Re: (ET) Electrak Show??

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

Hi Joel

OK on the Prius.  You're halfway there anyway to 'zero emissions, zero
gas consumption' .  Good choice.   If you ride those bikes, you're
averaging her fuel mileage with zero so it's more than halfway there. 

Yes it was Tony's.  He had a fire (truck came down the banking in back
causing a fire destroyed the shop and part of the house - also destroyed
Tony's 'Red Beastie'  120V 40 battery pickup (perhaps the prettiest and
most well designed PEV in New England).  Tony, although still President,
is temporarily inactive EV wise (I wonder how his Etrak snow machine
fared  it was in the shop area)
We're meeing at  VP Bob Rice's place in CT now.   We 'Prius pool' to this
meeting (like a car pool but more efficient).  Several Priii in the club
now.  But we're still converting to PEV's.  Bob is likely done welding
his rear battery compartment now, just started last time I was there. 
Motor and controller in, not an awful lot left to do.  

Ok on the cargo bike.  Like to see one of those with bout a 250W
motorwheel up front.  What a grocery lugger and commuter she would be.

There should be a few  PEV's out there for sale so check before you take
the 'conversion' plunge.  You just missed Jack Gretta's MG conversion (he
passed away recently, one of the pre-70's EV pioneers).  

Check our website http://www,neeaa.org  which we didn't have back then
when you were going to Tony's.  Get the free download.  And if you ain't
getting our Enewsletter let me or Brian know will get U on it.   Lot of
things happening now due to both AIT and WKTEC. It's exciting times and
finally, intelligient questions coming to us EV guys

Regards

Dave
Weymouth MA
Secy NEEAA



On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 19:47:13 -0400 "Joel Parks" <et jpjt net> writes:
> I with you on this one Dave.  Plus I promised myself I would only use 
> the 
> trailer hitch I put on the Prius for my Sunfish and other light 
> stuff; the 
> E15 doesn't qualify as light.  Nor can my cargo bicycle (see 
> http://xtracycle.com) handle it.
> 
> Anyway I live in Bedford right off Rt 3 and only a couple miles from 
> 128.
> 
> And I'm also a member of NEEAA, I made one of the monthly meetings 6 
> or 8 
> years ago at somebody's place in Worc. off I-190.  Was that Tony's 
> place? 
> Reading recent posts from you full-size EVers talking is putting the 
> 
> Convert-It bug back in my head.  I even took a look at EBay for 
> Rabbits last 
> night, just to see a snapshot of current availability.  I guess I 
> need 
> another garage before I contemplate a project like that.  Not to 
> mention a 
> spare 10 or $15K.  I prolly shoulda bought Ken's rabbit last year 
> before I 
> bought the Prius.
> 
> Joel
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David C Robie" <mycroftxx1 juno com>
> To: <jerry38 alltel net>
> Cc: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>; <ThompsonG DFO-MPO GC CA>
> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 6:46 PM
> Subject: Re: (ET) Electrak Show??
> 
> 
> 
> I, for one,  would not attend.  The issue of trailering an etrak to 
> an
> individual show for them in the light of current gasoline prices 
> scares
> me.  Even the thought of 'no trailer,  no car, airfare and hotel' is
> scary.
>       We save gasoline, therefore cut our personal output of global
> warming gases down a good bit with these tractors (I have figured my 
> own
> fuel saving at approx $45 per grassgrowingseason - month  
> notwithstanding
> snowplowing issues which means more saving of  money, depleting
> petrofuel, and harmful petroemission output.
> <snip> 
> 
>