For solar operators, O&M contractors & utilities
Mowing Under The Panels,
Not Just Around Them
Electric, remote-controlled machines that drive beneath panel arrays at 21 inches tall — and 60° tracked mowers for the pond banks, perimeter slopes and interconnect corridors. Veteran owned, working across Virginia.
Tell us about the site
Single site or a portfolio — we’ll come back the same business day.
We’ll only use this to answer your enquiry. No lists, no resale.
The problem
Vegetation Is A Production Issue
On most sites, grounds maintenance is cosmetic. On a solar site it shows up in the generation figures — and in the compliance file.
Growth that reaches the bottom of a module does not just shade that module. Shading part of a string affects the output of the whole string, so a narrow band of overgrowth along one row can cost far more than its footprint suggests.
Then there is everything else that comes with letting a site go: dry fuel load under the arrays, permit and stormwater conditions that assume the ground is being maintained, and access roads that stop being usable when someone actually needs to reach an inverter.
- Shading lossesA band of growth along one row can pull down the output of an entire string.
- Fire loadDry vegetation under an array sits directly beneath DC wiring and combiner equipment.
- Permit & stormwater conditionsMost county approvals and SWPPP obligations assume a maintained site.
- The cost of hand trimmingString trimming under arrays is the most labour-intensive task on a solar site, and the one crews quote highest.
The equipment
It Drives Under The Array
Our Raymo Torpedo units stand 21 inches tall. They mow beneath panel arrays rather than around them, which removes most of the hand trimming from the job entirely.
They are fully electric — no fuel, no exhaust and no engine heat near your equipment — and light enough not to rut access lanes or disturb shallow cable runs. Four-wheel drive with zero-turn steering and a very low centre of gravity, driven by remote control from outside the row.
For the ground that is not under panels, we bring tracked machines rated to 60°: stormwater pond banks, dam faces, perimeter slopes and the interconnect corridor. One contractor, one mobilisation, the whole site.
Capability on a solar site
What we cover
The Whole Site, Not Just The Easy Part
Most vegetation contracts stop where the ground gets difficult, and the pond banks and perimeter slopes end up on a separate contract or on nobody’s.
- Under-Array & Between-Row MowingThe part that normally has to be string trimmed by hand
- Perimeter & Fence LineInside and outside the security fence
- Stormwater Pond Banks & Dam FacesSteep, soft ground on grades to 60°
- Access Roads & Lay-Down AreasKept clear without rutting the surface
- Interconnect & Transmission ROWCorridors from the site to the point of interconnection
- Equipment ClearancesInverter pads, combiner boxes, transformers, met towers
- Post-Construction EstablishmentCutting cycles while the seed mix takes hold
- Overgrowth ReclamationSites that have gone one or more seasons without a cycle
Why us
Built For This Work, Not Adapted To It
Under-Array Access
At 21 inches our machines work beneath the modules. That removes the hand trimming that normally drives the price of a solar contract.
Nobody On The Slope
Every mowing machine on your site is remote controlled. On pond banks and perimeter grades, that is the difference between a routine visit and a rollover risk.
Electric On The Array
No fuel, no exhaust, no engine heat between the rows. Quiet enough for sites with residential boundaries and noise conditions.
Pond Banks Included
Stormwater infrastructure comes with every large solar site in Virginia. Our tracked machines handle those banks at grades to 60°.
Nothing Hauled Off
Material is mulched in place and spread. No disposal line item, and no trucks in and out through your gate.
Capacity To Repeat
Multiple remote machines means we can run more than one site at a time, and a breakdown does not stop your cycle.
Trusted customers
Who We Work For
Utilities, counties, water authorities, health systems and contractors across Virginia and beyond.
Before you ask
The Questions We Get Every Time
Can you really mow underneath the panels?
Yes. The Raymo Torpedo stands 21 inches tall and is designed to work beneath panel arrays. Whether it clears every row on your site depends on your racking height and row spacing, particularly at the low edge of a fixed-tilt array. Send us the racking type and we’ll tell you honestly what we can and cannot reach.
What stops the equipment damaging modules or racking?
The deck we use for solar work is built for it — a reinforced steel frame with nylon bumpers and suspended caster wheels, specifically so contact with support structure does not become damage.
Beyond the equipment, it comes down to how the site is run. We walk the rows before the first cut, agree exclusion areas with your site contact, and work at a pace that suits the ground rather than the schedule.
Will you rut our access roads?
The electric units are light and were chosen partly for that reason. On the tracked machines we use for pond banks and perimeter work, wide rubber tracks spread the load rather than concentrating it the way a wheel does. If you have soft lanes or shallow cable runs, tell us where and we will plan around them.
Can you handle a portfolio rather than one site?
We run multiple remote machines, so more than one site can be in progress at once and a breakdown on one does not stop the cycle on another. Tell us how many sites and where, and we’ll be straight with you about what we can commit to.
What happens to the clippings and brush?
Everything is mulched on site and spread back across the ground. Nothing is hauled away, which means no disposal cost, no additional gate traffic and no waste manifest to administer.
Can you work while the site is generating?
Our machines are remote controlled, so the operator works from outside the row rather than in among the equipment. Specific arrangements around energised equipment, lockout requirements and site access are set by your safety programme, and we’ll work to it.
Are you set up for our prequalification process?
We are veteran owned, licensed and insured, and registered in eVA for Virginia public procurement. We can provide certificates of insurance naming your entity as additional insured.
Tick the prequalification box on the form and we’ll have the paperwork ready before the first conversation rather than after it.
Get a quote
Send Us The Site
Photos and an approximate acreage are enough to start. We’ll tell you what we can reach, what we can’t, and put a number on it.
- Step 01Send the details
Location, rough size, and a photo of the worst area.
- Step 02We assess access
Racking height, row spacing, gate access, pond banks and ROW.
- Step 03You get a number
Per visit or per cycle, with the paperwork ready if you need it.