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Re: (ET) Other Batteries? / stability
- Subject: Re: (ET) Other Batteries? / stability
- From: David Tiefenbrunn <dtiefenbrunn snet net>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 22:05:52 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu
At 07:59 AM 4/20/00 -0500, you wrote:
> If
>the tractor will just be a rider and you won't need to worry about
>clearance underneath, you could hang the batteries under the floor by
>way of simple brackets instead of puting them into the usual boxes.
>Sixty or eighty pounds underneath would make it just about untippable.
If the tractor is like my E12, you can bolt the rear tires on "inside out"
to gain a wider stance, also making tipping more difficult. My dad's
elec-trak has wheel weights, so you might try finding a pair of those
also.
Dave
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