How much will they tow?

DoorKicker · 07-23-2011, 12:49 AM

I am looking to buy a golf cart in the near future and most I see for sale are electric. I know that you can buy trailer hitches for carts, my question is just how much can be towed?

I will most likely get a 4 seater electric with a small lift. But not sold on the lift if I can't tow with one installed.

I want to pull a small utility trailer with 4-6 kids inside the trailer and 4 adults on the cart. I would be on paved roads that is flat for the most part. This is for halloween hay ride in the neighborhood.....

Am I crazy?

Would a non lifted cart be better?

Thanks in advance

scottyb · 07-23-2011, 07:54 AM

The right cart with the right mods can do it...remember the golf cart was engineered for 2 people.

Start with a Series cart. install a larger controller pkg. Upgrade the Cable set and F&R. That will take care of the power issue.

A moderate 3-4 lift and 20 inch tires would be fine, 22 inch tires may be okay... but the remember the taller the tire the more load you are putting on the drive system.

Todd Dolfi · 07-23-2011, 07:59 AM

I have an 81 yami g1 with a two stroke and I use it to move my boat trailer around with no problems. It's a ez load for a 25' boat weighing about 1200 lb's...

bokeasmowl · 07-23-2011, 08:50 AM

My 95 S-10 blazer crapped the bed about 2 miles from the house and I pulled it back home with my cart you see on the right with the mods you see below. Didn't have any problems at all.

ChevyRacing75 · 07-23-2011, 08:51 AM

We were doing sled pulls at a trail ride. I think I pulled the sled plus 400 pounds of weight. Thats draging on the dirt. I do have some work done to my cart though

Ill try and find some videos

rabbitreborn · 07-23-2011, 09:36 AM

I have launched and recovered my 24' Pontoon using my Marathon but I also have done some electronic upgrades to it. A few years back I used one of my carts to pull a 36 foot plywood and steel 4 wheel farm trailer with 17 kids, 8 adults, 6 Peavey Monitors, a generator and stereo system on it in a GeorgeFest Parade here in town. It was a lot of stop and go and slow speed driving, but the trailer pulled with out any problems.

Scotty is correct, the key is going to be in the electronics. E-Z-GO reccomends that with stock electronics, you can use their tow bar system to pull no more than 3 carts behind you at a time using their permanent tow bar system. The average TXT weighs in at just shy of 1000 lbs. so figure that the stock cart is rated to pull 3000lbs of freeweight. Put in a higher torque motor, bigger controller, upgrade it to 48 volts and you shouldn't have any problem pulling that trailer with alot more than 6 kids in there.

The only issue I have with the lift idea is tongue weight. If the trailer is a tandem axle, or a 4 wheel farm trailer (the type that has wheels at the front and rear of the trailer instead of in the middle of it), then I see no problem pulling it with a lifted cart as the tongue weight is distributed better. If it's a single axle trailer, then you have to balance the load in the trailer so that the tongue weight remains low enough to not lift the front wheels and reduce steering effectiveness.

DoorKicker · 07-23-2011, 12:06 PM

Wow, thanks guys for all the replies. I had no idea they would pull that much. But now that I think about, I worked at a golf course in college and I remember pulling golf carts hooked together and we used to pull more than three. I just didn't think about how that related to pulling a trailer.....

I am feeling better now about my descision to get a cart, now I just got to decide which one to get. There are so many out there to pick from.

Thanks again all.

ekgguy · 07-23-2011, 05:41 PM

And so it begins........

Make sure and post pictures of what you buy, and the Halloween party it works at. We Love Pics....

OlManRivah · 07-24-2011, 10:23 AM

I've got a hitch on mine with a 2" ball and I tow boat trailers, yard carts, and anything else I want to pull.

And, mine's stock. As long as you keep the towing short, I see no problem. It's probably easier on the cart than 3 adults, 2 kids, and a dog.

greenmonster · 07-24-2011, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by DoorKicker

I am looking to buy a golf cart in the near future and most I see for sale are electric. I know that you can buy trailer hitches for carts, my question is just how much can be towed?

I will most likely get a 4 seater electric with a small lift. But not sold on the lift if I can't tow with one installed.

I want to pull a small utility trailer with 4-6 kids inside the trailer and 4 adults on the cart. I would be on paved roads that is flat for the most part. This is for halloween hay ride in the neighborhood.....

Am I crazy?

Would a non lifted cart be better?

