I did a trailer on mine for a while. The big big pro was it was quick and easy to do. At first I pulled a wagon, but it tipped over down a steep hill. I switched to a dolly as a trailer. This worked better, as it put some of the trailer weight onto the rear wheels, so I had better traction going up the steep hills. This winter I'm making some racks, similar to the bumper hitch racks for cars, to hold batteries. Be careful, on many lawn tractors the sheet metal might be too thin for this idea. It'll be nice to back up more easily and to have even more weight on the drive wheels. Because of my steep hills all the batteries will close to the ground -- I'll have a lower c.g. than before. ----- Original Message ----- From: Adrian DeLeon Sent: 01/02/14 10:27 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Michael's 48V lawn tractor/mower conversion: update
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. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140110/66459152/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
