Check out an AMP electric side by side made by Landmaster. I saw it right after I bought my Honda Pioneer 1000-6 and upgraded to an electric cart, so a little late, but I was very impressed, it's American made, bringing direct competition to Polaris at half the price.
48 volt, 50 mile range, $25,499.00, but they have something about a $3000 incentive right now.
I was told that the Polaris electric is closer to 40k. According to my interpretation of the printed data the Polaris electric is also 5 mph slower, and has 38 ftlbs less torque than the Landmaster.
Yes, but it has only been recently that we have seen LI systems in UTVs. Prior to COVID, you could buy retro-fit LI systems and DIY. I believe Polaris was the first to come out with a high performance (gas equivalent) electric around COVID.
Yes, that is what I'm waiting for, once the price and performance matches a gas cart it's a no-brainer. But my electric lithium EZGO golf cart fills another slot that Polaris doesn't; 10 to 16 year old children can drive it, whereas I don't let anyone under 25 drive my ATV'S and side by sides for good reason.
That makes sense!
Even on the carts, keep an eye on the kiddos, ours is pretty tipsy, I’m assuming most of the lifted ones are.
Yes, we were visiting my brother-in-law that lives on a golf course. It was a family gathering. I was letting one of my young nieces drive the cart for her very first time. I was sitting next to her. At one point she got on to some uneven ground and evidently wasn't sure what to do and panicked. She ended up tipping it, fortunately it was in my direction. I was able to put my leg out and stop it from completely tipping over by holding the roof. Fortunately it was a slow tip. I was able to get her out and send her for help while I held it. No harm, but if she had been alone, it would have been a real problem.
That's why I installed 1.5" wheel spacers (look at the pic in post 39, I'm not an engineer, but as you go up in height, you need to go some for percentage wider to maintain the same stability. The wider stance made a huge difference, not only in balance, but also in slowing down the steering response. This also increases the turning radius, but in the case of youth drivers that's actually a good thing.
Ugly! In my case, I was fortunate. She got on to a side slope, got scared, and just stopped. With out the force of moving forward, the cart wanted to roll. My leg was just enough to keep the balance. It could have been much worse!
Don't you have any way to get electric to the barn? I had a tractor shed without electric and it was not ideal, I eventually got a roll of wire and a trencher and installed power. If you only want LED lights and charging batteries you don't need a lot of amps. Even solar might be an option...
With enough money anything is possible. The house basement holds most of the tools so the barn is just storage. We do have a few solar 12v trickle chargers on the barn. Maybe one day, but it's not really needed
