Anybody convert a golf cart?

[txdon]

I use my golf cart everyday. The conversions include, red paint (so I don't lose it) knobby tires, high-rise kit, brush guard, headlights, tailgate bed. I have had it for 4.5 years an have changed out the batteries once. I charge it overnight every four or five days.

No noise is a big plus after the tractor. It can go up my steepest dam with no problem and goes about 9 mph.

Being a Club Car is a plus also because of no rust. They have an aluminum frame.

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[yankeerider]

We have a gas (2 stroke) EZ-Go that we bought 16 years ago for $300. It was formerly a golf course maintenance cart, so it came with a light steel "pickup bed" on the back. The only thing I've done to it over the years is replace the starting battery about every 3 years and feed it its oil/gas mix.
My wife used it to haul gardening and maintenance materials around our hilly 5 acre property. I always intended to add a hitch to it, but it was always quicker to just use the tractor instead. (Although once or twice I did tow the leaf vac around by hooking it to the tow lug on the front of the golf cart and driving backward!)

This past summer she decided she wanted more hauling capacity and a power dump capability, so we bought her the Gator HPX. The golf cart is now relegated to carrying the fruit tree spray rig and and serving as my UTV when she is using "her" Gator.

 

[Ductape]

I'm not sure what the definition of "convert" is........ but if its disconnecting the governor and letting that baby run wide open, then i've converted one ! A few years back I had a ParCar gas cart..... had it painted up company colors, added stereo / CD player , strobe lights, etc. to it. We used to use it for beer runs down to the convenience store and such. A friend also had a gas EZGo, but it wouldn't hold a candle to my ParCar..... but of course that never stopped us from drag racing up and down the street ! Luckily it was a quiet street. Good times !! I'm not sure i've ever laughed as hard as the day we were racing side by side up the street , and just as i started to pull away..... my competitor leaned over and reached across my passengers seat and turned my key off. He couldn't stand to lose.

One day, i can see me wanting a Gator or RTV, but it'll never bring the smiles to my face like the ole ParCar did !!

 

[Taylortractornut]

Ive helped do a few conversions, and am planning on doing 2 more soon. We took the variable pulley off the drive of an old Gas cart and put in an old 4 speed light truck transmission with a pulley weleded on the output shaft and a larger one on the inpute side with a belt lcutch like a mwer to a 5 hp engine. workd dood the tranmission had to be shifted in a sideways H pattern. The olderones had alot beefier frames than the TSC utv. I have an old 3 wheeler cart that has an automovie type rear end in it and a place for a motor I picked up a little 3 speed at the scrap yard last week for it and a set of trencher tires from a rental store. Also I have an older Yamaha gasser that wil make more of an offroad utv. I think ill use the 3 wheeler around the farm abit its got a nice box on the back. One of our earliers ones had a Samuri rearend in it and some donut wheels they came out the sides and we added a ne donut to the front wheel to it made a super handy truck at a chicken farm.

 

[foggy1111]

I just tested my newly updated cart in the snow to see how it does. Seems like about 6 or 8" of fluffy snow is about the limit....then it will spin out. This is with new all-trail 22" tires. Not too bad in my opinion. I had heard that carts are hard to steer in the snow.....but mine seems to be ok...definitely not a 4 wheeler...but not too bad. We may use it for ice fishing. I think the stability is improved with the offset wheels...even tho the cart is a lot higher now...for much improved ground clearance.

I used our cart (2002 EZ GO PDS) during the fall for getting around our land and during deer hunting. The quiet feature of the electric makes this the ideal vehicle to get to and from hunting stands (quieter and less scent than walking....and you dont get all "sweated up" getting to your stand). The biggest drawback on the "standard" cart was the lack of traction and low clearance.

After seeing its many uses and generally good performance.....I went ahead with my mods and improvements: 5" drop axel, 10" aluminum wheels and the more aggresive 22" tires, hd rear springs, flip/flop rear seat and a beefed up rear support post, ss brush guard, head and tail lights. The cost of all the improvements was about $1200. and seems like it was all worth it.

Prior to this...I had considered buying a UTV for the side by side riding on trails and the general utility.....but this works out pretty well for us....and its a whole lot cheaper (and more friendly to the land too). I think you can sneak up on the critters with this rig too...and not run 'em out of the area, as in a UTV.

I like the idea of my grand kids driving this around on our trails - instead of a 4 wheeler....and my wife likes using it for her maintenance work too (that flip/flop seat makes for a good tool carrier). Fun to drive....less chance of injuries, etc etc etc.

Last thing for me will be adding an inexpensive "chip" which allows me to control how fast it will go vs how much torque it will provide. I should be able to control the high limit on speed from between about 12 mph to about 25 mph...depending on our needs and who's doing the driving. It's been a good winter project.