EZ-Go Workhorse

Av8r3400 · May 12, 2006

Okay, I'm looking for something to use on the property to run around. For the wife to go from the barn to the garden, mailbox runs, garbage detail, etc, etc.

What do you think of something like this? I'd love a Rhino or Mule or something like that but the $2500 for this is alot better than $10,000 for that. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Anyone have any opinions?? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Bird · May 13, 2006

For the uses you mentioned, those are dandy little machines. That is, if you don't need more aggressive tires, 4WD, more pulling power, or need to haul heavier loads.

billbill1 · May 13, 2006

Just remember to put Slime in the tires when it's new and I think you'd be good to go. I have a friend that ran an EZ Go golfcart for years around his farm with great results. The Workhorse with that small bed on the back would be better.

jcmseven · May 14, 2006

I think that is a dandy idea. One of my good college friends' father was the CEO of EZ Go and my friend Bill used to get one to wheel around campus on. We jumped it, did doughnuts on it, ran it into things, rolled it (once) and it never died on us, so consider this a testament to its worthiness of service.

John M

wushaw · May 14, 2006

It will work perfect. It looks to be an electric cart so gas mileage is great, it can be used for other uses also, pulling a small cart or sprayer.
I have had mine for five years and it is a 98 EZ-GO, I put a lift and bigger turf tires on it and I use mine for everything and right now I am sharring it with a bird that has taken up residency in the cubby hole on the driver side I don't mind and she returns everytime I'm done using it.

wushaw · May 14, 2006

It will work perfect. It looks to be an electric cart so gas mileage is great, it can be used for other uses also, pulling a small cart or sprayer.
I have had mine for five years and it is a 98 EZ-GO, I put a lift and bigger turf tires on it and I use mine for everything and right now I am sharring it with a bird that has taken up residency in the cubby hole on the driver side I don't mind and she returns everytime I'm done using it.

Av8r3400 · May 14, 2006

Sorry. I should have given a better discription.

It is a 98 or 99 EZ-Go Workhorse 1200. That is the 350 cc gas model.

Av8r3400 · May 14, 2006

Sorry. I should have given a better discription.

It is a 98 or 99 EZ-Go Workhorse 1200. That is the 350 cc gas model.

wushaw · May 15, 2006

( Sorry. I should have given a better discription.

It is a 98 or 99 EZ-Go Workhorse 1200. That is the 350 cc gas model. )

That's ok it just means you can pull more and go faster.
We have them at my work and they get run 24/7 around an airport terminal and they seem to hold up real well with a bunch of mechanics trying to destroy the darn things and sometimes they do but it ain't the carts fault they always loose when run into a belt loader or tug /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

That was one of the reasons I got mine but I wanted electric due to the noise and I don't have to feed it gas.

If I needed more power or had several hundred acres to run around on the gas or diesel would be the choice.

wushaw · May 15, 2006

( Sorry. I should have given a better discription.

It is a 98 or 99 EZ-Go Workhorse 1200. That is the 350 cc gas model. )

That's ok it just means you can pull more and go faster.
We have them at my work and they get run 24/7 around an airport terminal and they seem to hold up real well with a bunch of mechanics trying to destroy the darn things and sometimes they do but it ain't the carts fault they always loose when run into a belt loader or tug /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

That was one of the reasons I got mine but I wanted electric due to the noise and I don't have to feed it gas.

If I needed more power or had several hundred acres to run around on the gas or diesel would be the choice.

texbaylea · May 17, 2006

Av8r3400

We have a 2001 EZ-GO Workhorse 1200 and my wife just loves it. Lets her get around the place without the limits imposed by arthritis and the results of a bad auto accident about 15 years ago. Ours has a cage/cab on it as it came used from a golf driving range and had been used to pick up balls off the range. In spite of all the abuse it took (teen age boys) it still runs good. Engine uses oil but oil is cheap. The tank is large enough that I only fill it about every other month.

Vernon

texbaylea · May 17, 2006

Av8r3400

We have a 2001 EZ-GO Workhorse 1200 and my wife just loves it. Lets her get around the place without the limits imposed by arthritis and the results of a bad auto accident about 15 years ago. Ours has a cage/cab on it as it came used from a golf driving range and had been used to pick up balls off the range. In spite of all the abuse it took (teen age boys) it still runs good. Engine uses oil but oil is cheap. The tank is large enough that I only fill it about every other month.

Vernon

Av8r3400 · May 17, 2006

I think I'm going to pull the trigger on this one this weekend. No one seems to have anything bad to say about these, so thanks for all the input.

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Av8r3400 · May 17, 2006

I think I'm going to pull the trigger on this one this weekend. No one seems to have anything bad to say about these, so thanks for all the input.

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tractor127 · May 17, 2006

Whatever you do don't go with EZ-Go's Diesel engines. We had someone buy 8 of them instead of the RTV and they already blew 3 motors within 2 months.

tractor127 · May 17, 2006

Whatever you do don't go with EZ-Go's Diesel engines. We had someone buy 8 of them instead of the RTV and they already blew 3 motors within 2 months.

Av8r3400 · May 17, 2006

I can't find any mention of a diesel being offered by EZ-Go. Who is the manufacturer?

Club Car makes a diesel powered vehicle also re-badged as the Bobcat 2200. It uses a Kubota 3 cylinder 20 hp motor (D722). If it is isn't the same exact motor as in the RTV, it is very, very similar.

Av8r3400 · May 17, 2006

I can't find any mention of a diesel being offered by EZ-Go. Who is the manufacturer?

Club Car makes a diesel powered vehicle also re-badged as the Bobcat 2200. It uses a Kubota 3 cylinder 20 hp motor (D722). If it is isn't the same exact motor as in the RTV, it is very, very similar.

michigandon · May 18, 2006

I'm glad I stumbled onto this thread! I've currently got a bid pending on da Bay for a 2002 EZ-GO workhorse 800, and I feel better about aquiring it having read through this. I'm buying it for my Dad as a combination Birthday/Fathers Day/Christmas present, so nobody else bid on it please! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif He's got bursitis and has been having a rough time getting around lately. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif Mom isn't doing much better what with radiation and chemotherapy, so I think(hope?) they'll both find it useful. He drives his truck from the house to the barn, which I think is quite stupid. My brother-in-law just bough a brand-new Mule and I know Dad is pretty envious of it and would LOVE to get his hands on one too, but he doesn't have that kinda $$$ to spend and neither do I. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

michigandon · May 18, 2006

I'm glad I stumbled onto this thread! I've currently got a bid pending on da Bay for a 2002 EZ-GO workhorse 800, and I feel better about aquiring it having read through this. I'm buying it for my Dad as a combination Birthday/Fathers Day/Christmas present, so nobody else bid on it please! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif He's got bursitis and has been having a rough time getting around lately. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif Mom isn't doing much better what with radiation and chemotherapy, so I think(hope?) they'll both find it useful. He drives his truck from the house to the barn, which I think is quite stupid. My brother-in-law just bough a brand-new Mule and I know Dad is pretty envious of it and would LOVE to get his hands on one too, but he doesn't have that kinda $$$ to spend and neither do I. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif