[ruckus]

Regardless of mower type, single moter is a good way to go for several reasons:

1. SIMPLE. 1 motor, 1 controller, 1 set of wires.
2. Hydrostat provides some back-pressure to help prevent runaway of series wound motors. With belt mower, this is more of a concern. Obviously, shunt wound is the ultimate solution here.
3. cost. one big motor is cheaper than multiple small/medium motors. Plus the cost of wiring and connectors etc etc..

I am glad you are doing this project. I have been DYING to do a mower conversion as our place eats gas mowers for lunch and the noise and pollution is horrible.

Can you post pics?

Please, please PLEASE can the powers that be create a mower/tractor/farm machinery conversion category in the forum???

Tractors have special issues that do not apply to cars such as the engine block acting as the frame.

 

[ruckus]

awww. Talk about JEALOUS.

There seem to have been no Electraks sold in MT. (at least I have never seen one)

Will you give us some specs? Series or shunt wound? Controller or hard-wired? If series, do you have to limit speed or do the blades provide enough limiting force?

Thanks