Re: (ET) Elec-trak Digest, Vol 11, Issue 11

["Robert" <euclid delhitel net>]

Pieter,
I'm in the Catskills west of you around Oneonta area. I'm not sure what you 
need, I'm designing a controller for the ETs. It may blow up in my face but 
so fare it looks like I may be able to pull it off.
Rob

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Today's Topics:

  1.  Loader operation video & restoration (Pieter Litchfield)


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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 12:21:24 -0500
From: "Pieter Litchfield" <pieter_litch yahoo com>
To: "'Greg Curran'" <gcurran323 gmail com>, "Elec-Trak Tractor"
<elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Subject: (ET) Loader operation video & restoration
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Sure I could do that.  However, the gravel is all under snow just now.  My
batteries are getting very weak, but I can do a short demo in the spring.
I was at the ET get together last fall in Vermont, and enjoyed meeting many
ET owners including an owner of the same make & model loader.
I have a web site that has some ET info including diagrams from the now
defunct builder:

http://www.plitch.com/ET_Bucket.html

By the way, I am looking for two things:

1.  I have the cast iron front axle.  At the ET get-together I learned that
this is a weak design, and I should get the tube axle and steering arms 
with
angle limit stops.  I am looking for a source.
2.  I have an Alltrax controller, but I am not the sharpest knife in the
drawer about electrics and electronics.  I am looking for a hand (physical
hand that is) to do a controller conversion.  Will pay.  I am in the
Saratoga Springs, NY area.

Thanks for any help from all the ET owners on the list.
Pieter

From: Greg Curran [mailto:gcurran323 gmail com]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 11:39 AM
To: Pieter Litchfield
Subject: Re: (ET) fuel costs

Hi Pieter,

I'm not sure if you have the time to do this but is there any chance that
you'd be willing to take a video of your ET loading/unloading gravel? From
my searches I've never come across a video of the ET using a loader and I
feel like it would be a great benefit to the whole community if there was 
at
least one out there. It definitely lends a bit of legitimacy to these
machines as fully functioning garden tractors to see them using FEL's. Also
it makes convincing others to go the electric route when buying their 
garden
tractor a bit easier. Thanks in advance for anything you can do and I look
forward to hearing from you.

Greg
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