(ET) ICE to electric conversion

["Todd Lynch" <jd4020d_69 hotmail com>]

Hi all,

I have been watching the list for a while and have looked for an Electrak 
for sale in southern Minnesota with little success.  With all the talk about 
updating Electraks to use a more modern controller, I was think about how 
much more it would take to convert an ICE garden tractor to electric.  I 
already have a John Deere 112, of approximately the same era the Electrak 
was made, with a bad engine, along with a mower, tiller, and sickle mower.  
I was thinking of mounting an electric motor where the current ICE engine is 
mounted to run the accessories, and mount an separate motor by the 
transmission to drive the wheels, any thought?

I would greatly appreciate any thought or recommendations you might have 
such as size and type of motor would work best for this type of application 
etc...


Thanks,

Todd Lynch

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