Thanks in advance

I have a 2006 PDS with a 500 amp controller, 2 gauge wire throughout, HD solenoid, 8" lift, 23" tires, & stock motor. I have launched my Yamaha FX140 (3 seater) wave runner at a public launch about 2 miles from my camp. I also have pulled a full size converted boat trailer with 1000 lbs + of an oak tree in pieces. A golf cart is a pulling machine- with the right upgrades to a stock cart that is

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07-23-2011, 12:49 AM	#1
DoorKicker Gone Wild Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 192	How much will they tow? I am looking to buy a golf cart in the near future and most I see for sale are electric. I know that you can buy trailer hitches for carts, my question is just how much can be towed? I will most likely get a 4 seater electric with a small lift. But not sold on the lift if I can't tow with one installed. I want to pull a small utility trailer with 4-6 kids inside the trailer and 4 adults on the cart. I would be on paved roads that is flat for the most part. This is for halloween hay ride in the neighborhood..... Am I crazy? Would a non lifted cart be better? Thanks in advance
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07-23-2011, 07:54 AM	#2
scottyb Happy Carting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 73,408	Re: How much will they tow? The right cart with the right mods can do it...remember the golf cart was engineered for 2 people. Start with a Series cart. install a larger controller pkg. Upgrade the Cable set and F&R. That will take care of the power issue. A moderate 3-4 lift and 20 inch tires would be fine, 22 inch tires may be okay... but the remember the taller the tire the more load you are putting on the drive system.

07-23-2011, 07:59 AM	#3
Todd Dolfi Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,143	Re: How much will they tow? I have an 81 yami g1 with a two stroke and I use it to move my boat trailer around with no problems. It's a ez load for a 25' boat weighing about 1200 lb's...

07-23-2011, 08:50 AM	#4
bokeasmowl friends call me Boke Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Smithfield, North Carolina Posts: 7,772	Re: How much will they tow? My 95 S-10 blazer crapped the bed about 2 miles from the house and I pulled it back home with my cart you see on the right with the mods you see below. Didn't have any problems at all.

07-23-2011, 08:51 AM	#5
ChevyRacing75 Maybe This Weekend :) Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lake Norman, NC Posts: 6,411	Re: How much will they tow? We were doing sled pulls at a trail ride. I think I pulled the sled plus 400 pounds of weight. Thats draging on the dirt. I do have some work done to my cart though Ill try and find some videos

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07-23-2011, 09:36 AM	#6
rabbitreborn Gone Wild Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central Florida Posts: 2,757	Re: How much will they tow? I have launched and recovered my 24' Pontoon using my Marathon but I also have done some electronic upgrades to it. A few years back I used one of my carts to pull a 36 foot plywood and steel 4 wheel farm trailer with 17 kids, 8 adults, 6 Peavey Monitors, a generator and stereo system on it in a GeorgeFest Parade here in town. It was a lot of stop and go and slow speed driving, but the trailer pulled with out any problems. Scotty is correct, the key is going to be in the electronics. E-Z-GO reccomends that with stock electronics, you can use their tow bar system to pull no more than 3 carts behind you at a time using their permanent tow bar system. The average TXT weighs in at just shy of 1000 lbs. so figure that the stock cart is rated to pull 3000lbs of freeweight. Put in a higher torque motor, bigger controller, upgrade it to 48 volts and you shouldn't have any problem pulling that trailer with alot more than 6 kids in there. The only issue I have with the lift idea is tongue weight. If the trailer is a tandem axle, or a 4 wheel farm trailer (the type that has wheels at the front and rear of the trailer instead of in the middle of it), then I see no problem pulling it with a lifted cart as the tongue weight is distributed better. If it's a single axle trailer, then you have to balance the load in the trailer so that the tongue weight remains low enough to not lift the front wheels and reduce steering effectiveness.

07-23-2011, 12:06 PM	#7
DoorKicker Gone Wild Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 192	Re: How much will they tow? Wow, thanks guys for all the replies. I had no idea they would pull that much. But now that I think about, I worked at a golf course in college and I remember pulling golf carts hooked together and we used to pull more than three. I just didn't think about how that related to pulling a trailer..... I am feeling better now about my descision to get a cart, now I just got to decide which one to get. There are so many out there to pick from. Thanks again all.
DoorKicker Gone Wild Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 192

07-23-2011, 05:41 PM	#8
ekgguy Gone Wild Join Date: May 2011 Location: New Caney, Texas Posts: 188	Re: How much will they tow? And so it begins........ Make sure and post pictures of what you buy, and the Halloween party it works at. We Love Pics....

07-24-2011, 10:23 AM	#9
OlManRivah Getting Wild Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Virginia Posts: 94	Re: How much will they tow? I've got a hitch on mine with a 2" ball and I tow boat trailers, yard carts, and anything else I want to pull. And, mine's stock. As long as you keep the towing short, I see no problem. It's probably easier on the cart than 3 adults, 2 kids, and a dog.