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Old 07-08-2009, 08:36 PM   #14 (permalink)
bennelson
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Electric Cycle - '81 Kawasaki KZ440
90 day: 334.6 mpg (US)

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90 day: 30.48 mpg (US)

Electro-Metro - '96 Ben Nelson's "Electro-Metro"
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I got the tractor hot-wired up to the point that it actually runs!

It doesn't steer, is louder than my gas tractor, and doesn't seem to actually have brakes, but it runs!

The drive power is rigged up through the Anderson disconnect, and the power for the blades is running through a 24v contactor running to the tractor's original on/off switch.

Even though the blades look like they haven't been sharpened in 30 years, is cuts surprisingly well!
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