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(ET) First Drive...and Online Restoration Diary!
Yes!!!
Took the tractor for its first drive, today! Took a couple laps around
the back yard before parking it in the trailer. I couldn't believe how
little current it used. D1 only used 20-30 amps at max. throttle
depending on terrain, and D2 only used 30-40. Now kicking in the field
weakening really caused a surge (up to 100 amps) breifly, and a HUGE surge
in speed! I don't think I'll be using it that much - D2 at full throttle
is just fine (about the same as 4th gear on my old Dynamark)!
Despite my worries about the uneven terrain in my back yard and the
seeming 'tippiness' of the ET, it handled well, and didn't even mind the
bumps/dips too much.
I was impressed that it stopped well even without using the brake, and
maintained a nice steady speed even going downhill. It behaves a lot like
the ICE tractor did in this manner.
Now I have the space in the garage to work on the caster arrangments for
the deck, which is all that is left to do before I can mow...WITHOUT
hearing protection! The biggest adjustment is going to be the front
mounted deck. When I sat on the tractor it finally hit home how much
bigger this is than the old ICE mower. to top it off, the deck will be
about 6 feet in front of me :-O.
I put together an online restoration diary to document all this, since it
might help somebody. The address is:
http://www.davesevs.com/E15restoration/E15 home page.htm
It isn't linked from the main EV page or the home page yet, so if you go
there, you have to use the back button to get back to it. And it isn't
complete, but it is done up to installation of the hood, and that was only
a week ago. I'll get the rest up in a few days.
(...and this time it is in regular HTML format :-)
David Brandt
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