Re: (ET) Powered cart

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

Have always said same thing but modified. 'those who can do do.  Those
who can't get engineering degrees and are hired as department heads.

Dave
Weymouth MA



On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:55:35 -0400 Jeff Tickner <jefft softlanding com>
writes:
> Problem is I have brilliant ideas that turn out to be difficult to 
> execute, if not impossible. that's why I do tech support. I used to 
> be a 
> developer and I had too many dead end code paths.
> 
> You know what they say "Those that can do, those that can't provide 
> techsupport" ;-)
> 
> Jeff Tickner
> Technical Support
> 800-545-9485, Ext 536
> SoftLanding Systems
> 
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> 
> Klein Robert W NPRI <KleinRW Npt NUWC Navy Mil> 
> 09/26/2006 12:52 PM
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> 'Jeff Tickner' <jefft softlanding com>, 
> elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
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> RE: (ET) Powered cart
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> 
> Jeff,  I think a powered trailer is absolutely brilliant.  As for 
> loosing 
> steering, why not just put some weights on the front.  The Elec Trak 
> 
> weight box should slide right into the front like it does to the 
> back. Bob
>  
>  
> Robert W. Klein II
> SSGN Deputy Technical Manager AWS/AWSS
> 1176 Howell Street
> Newport, RI 02841
> Phone: 401-832-1948
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu 
> [mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu] On Behalf Of Jeff 
> Tickner
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 12:39 PM
> To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> Subject: (ET) Powered cart
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> 
> One of my planned uses for my E15 (if I ever finish it) is to use it 
> to 
> haul cordwood out my woods and I'm wondering how the traction will 
> be. My 
> only experience is pulling a 4x8 trailer full of cordwood on a 
> rutted, 
> snowy dirt road and when the trailer got hung up the front of the 
> tractor 
> would lift, I should have had the snowblower on there as a counter 
> weight. 
> But what about if it was muddy? 
> 
> Since it appears that a locking diff is not an option I had 2 ideas. 
> I 
> have several spare transaxles and a couple extra drive motors. the 
> transaxles have the brakes still on them. 
> 
> Since I'll have an Alltrax with a dash pot, what about going with 
> cutting 
> brakes, that is a brake assembly on each axle, with a pedal on each 
> side. 
> That would give you the steering effect and you could also brake a 
> wheel 
> that has lost traction? 
> 
>  The other idea is even more unlikely for me to ever do with my lack 
> of 
> time and mechanical skill, but... seems like it would solve both 
> traction 
> and the tractor nose coming up. What about a powered trailer? If I 
> put a 
> motor and transaxle under a trailer would I just fry my Alltrax if I 
> tried 
> to feed both motors from the one controller? 
> 
> The pushers I've seen in the past are just for pushing 
> http://www.mrsharkey.com/pusher.htm 
> http://www.jstraubel.com/EVpusher/EVpusher2.htm 
> and don't seem to have an issue with a normal single point trailer 
> ball 
> hookup. 
> 
> Jeff Tickner
> Technical Support
> 800-545-9485, Ext 536
> SoftLanding Systems 
>