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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