The Golf Cart Thread

[vick]

Talking about carts seems to lure Rog out of lurkdom.......

Everyone needs to talk about carts more , if it will make Rog post.

 

[AuburnJen92]

Rog is too busy on Facebook with Pete joining every fan club imaginable...

 

[vick]

Rog is too busy on Facebook with Pete joining every fan club imaginable...

I have seen their fan clubs! Some of them make me wonder why Pete or Rog didn't start them.

 

[VACAMPER]

Maybe we should start a BigDaddyRog fan club on facebook

 

[AuburnJen92]

I have seen their fan clubs! Some of them make me wonder why Pete or Rog didn't start them.

Maybe they did?

 

[Hockeytchr]

If we get a reservation in one of the cabins for June, it will just be DH and me, so there will only be the two of us. We are leaning toward the black one since it has the stereo in it. DH wants to take the Yamaha, but it is a little loud so that may not be the best idea.

 

[LONE-STAR]

If we get a reservation in one of the cabins for June, it will just be DH and me, so there will only be the two of us. We are leaning toward the black one since it has the stereo in it. DH wants to take the Yamaha, but it is a little loud so that may not be the best idea.

Plus if you go with the black cart that has the bed on the back you can haul a cooler of ice cold beerverages around.

 

[BigDaddyRog]

Mike's right...no kids = more room for booze!!!
Plus, the stereo makes it really nice to listen to while looping the campground. If you have never carted at the Fort...you will find yourself more entertained by just cruising around the campground for hours on end than by the parks...thats my feelings anyway.

Since youve brought up stereos in carts....

I recently rigged a very nice sounding little get up in my cart for practically nothing. And it runs on its own 12v battery. My kid wore her powerwheels princess car out...burned the engine up...but the battery was still holding a charge, so I took the battery out and trashed the rest of the car. You can find "multimedia" speaker sets for about $10 at places like "BigLots" and other discount stores like that.

I took some multimedia speakers, removed the actual speaker cones from the boxes they come screwed into, one of the boxes holds all the electronic crap for plugging it into and volume and all that....the other one only had a speakercone in it...so I threw the empty one away. The one with the electronics in it, I put into the right side of my glove compartment on the golfcart and screwed it down so it wouldnt slide all over the place.

I ran the speaker wires for the left speaker under and through the dashboard to the left glove box and the right speaker cone and wires remained on the right side.

I secured the 12v battery from the powerwheels car down next to the speakerbox with the electronics...

Black & Decker makes a very inexpensive adapter to use household plugs in "cigarette lighter" type power sources, this cost about $20. This allows the household speaker system to be powered by the 12v battery. I used a cigaerette lighter extension cord, cut the part that actually goes into a cigarette lighter OFF and attached the cut end directly to the 12v battery.

the speaker system is now powered and ready to pump tunes! I carefully drilled lots of tiny holes into the glovebox doors to simulate speaker grills...

And glued the speaker cones to the inside of the glovebox doors...

by drilling holes that the speakers go behind AND holesthat have NOTHING behind them you will get a somewhat richer sound. Alot of bassier sounds come from "behind" a speaker cone.

Now, it would be a real pain in the butt to have to pull the battery out of the glovebox everytime it needed recharging....so I yanked some more wires from the powerwheels car and rigged a plug so that I could recharge the battery without removing it from the golfcart...

Now this complete system is hidden from view and secured down so that you wont hear tons of sliding every time you turn your golfcart wheel. Plus, if you dont find ways to secure this stuff...you risk things coming unplugged or disconnected in some kind of way.

The multimedia speakers usually have a plug that goes to your "headphones" output on your laptop computer...that plug is the same size as any MP3 player and many MP3 compatible cellphones (some cellphones may require a 2.5mm - 3.5mm adapter). At this point you can just plug in your mp3 player, throw it in the glovebox and go. Personally, I like to know what song is next on the playlist, so I ran the headphones plug up through the steering column opening and used one of those cellphone holders that suction-cups to a windshield and keep my player there.

I spent a total of maybe $40 on this, and its nice knowing that when my cart is parked somewhere without me, that no one is saying "Hey, I bet we can steal that stereo system before he gets back." because the whole thing is completely hidden and no one even knows its there. And if by chance they DO figure it out and steal it...Ive only lost 40 bucks!!

 

[LONE-STAR]

Cool Rog I like it. But why couldn't you use the power from the batteries already on the cart?

