Why not fit whatever batteries you can on the mower and put the rest in a
small trailer? Having the weight up front would help with hill climbing,
but if you have a relatively flat lawn/property, towing a small trailer
should be no big deal.
Even better: Keep enough juice on-board for moving/hauling stuff around.
Add the small trailer only when mowing. Use a pair of those 350A Anderson
connectors to connect/disconnect the extra batteries. When not pulling the
trailer, use a second 350A connector that's nothing but a shorting block.
-Adrian
On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 15:02:14 -0800, Michael K Johnson <[email protected]>
wrote:
If I were being reasonable I probably wouldn't have started this in the
first place. So far I haven't done anything that would outright make
going
back to ICE impossible. I'm still expecting to succeed, but wanted to
record in the archives what I learned so far for the benefit of the next
newbie pondering the idea.
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 7:32 PM, David Chapman <[email protected]>
wrote:
Michael,
This is just a suggestion and I almost hate to make it but... What about
taking a step back and simply fix up the ICE engine and reinstall and
return the tractor to proper function as cheap as possible. Set aside
and
look for a better donor tractor to convert. I find decent older garden
tractors for reasonable prices frequently. I just sold a John Deere 8 HP
that was in beautiful condition for less than $200. I bought it for $ 50
bucks at a yard sale and all it needed was a carburetor, battery and
ignition switch. Found I didn't have time to mess with it so I put it on
Craigslist and it went away in a couple weeks. I still have one of those
MDK K-Mart 2 cyl tractors that runs and drives and I am hoping someone
will
come along and give me what the motor is worth and haul it off, as it is
not suitable either to build an electric tractor out of. I have a
vintage
Allis Chalmers that I am looking to convert that I picked up for next to
nothing, that thing is
built like a brick. Anyway if you find you can get an EV tractor up and
ready for the season simply sell the ICE back up tractor. Don't know if
this helps but just another take on the situation... Dach.
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