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WaxyChicken · 01-31-2008, 12:40 AM

I did consider that at one time, but i am not fond of handling cow poo.... or my own.

An AC current motor i was looking at would defenently be big enough but there isn't enough web info for me to confidently convert a car to an AC Motor, so i dropped it.
I'll call up the guy about the forklift tomorrow, but i get the feeling it will be a big waste of time.
Craig's list has so far given me duds but tomorrow or Friday I will go down to a forklift salvage yard someone told me about and see if that works out.
So far the only motor i found that i would kill for on EBay has been one big enough to run a tank - bidding started at $500 EBAY Motor
Another one on EBay is 30HP and starts at only 99cents (this one really is big enough to run a tank) but shipping alone would cost $550 SUPER BIG DC MOTOR

It's getting discouraging to repeat the other members budget successes.

01-31-2008, 12:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
WaxyChicken Nomadic Chicken Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 350 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I did consider that at one time, but i am not fond of handling cow poo.... or my own. An AC current motor i was looking at would defenently be big enough but there isn't enough web info for me to confidently convert a car to an AC Motor, so i dropped it. I'll call up the guy about the forklift tomorrow, but i get the feeling it will be a big waste of time. Craig's list has so far given me duds but tomorrow or Friday I will go down to a forklift salvage yard someone told me about and see if that works out. So far the only motor i found that i would kill for on EBay has been one big enough to run a tank - bidding started at $500 EBAY Motor Another one on EBay is 30HP and starts at only 99cents (this one really is big enough to run a tank) but shipping alone would cost $550 SUPER BIG DC MOTOR It's getting discouraging to repeat the other members budget successes.