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Ryland · 05-16-12, 08:51 AM

You should be able to get away with a 2 to 3 hp electric motor because that HP rating is for continues use but the peek HP rating tends to be much higher and on top of that it's not as easy to stall an electric motor very easily, instead of stalling they tend to put out their peek Horse Power!
I think the GE electrac garden tractors have a 6" motor on them and that seems to be around the size that most people tend to go for when converting as well.

05-16-12, 08:51 AM	#2
Ryland Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Western Wisconsin. Posts: 913 Thanks: 127 Thanked 82 Times in 71 Posts	You should be able to get away with a 2 to 3 hp electric motor because that HP rating is for continues use but the peek HP rating tends to be much higher and on top of that it's not as easy to stall an electric motor very easily, instead of stalling they tend to put out their peek Horse Power! I think the GE electrac garden tractors have a 6" motor on them and that seems to be around the size that most people tend to go for when converting as well.