I have been working on a cart and thought I would start a thread on the build.
First let me state the goals. I have had a old 94' Marithon for a number of years for use around my property. (ten acres) It has been very useful. It has served me well, but I wanted better.
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The wild idea.
One thing I have wanted on my property is some solar power for emergency. While doing some research on the subject I found that solar power is not really feasable mainly because of the batteries. Its just not cost effective to have a battery pack sitting doing nothing. Then I came up with the idea of my battery pack being used every day in my cart. Of course, in a emergency, I would have to park the cart. Now before you say "A cart pack wont do much", Im only thinking of powering my fridgerator with it. Doing more research, I found that you can get solar chargers for 12, 24 or 48 volts. Im sure I could work something out to charge 36, but why not just up grade to 48?
At first I was going to upgrade the Marithon, but I really wanted a better looking cart. So I started cruising the Craig's list. Most of the 48 volt carts were priced a bit more than I cared to pay. After awhile I spotted this.
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This is a EZGO based 48 volt cart called the Beast. It was on a trailer going down the highway when the trailer jumped off the ball. (The safety chains were neatly wrapped on the tounge.) Fortunently, it stopped on a telephone pole. Although the frame was badly damaged, there was alot of good expensive stuff on it. So I bought it for 600 bucks. Now I needed a bare bones cart to put this stuff on. Again on Craig's, I found this.
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At $1800 with new batteries, it fit the bill. This is a 36 volt TXT. It drives very nice right away. Ive been working on it and taking pics for awhile, Ill catch you guys up in the next couple days.
First let me state the goals. I have had a old 94' Marithon for a number of years for use around my property. (ten acres) It has been very useful. It has served me well, but I wanted better.
The wild idea.
One thing I have wanted on my property is some solar power for emergency. While doing some research on the subject I found that solar power is not really feasable mainly because of the batteries. Its just not cost effective to have a battery pack sitting doing nothing. Then I came up with the idea of my battery pack being used every day in my cart. Of course, in a emergency, I would have to park the cart. Now before you say "A cart pack wont do much", Im only thinking of powering my fridgerator with it. Doing more research, I found that you can get solar chargers for 12, 24 or 48 volts. Im sure I could work something out to charge 36, but why not just up grade to 48?
At first I was going to upgrade the Marithon, but I really wanted a better looking cart. So I started cruising the Craig's list. Most of the 48 volt carts were priced a bit more than I cared to pay. After awhile I spotted this.
This is a EZGO based 48 volt cart called the Beast. It was on a trailer going down the highway when the trailer jumped off the ball. (The safety chains were neatly wrapped on the tounge.) Fortunently, it stopped on a telephone pole. Although the frame was badly damaged, there was alot of good expensive stuff on it. So I bought it for 600 bucks. Now I needed a bare bones cart to put this stuff on. Again on Craig's, I found this.
At $1800 with new batteries, it fit the bill. This is a 36 volt TXT. It drives very nice right away. Ive been working on it and taking pics for awhile, Ill catch you guys up in the next couple days.