A little more information. I went to the scrapyard yesterday and had the truck weighed out.
The original weight with the Lead acid battery pack was 4230 Lbs. The trucks curb weight now is 3880 Lbs.
So an increase in payload envelope of 450 Lbs. by getting the lead out. The ride of course is a little firmer but nice and the handling quite nice with a better distribution of weight. The front of the truck doesn't bob and weave with that cast iron between the front wheels.
One bad behaviour of the truck is being front wheel drive with no active torque balancing transaxle "torque steer" With all that torque available on the over exuberant application of accelerator peddle one front tire will decide who will slip and the other make traction resulting in the truck pulling slightly one way or the other. And of course with the classic tire squeal.
It is noted the original control had derated the out-put from the inverter which would have moderated the acceleration and more to not stress the lead acid pack.
I should limit that output as well to not get into any trouble. It is nice to show that the little electric truck is not what you would expect.!
Randen
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