I semi completed my tractor, which can be seen at: http://www.greenshedconversions.com/Pages/Projects.aspx Second Project down.
After completing it, I realized a few things. I used an Electric Car Motor from an Old Conversion ( not a Warp9), that had the Pressure Plate on it and I was able to put the tractor clutch inside, but do not have the clutch peddle working. I thought I would not need a clutch, but the problem is, The Flywheel is so heavy and the gearing on the tractor so low, that it takes half a minute for the flywheel to slow down and even with standing on the brakes, the tractor still creeps along. So keeping a working clutch, I believe, might be important. I put a separate small motor to run the hydraulic pump. I have a reversing contactor on the motor ( trying to deal with the fact the shifting without a clutch is very time consuming). The Motor being part of the Frame, that holds the front wheels, was not a problem. The other big problem I am having, is that it seems that tractors NEED a lot of weight, especially over the back wheels. My tractor has the bucket on the front, but if I get anything too heavy in it, the back wheels become too light and won't get traction. So I will be re-arranging mine to put more weight in the back. I have even thought about using Golf Cart Batteries. Some of the Logicsystem Controllers seem to work OK, especially the first generation. I still have one on my Dixie Chopper. Of course, not running them at their rated Peak Voltage seems to help. STEVE CLUNN -- Steve Clunn Merging the best of the past with the best of the future. www.Greenshedconversions.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160718/633b1b58/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
