Free 1989 Club Car
 

Last night we took the kids trick or treating and one house had a golf car on a trailer with a bunch of trash.

I asked and got it for free. Needs alittle work. I got all the batteries. Good for the scrap value. He said it was rolled over a few years ago.

My plan is to install a gas engine and use it in the yard.

More fun for the kids! :tup:

The battery value alone will bring happiness. So, you don't care to keep it electric?

I don't want to deal with the batteries and not knowing the condition of the electrical parts. Batteries are expensive.

One thought I had is to use a gy6 engine with reverse. The output shaft can run a chain to the input shaft of the differential. Will take the electric motor off. My other option is to install a GX Honda clone engine. Both of these are less expensive than the new batteries. I can sell the motor, controller etc. The old batteries are probably worth $50-75 in scrap.

I think we will put a dump bed on it.

Also possible to make it hydraulic drive. I have a 14hp kohler with a put and motors from the jacobsen machines. Motors go forward and reverse. Direct drive the input on the differential with that. Dumpster parts.:tup:

This sounds like another fun project. :tup:

Hydraulic drive! Do it!

I have everything to make it hydraulic drive. My only concern is that is may be too slow. I think the golf car rear end is about 12:1. The drive motors I have are designed for direct drive on golf car sized wheels. I only need one motor to drive this so I think that I may be able to increase the flow to get more speed. I may just need a faster motor with less torque.

I can also install larger diameter rear wheels to increase ground speed.

Hydraulic drive and we can also put the snow plow on the front.

I have to more some things out of the shop so that I can back the trailer in and use the shop crane to unload it. Then we can start the design process.

Can you attach a sprocket to the rear end, and connect the hydraulic drive with a chain? If so, you could compensate for that very low rear gear.

Weld, I was thinking about that. We should be able to install a large gear on the motor. These mowers don't go very fast.

Do you think #40 would handle it?

I think so. #40 or #50 is easily found at the farm store along with a selection of sprockets.

Do they have a good selection of weld-on hubs? Do you think they'll have a hub ID that will fit the shaft?

We have lots of farm stores to pick from. The store in Independence has alot of sprockets. Tomorrow I hope to move it into the shop. I need to move some things out and clean.

We unloaded it into the shop using the Ford tractor and the shop crane.

Remove the motor and it has a shaft with 10 splines. About 3/4 diameter. I need to measure it. Has 10 splines.

I believe the rear is a 6.25 to 1 ratio. I turn one wheel and the shaft turned about 6.25 times.

Probably need to multiply by 2 for the open diff. 12.5/1 that sounds more like a golf car ratio.

I think the stock electric motor turned about 3000 rpm. Not sure how much those hydro motors turn. Likely not much. I with need to setup a jackshaft.

Hydraulic wheel motors are only good for about 200 rpm. I would need a very large sprocket. The little ones on the reels turn faster, but I don't know if the torque is there.

Another option is to remove the golf car rear end and mount the wheel motors to the rear. I think I would find some larger diameter wheels and tires to increase the top speed. The specs for the jacobsen mower said 6.6 mph top speed. This is on 18" tires.

Best option may be to find a faster spinning motor.

I wonder if you can sell the motor.

Its in the parts pile. Not sure of the condition. Might be a good core.

The new plan is to remove the rear axle assembly and use the whole jacobsen mower drive motor assembly on the back without suspension. Will use larger tires to get more speed.

I'll certainly follow that build.

X2. :)

We are suppose to warm back up this weekend. Axle swapping may start.

We made a little progress this afternoon. The jacobsen reel mower was cut in half so that the section with the engine and pump could be moved inside. Tomorrow I plan to cut the drive section off and move it inside.

I volunteered to help teach small engines for the 4-H clubs. We may be able to pull this off before fair time.

Emilie was making our to-do list in the second picture. We changed oil on the big gulp and cleaned it out for our Christmas trip. Filled up with $2.09 gas.

I wondered what Emilie was up to. ;)

http://www.chinariders.net/attachmen...1&d=1419126930

Notice Buford was telling her to buy cat food. This must have been before we used the vacuum.

This is what we are using for the donar. I bought two from the local golf course in July.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfSYwRQq7fs

Dad got the hydraulics off one for his custom cub cadet project. I plan to try and use as much of the mower hydraulics as possible. There is already a cylinder to run a dump box and a 3 point type lift.

I hadn't noticed Buford in the background, Allen. Thank you for mentioning his presence. Buford is always careful to keep his priorities straight. :)


:lol:

My Dad reported $0.80 per litre in Edmonton, which is roughly $3.20 per gallon. We haven't seen prices that low in 15 years.

That's interesting. Were they runners?

I'm quite intrigued by that. What will you use for controls?

I got both to run, one was complete enough to drive. My plan is to use the controls from the mower. Each reel had its own spool with forward and reverse. I think I can use one the dump and one for the lift. The third may a remote for a log splitter.

If you build a log splitter, please start a new thread. I'd be all over that project.

That will be down the road. Don't really need one, but why not.

Why not, indeed. I've thought of a similar project, using a spare 120VAC power pack I have. I think it's good for about 12 tons, which should be adequate. The part I haven't figured out is the controls, because they're quite expensive to buy new. I'd either need some strong springs to retract the cylinder, or a dual-action valve.

www.surpluscenter.com has lots of stuff. Still expensive. We visit the farm and steal parts off of old machinery.

That's what I need to learn how to do, and why I'm so interested in your hydraulic projects.