Between a lifted 48v golf cart or a gas powered 4 wheeler which would you choose.
I am leaning toward the golf cart.
There is a fella about a mile behind my house that sells them and customizes them and I am quite taken with the utter simplicity and capability of them. He can make me a brand new 48v lifted and ruggedized for about $5500.
Electric motors can be extremely powerful. There are a few things that would answer it for me.
What is the cruising range / run time? Most of our UTV days are under 8 or 9 miles.
What type of battery? Some power supplies hit shutoff level with no warning. In the flatlands that may or may not be an issue. Around here it could mean you are toast.
What are the charging options??ÿ
What about parts? If the cart is too custom it can become dead weight quick.
He told me 50 miles on a charge which would be more than enough. I think it has 4 deep cycle batteries.
Nothing truly "custom" just some stuff to make it a little better for rugged use. Brush bar, small skid plate for the front suspension, lifted, some tow hooks, bigger tires and wheels and a couple more items.
Edit:?ÿ I would want a small "wench" that could be mounted on the front or rear as well as a spare tire and Jack and compressor.
My father has one similar (not lifted).?ÿ He has gotten about 8 years out of it and it was used when he got it.?ÿ The only drawback has been the cabling and the batteries.?ÿ The batteries are expensive to replace ($150 to $200 each).?ÿ The cables are BAD to corrode.?ÿ I replaced one "hot" wire twice.?ÿ The spray on corrosive preventers do help though.?ÿ Be sure and keep distilled water around to extend battery life, it does help.
Saw a 48v SxS and the landowner was rambling around with his 48v chainsaw trimming limbs. Power packs were interchangeable.
They also make gas powered golf carts that will start and go automatically by pressing the footpedal, no starter, no pull rope, it will just start and go with a 5hp or less motor that is very quiet and does not get far past idle.
It takes less time to pour gas than chage battery that will need replacing.
Have a boat winch with 20+ft strap mounted on the front of my 10ft trailer and a 6ft ramp/back gate.
the electric cart wouldn't work for me, they run way too slow and I can't see them getting where I would need to go; however, for flat lands without much topo to navigate and where you don't need much speed they should work.
I just grabbed this off the web but it is a typical example.
I know a fellow that had one of those.?ÿ I asked what he wanted with such a thing.?ÿ He told me you'd be surprised at how easy you can sneak up on a deer in one.
I just grabbed this off the web but it is a typical example.
I know a fellow that had one of those.?ÿ I asked what he wanted with such a thing.?ÿ He told me you'd be surprised at how easy you can sneak up on a deer in one.
Tommy, they are quite popular with hunters and a huge market exists to customize them for off road use and they are in a price point that I am comfortable with.
I have had 4 wheelers and had decent service with them and if I came upon a good deal I may yet get another one but right now the golf cart is leading the race.
The price of 4 wheelers is the cost of a used full size truck and they have about priced themselves out of reach. The lowest priced new Ranger costs $9000 and goes way way up from there.
Having grown up hunting and fishing around the American West, with my Father, Grandfather, and extended family of "Hunters," I never understood the concept of "sport hunting." We hunted for FOOD (ate everything we killed except jackrabbits, and only hunted those to teach the kids to shoot). The only Sport that I am aware of that involves firearms, is target or other competitive shooting (Skeet, Trap, etc.). To me "sport hunting" is an oxymoron, and I?ÿguess it's too late in life to change my mind.?ÿ
Now that all of my hunting partners on passed on to the "happy hunting grounds," I no longer hunt at all, but I do enjoy going out and punching a few paper targets from time to time.
