Thread: Ben's Elec-Trak
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Old 07-08-2009, 06:49 PM   #13 (permalink)
bennelson
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Just got the tractor to move under its own power.

Kinda scary. It's rattly, noisy, and has no power switch, just an Anderson connection to plug and unplug for on and off.

Also, the steering is going to need work. The part on the frame that the steering column goes through is all rotted away, so it sometimes steers, sometimes doesn't.

The left mower deck motor seems to work ok. The right one didn't spin at all at first. When it finally did spin, it pulled enough amps to heat up the power wires going to it.

-Ben
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