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01-01-2016, 08:34 PM | #11 |
Happy Carting
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Southern California
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Re: Getting ready to go enter the cart world.
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. |
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01-02-2016, 10:19 AM | #12 |
Techno-Nerd
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: West Virginia
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Re: Getting ready to go enter the cart world.
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. ---------- 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. |
01-04-2016, 08:33 PM | #13 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Duncan Corners
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Re: Getting ready to go enter the cart world.
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. |
01-09-2016, 03:30 PM | #14 | |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Nov 2015
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Re: Getting ready to go enter the cart world.
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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? |
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