Re: (ET) Electric Tractor Conversion Update

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

A guy down my way converted one of those for a rotary snowblower engine
once.  It was noisy and stunk and made a lot of smoke but he liked it.  I
drove it for a bit and didn't.

Dave
Weymouth MA


On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:20:22 -0500 "Jerry Rhodes" <jerry38 alltel net>
writes:
> MessageI beleve R Klien, Hump an others have the right idea, replace 
> the 11hp ICE with a 14, 15, 20 hp Etrack motor. I did a Cub 149 an 
> few years back, no controlls needed, it was a shaft drive hydro so 
> the dc motor ran at full rpms all the time, all controll was thur 
> the trany ..fwd/rev/speed, I would switch out the decks for a frt 
> mount elec deck, or add a snowblower motor to drive the present 
> deck, worked fine for me
> 
> Jerry NW Ohio
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Klein Robert W NPRI 
>   To: 'Mike Finck' ; elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu ; 
> ThompsonG DFO-MPO GC CA ; metman glasgow-ky com 
>   Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 9:41 AM
>   Subject: Re: (ET) Electric Tractor Conversion Update
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> 
>   Why not just use one motor to drive the existing hydraulics and 
> leave everything else alone?  The hydro would run at a constant RPM 
> and the speed control would be by stock shuttle valves.
> 
> 
>   Robert W. Klein II
>   SSGN Deputy Technical Manager AWS/AWSS
>   1176 Howell Street
>   Newport, RI 02841
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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 Mike 
> Finck
>     Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 9:43 AM
>     To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu; ThompsonG DFO-MPO GC CA; 
> metman glasgow-ky com
>     Subject: Re: (ET) Electric Tractor Conversion Update
> 
> 
>     I'm surprised 11 hp could power the hydros and the deck.
>       With the mass of the front deck having to be swung in order to 
> make 180's the tires have to grip well.  With steering levers with 
> say 6" of travel one can "feather" the power to the drive wheels 
> until the inertia of the deck mass is overcome and then the 180 turn 
> (without excessive tire spin) can occur.  Can there be enough "feel" 
> in the Alltrax?  How do you plan to translate your control (ie 
> levers?) to the Alltrax?  I like the concept a lot.  I have mowed 
> with Dixon ZTR's for 30 years, there is no more efficient way to 
> move around a yard, "feel" is important when operating a ZTR.
> 
> 
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