 

[BigDaddyRog]

I could have...I already have a voltage reducer on my cart for the head and rear lights. But Im planning on installing the neon light tubes underneath my cart in the near future, and figured it may draw more power from my regular batteries, decreasing my drive time...this way I can leave the mp3 player and neon lights on till the battery dies out, and never lose a second of drive time....plus, I hated to waste a good 12v battery!!!

 

[stacktester]

I could have...I already have a voltage reducer on my cart for the head and rear lights. But Im planning on installing the neon light tubes underneath my cart in the near future, and figured it may draw more power from my regular batteries, decreasing my drive time...this way I can leave the mp3 player and neon lights on till the battery dies out, and never lose a second of drive time....plus, I hated to waste a good 12v battery!!!

Shoulda bought gas. lol

 

[Hockeytchr]

The whole purpose of the utlity bed is to haul the cooler and the rear speakers for the stereo. The stereo system is a 100 ( I think) watt clarion cd player/reciever that is hooked to an amplified antenna. It is roof mounted with a removable face plate, and Mp3 hook up. The speakers are two 6.5 's mounted in the roof unit with two 9" rear speakers mounted in boxes. I am not using a lot of techincally correct terms, DH knows all the stereo specs. The cart also features two electronic horn systems by Wolo, the Wolo Jukebox and Animal House horns, the light bar on top works, there are strobes on the front near the bottom of the brush guard, and there are blue led's underneath the cart too. So it is quite a little machine with it's gizmos. We are also in the process of having a friend make us a custom tonneau cover for the bed that has top access for the adult beverages cooler, but covers the speakers from the elements. The cart also features an autographed roof by a famous NASCAR (#17) driver who rode in it last winter at a local hockey game on NASCAR night.

We also got some news today about our ever expanding collection of carts and toys, my Dad is looking to buy a new 2009 Kawasaki Mule 4X4 Transport for the campground, so that he and mom can hit the trails with us this season.

 

[DisneyBishops]

Thanks for the thumbs up Lone Star! However, this cart IS gas - My company built it for a client in North Carolina. It has a 24 hp Honda V - Twin and an EZGO High Speed rear end, along with MANY other custom parts that we offer in our vehicles! Top speed (goverened) is around 38 mph. This vehicle will be featured on the cover of Golf Car News in January...

Yea this one was at the fort when we were last week. It is a cool cart. Just wish I could afford one. LOL I will just have to stick with my old put put

 

[LONE-STAR]

I could have...I already have a voltage reducer on my cart for the head and rear lights. But Im planning on installing the neon light tubes underneath my cart in the near future, and figured it may draw more power from my regular batteries, decreasing my drive time...this way I can leave the mp3 player and neon lights on till the battery dies out, and never lose a second of drive time....plus, I hated to waste a good 12v battery!!!

I figured that was the reason but you never know.

 

[tungpo1]

Cool Rog I like it. But why couldn't you use the power from the batteries already on the cart?

Its always better to run a extra 12v batt for your accessories on a electric cart you don't draw from your carts run time.

 

[Shan-man]

I found a guy locally with 2 club cars, one nearly complete and one frame and parts, which would combine to make a complete cart minus batteries... both for $200. I thought it was a good deal... DW thinks I have too many unfinished projects! How to convince her?

 

[Tigger1966]

It doesn't hurt to have an extra battery on a gas cart either. I have a deep cycle mounted in a battery box under the back seat for my 14 blue running lights and other things. When I park the cart someplace at night for a short while I leave them on. Makes the cart easy to find.

 

[LONE-STAR]

I found a guy locally with 2 club cars, one nearly complete and one frame and parts, which would combine to make a complete cart minus batteries... both for $200. I thought it was a good deal... DW thinks I have too many unfinished projects! How to convince her?

Sounds pretty good. Wonder what they look like. Batteries will be around $600

 

[Shan-man]

Okay guys, another question... I know that ideally for a 36v cart you want 6 6-volt gel cells, but can I get by, for testing at least, with 3 12-v? I could get start a lot cheaper, and I could uncouple the batts and use my existing charger. I know I won't get much run time, but enough?

Oh, an aside... I think I'll have to do this at some point. It would be so cool to "float" up and then drop onto the sleigh skids!

 

[LONE-STAR]

Okay guys, another question... I know that ideally for a 36v cart you want 6 6-volt gel cells, but can I get by, for testing at least, with 3 12-v? I could get start a lot cheaper, and I could uncouple the batts and use my existing charger. I know I won't get much run time, but enough?

Oh, an aside... I think I'll have to do this at some point. It would be so cool to "float" up and then drop onto the sleigh skids!

I think you need Ron for this question.