wife transporter

[cisco]

My wife, aka "the boss", hauls plants, potting soil, shovels, rakes, hoses and the like around our 7.5 acre property 2-3 weekends of the month as we slowly landscape our retirement setting. By Sunday afternoon, she's dog tired. So am I, but I've seat time on a tractor to break up the real work of chain sawing, chipping/shredding and the like. So, for Christmas (and when I had her convinced I was buying an widescreen HDTV), I purchased a used golf cart. Learned a bit in the exercise - like you want a cart from "up north", so it's only been run on golf courses during the summer, not all year as in my state of South Carolina, and like you NEVER want a cart from an ocean front golf course (i.e., rust). Anyhow, a fold down rear seat allows construction of a box for stuff. See attached.
Yup, she's real happy (even hauls the old dog around with her - a real dog, not me).

 

[cisco]

And another view

 

[cisco]

And, finally, the box removed and the cart now a 4 person carrier (as in our weekend guests around the property, with drinks).

 

[bczoom]

There you go!!
Congrats on your new toy/tool (she can decide) and pulling off a surprise for Christmas.

It looks like there's a ball on the back for a trailer. If so, a small trailer could be handy. Leave all the tools in there so you don't have to empty the box.

 

[txdon]

Cisco, nice transporter! You really treat your guest right with the extra seat. In Texas we just let down the tail gate and tell them to jump in the back. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Golfgar4]

Excellent! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Now all you have to do is have your wife give it a name! Just make sure that she knows that FunBuggy is already taken! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[PitbullMidwest]

That was an excellent gift. Before my father in law passed away he modified their cart so that my mother in law could carry gardening tools etc. Is it a Par Cart?

I was given a '73 Harley Davidson electric cart that didn't run along with a wiring schematic. Turns out the schematic went to a different cart and after rewiring it correctly it runs like a bandit. My kids absolutely love it.

 

[EastTexFrank]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="blue"> In Texas we just let down the tail gate and tell them to jump in the back. </font> )</font>

Don, I'm not sure if the guys in other parts of the country realize just how true that statement is. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[cisco]

Well, I didn't appreciate that my "kids" (21 and 18) would enjoy the cart - but seems everyone but me is driving it around. Kind of neat to circulate around one's property without a bunch of noise to disturb wildlife - but the reason I went electric and not gas was oil changes, spark plugs, keeping gas fresh, etc. - if you obtain a battery maintainer (not the usual, and needed, charger, which recharges your battery to full, cuts off, and 2 months later the batteries are dead and the "charger" never turns on again) and plug it in when gone for 4-6 months, as over a winter season; the batteries are fresh and happy when you return.
The "lift kit" gets you about 8" ground clearance, instead of the usual 4-5 inches, and if your property is as untamed as some of mine, it's a good idea. Sure, the tractor can haul out your cart, but -----
Question re. hitch - it's a 1 7/8" ball to fit the trailer for my 13 foot Whaler creek/lake skiff, and the cart hauls around the boat and trailer just fine, at least over flat ground.

 

[PineRidge]

Nice looking cart. Did it come with a loader and backhoe attachment? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif