For interest and amusement you might to like to check out the mobility scooter races held in South Australia.
There are classes for modified including highly modified. You can find them via the fickr link. http://www.aevasa.kestar.com.au/events.htm It has been a great way to introduce people to electric vehicles because let's face it, scooters are slow things that old people drive. When you've had a drive of a modified racing scooter (or Gopher as we tend to call them in Australia) your view changes. They really give people the EV grin :-) Cheers, John Lindsay [email protected] +61403577711 On 28 Apr 2014, at 5:58 pm, Dennis Miles <[email protected]> wrote: > Brett, I have personal experience with mobility scooters my own and my > wife's. First the weight of the rider is carried over 80% on the back > wheels so it doesn't matter if you have 3 or 4 wheels. Second if your car > can manage a class III receiver hitch it can carry 300 lbs. not including > yourself. I would trust the "U-Haul hitch people they have a fine > selection of bolt on hitches, I have several from them here and they are > reasonable and no nonsense (They want to rent trailers... Don't tell them > what you want to use it for, it only confuses them. Just tell them you need > hitch for a 300 lb trailer tongue weight.) That is the Manufacturers > rated hitch weight of a trailer for a class III hitch, 300 lbs on the car > hitch, and a trailer weight of 3,000 lbs. You might call you auto dealer > and ask what modifications are needed to use a class III hitch on your car. > You might need helper springs on the rear axle. I have overloaded the hitch > by 100% and had no problem (Results may vary) Believe me I am an expert at > towing trailers and backing them up, most drivers cannot do it! Avoid a > trailer or if your car won't handle the weight, use a one wheel trailer > where the trailer wheel is a swivel castor and the trailer attaches to the > car with two hitches. they are easy to back up. but you might have to load > the mobility scooter with ramps. There are alternatives. > The batteries: most scooters have removable batteries , mine do, one plug > and a velcro strap per battery. But, seriously, I never take mine out to > charge, my charger is built-in with a 120 V. cord about six feet long. I > have a 50 ft, contractors heavy duty cord and I plug in first the scooter > then the extension at the house outside patio outlet (With "GFCI" for > safety.) In rain I lay the junction of the scooter cord with the extension > up on a brick so it doesn't lay in a puddle of water... If you want to go > lithium order your new scooter with lithium because a charging circuit made > for lead-acid will destroy lithiums. you can not just change battery > chemistry you must use a different charging program... Good Luck, if you > need clarification my e- mail and phone number is listed on > "www(dot)EVprofessor(dot)com" > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140428/34404234/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) > _______________________________________________ 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)
