Getting ready to go enter the cart world.

[scottyb]

Series drive carts historically have the most off-road worthy drive system, Ezgo and CC are the 2 most popular carts. Both are American made with plenty of upgrade goodies available. The kind of off-roading you describe could be done with a sepex drive cart like Ezgo DCS, PDS or CC IQ in addition to series drive


I gotta wonder why the RXV doesn't hold a larger share of the off road market if it is the best cart for the job.

[JohnnieB]

Since the statement quoted below (emphasis added) was in the original post and an RXV is not known to be a DIY project for anyone lacking significant disposable income and at least a BSEE, or equivilant, whether an RXV would be a good hunting cart or not, is a moot point.

"I want to buy a project cart that my daughter and I can spend time building but I'm at a bit of a loss on the platform I should get."

As for grassflatsfisher's horror story about his failed attempt to build a hunting cart out of a '02 PDS; It sounds like he didn't do his homework and was learning from trial and error. To me at least, burning up a Plum Quick motor and a D&D motor in months and days respectively indicates the set-up was wrong for how the cart was being used. My guess is that it had very tall, low pressure tires.

He converted it to a series drive with a two-speed motor and it performed well for how he was using it, but staying with the sepex drive and installing a two-speed axle (having 20:1 and 10:1 gear ratios) probably would have had similar results.

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Bottom line is that the OP said he wanted a father & daughter building project whose goal was a cart they would use exclusively for hunting.

He did not say he wanted to buy a cart they could use for hunting.

[HiTechRedNeck]

Johnny B.

No argument with any statement you have made.

RXV's can be a good project cart -- lift / tires / brush bar / light kits & bars / racks /
flip seats / utility beds / winch kits

Many project hours without needing to mod electronics .

No skin in this game for me -- just hoping to help---
TXT's are good off road carts - just pick what is best for you.

[NC Hunter]

Originally Posted by HiTechRedNeck

Johnny B.

No argument with any statement you have made.

RXV's can be a good project cart -- lift / tires / brush bar / light kits & bars / racks /
flip seats / utility beds / winch kits

Many project hours without needing to mod electronics .

No skin in this game for me -- just hoping to help---
TXT's are good off road carts - just pick what is best for you.

So correct me where I'm wrong in my thinking here. Someone earlier mentioned buying a cart with some mods already added vs buying a basic cart and adding everything. To me a project would simply be a cart that we can spend time working on. Whether that's adding controller, wires, solenoid, etc. or baskets, lift kits, tire/wheels, etc. those are both projects.

In this area I'm not finding too many TXT series carts but when I do they are usually in the $1000 range needing batteries. To my way of thinking I can get one of these carts and add the following:

Cart $1000
Batteries 6/8 volts $700
Charger $250
Wires $150
Controller $600
Solenoid $125
F/R Switch $125
Total $2950

That gets me ready ready for tires/wheels and a lift and ready to hit the woods. There is also a 2011 RXV with good batteries that I can get for the same price and the RXV includes a rear flip seat and LED lights.

My origininal question was related to a good platform. I initially thought only a 36 series motor with upgrades would work for slow crusing in the woods. If an RXV works well too then I might be better off to get the RXV and start adding goodies to make it work for us.

Thoughts?