Cute checkered cab! I was trying to make out the "taxi rates" but my eyes must be going bad!
I saw this one when we were there...I think it was in April or December.
Has anyone ever tried to put a cart with the flip up foot rest in an 8 foot bed truck? We're thinking of purchasing this back seat assembly for a Club Car and hopefully put the tail gate up on the long bed truck??
Ron?
I have an F-250 short bed and this back seat on my golf cart. I have an EZ-Go (I think they are a little shorter than a Club Car) and the cart is about 6"-8" too long to close the tail gate with the foot rest folded up. So an 8' bed would work fine.
Look at the final post LoneStar made in the following thread. I would imagine that would work for you. I've even thought of doing the very same thing for mine just so I can go ahead and close the tailgate.
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1693649&page=3
I used to travel with my tail gate cable looped like this but I noticed that the gate still hit my gas bottle cover in tight turns so I bought an extra ratchet type strap and really cinch it up tight to the folded up foot rest. It may still hit, I'm not sure.
Stacktester...do you have the folding foot rest seat yet? All of the dealers we spoke to yesterday had not heard of it either. I was curious about the quality...?
Thanks!
The quality seems to be as good as any other. It is all aluminum so it won't rust. The step and platform for the seat are diamond plate and have a high polish. The seat flip flops to make a flat bed "truck" out of the golf cart. I wasn't interested in this feature, but can see it coming in handy for transporting camp chairs, folding tables, and food to pot luck dinners. One thing I have noticed, the hinged arms that support the step in the open position pivot on bolts with nylon lock nuts. It seems despite the nylon locks in the thread, one of the bolts on either side has vibrated loose on every other trip or so down to the Fort. I have had to replace each side's bolt, washers, and lock nuts at least once.
The MM folding step rear seat is designed to fit the Club Car brand but also is adapted for Yamaha and EZ-go. The installation instructions assumes you know how to install a rear seat and doesn't have any photos for reference, but if you take your time and refrain from partaking any cool ones while working even I could manage...and I have two left hands that are all thumbs.
The upholstery is also matched to the Club Car brand so if you don't have black or white seats (we didn't) the tan won't be a good match. We were planning on getting Sunbrella rain enclosure and seat covers anyway so it didn't matter.
Speaking of seat covers. The MM folding step rear seat does NOT have a standard seat so if you plan on getting seat covers you will have to do as we did and order a set for the front seat and have your dealer (Sunbrella doesn't sell to the public) order enough extra fabric to have the seat covered and take it to an upholstery shop and have them make a permanent, non-removable, seat cover for the rear seat. This cost us $450 in addition to the cost of the fabric!!!
I was not a happy camper! So much for "friends" in the business.
I haven't figured out how to post pictures yet (in addition to the two left had thing, I can be techno-deficient at times, too) but I'll try and figure that out and post them if I can. I will be glad to answer questions if I can. PM me if you want or post to this thread.
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