of drive elements, a first drive motor operationally engaged with a drive element and adapted to provide work thereto to drive or turn the vehicle, a battery operationally engaged with the first drive motor and adapted to provide electrical energy thereto, a user platform operationally engaged with the frame, a flat bed engaged with the frame and adapted for conveying cargo or equipment while the vehicle is in motion, a set of user controls adapted to receive input from the associated standing user, and a utility device operationally engaged with the frame. The set of user controls is sufficient to provide steering, acceleration, and braking commands to the vehicle and is movable with respect to the frame. The user platform defines a surface adapted to convey an associated standing user while said vehicle is in operation.

Systems and methods that facilitate operation of a mow deck comprising a plurality of mow spindles in a mulching mode and/or a side discharge mode are discussed. In the mulching mode, the plurality of mow spindles comprises a first set of one or more mow spindles configured to rotate in a first direction and a second set of one or more mow spindles configured to rotate in a second direction that is different from the first direction. Additionally, different mow spindles of the plurality can rotate at different speeds.

A high efficiency turf maintenance apparatus having low power consumption, good cutting performance and a mulch plug for a mulching mode is presented herein. The mulch plug can sit conformally within a discharge opening in a mow deck of the high efficiency turf maintenance apparatus. The mulch plug can define multiple flow vanes, including a flow vane that directs material around an interior perimeter of the mow deck to recirculate the material within the mow deck and a flow vane that directs second material away from the interior perimeter and toward a surface on which the high efficiency turf maintenance apparatus rests. The mulch plug can be removed to allow vegetation clippings cut by a blade apparatus to be ejected from the mow deck through the discharge opening to facilitate a bagging or discharge mode of operation.