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aproldan · 02-25-10, 05:33 AM

hi all i will be converting my neighbors tractor to electric hoping sometime next week, when the parts come in. she lives around the corner from me and has a mini farm.. her name is Pam and she mainly has goats,chickens,quail and a couple horses and one pony.. she make her living selling goats milk and eggs..
anyway i've known her for almost 5 years and she has always known me for my electric conversions i do at my house... so a couple weeks ago she asked me if i would take a look at the electric golf cart she bought used.. batteries were not charging and needed some attention... after i took care of them, we got to talking and pam asked me about my tractor which i rode up to her place with.. how it worked and how long it would last on a charge( the basic question everyone always ask me... so i gave her the run down on my tractor.. then she ask if it would haul a poop spreader.. so i had her fill up her spreader hooked it up to my tractor and let her try it out.. she was very surprised how easily my tractor pulled her spreader and even more surprise when i mentioned the motor running my tractor was under 1 hp.. she had me take a look at one of the many gas tractors that were at her place( which were all out of service due to blown motor or bad carbs.. one tractor that pam really likes was one she calls MR. GREEN and asked if i would turn it into electric... i couldn't turn it down.. besides it gives me a chance to do another project and i love doing conversions... we struck a deal and sealed it with a handshake..i would have like the tractor to look a littler nice but for some reason she likes her MR.GREEN..
this will be the 4 th tractor i converted so i will be quite easy to electrify this tractor. i will install a 36volt 1.5hp motor.. many folks seem to under estimate the power of D C motors but don't realize that they will produce 4 times it 's rated power from stall where a gas motor needs to build up its RPM to produce it's HP... anyway i thought i would bring that up just incase anyone was thinking 1.5 hp motor seem to be too small for a tractor.. when i say tractor in reality it is a ride on mower minus the cutting deck... i will post pics and when done post a vids of MR.GREEN in action enjoying it's second chance of a quieter and cleaner life..

02-25-10, 05:33 AM	#1
aproldan Helper EcoRenovator Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 54 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	MR.GREEN gets a second life... hi all i will be converting my neighbors tractor to electric hoping sometime next week, when the parts come in. she lives around the corner from me and has a mini farm.. her name is Pam and she mainly has goats,chickens,quail and a couple horses and one pony.. she make her living selling goats milk and eggs.. anyway i've known her for almost 5 years and she has always known me for my electric conversions i do at my house... so a couple weeks ago she asked me if i would take a look at the electric golf cart she bought used.. batteries were not charging and needed some attention... after i took care of them, we got to talking and pam asked me about my tractor which i rode up to her place with.. how it worked and how long it would last on a charge( the basic question everyone always ask me... so i gave her the run down on my tractor.. then she ask if it would haul a poop spreader.. so i had her fill up her spreader hooked it up to my tractor and let her try it out.. she was very surprised how easily my tractor pulled her spreader and even more surprise when i mentioned the motor running my tractor was under 1 hp.. she had me take a look at one of the many gas tractors that were at her place( which were all out of service due to blown motor or bad carbs.. one tractor that pam really likes was one she calls MR. GREEN and asked if i would turn it into electric... i couldn't turn it down.. besides it gives me a chance to do another project and i love doing conversions... we struck a deal and sealed it with a handshake..i would have like the tractor to look a littler nice but for some reason she likes her MR.GREEN.. this will be the 4 th tractor i converted so i will be quite easy to electrify this tractor. i will install a 36volt 1.5hp motor.. many folks seem to under estimate the power of D C motors but don't realize that they will produce 4 times it 's rated power from stall where a gas motor needs to build up its RPM to produce it's HP... anyway i thought i would bring that up just incase anyone was thinking 1.5 hp motor seem to be too small for a tractor.. when i say tractor in reality it is a ride on mower minus the cutting deck... i will post pics and when done post a vids of MR.GREEN in action enjoying it's second chance of a quieter and cleaner life..