The other day I found some pictures of GE ElecTrak Electric Garden Tractors. Curious if anyone has heard of them? I saw them at http://www.kansaswindpower.net.
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Ever heard of an Electric Garden Tractor??
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mgallinaro
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SETH,
Those tractors were a sort lived experiment. GE sold them for a couple of years and then sold the product to Wheel Horse. You got about 1 acre of cut time before the batteries started to go down.
Those tractors were a sort lived experiment. GE sold them for a couple of years and then sold the product to Wheel Horse. You got about 1 acre of cut time before the batteries started to go down.
It wasn't a tractor but there is/was a Cub Cadet 95 that was electric.
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Seth:
I have seen a few of those. There was a Dealer in a neighboring town that sold them. If I remember correctly, they were introduced in the early 1970's. Like Michael said, their production was shorted lived.
I have seen a few of those. There was a Dealer in a neighboring town that sold them. If I remember correctly, they were introduced in the early 1970's. Like Michael said, their production was shorted lived.
Seth:
A guy I car-pooled with in MA had one of those. We were about 25 miles outside Boston so most houses had much less than 1 acre to mow due to high land cost and dense trees. He had the optional welding attachment that used the batteries for DC welding. It made a good emergency repair rig - just drive it to where you broke and fix it. He retired in the mid 90's and moved so I have no idea what became of it.
JimE
A guy I car-pooled with in MA had one of those. We were about 25 miles outside Boston so most houses had much less than 1 acre to mow due to high land cost and dense trees. He had the optional welding attachment that used the batteries for DC welding. It made a good emergency repair rig - just drive it to where you broke and fix it. He retired in the mid 90's and moved so I have no idea what became of it.
JimE
Ken, I'll take a copy of the literature! Please..... 
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You guys are truely amazing!!!! I figured I would get a smilely face like this...
I think I could ask about Oliver garden tractors (heard of them) or Massey Ferguson garden tractors with rubber tracks (saw one once) and someone would know something about them!!!!
I think I could ask about Oliver garden tractors (heard of them) or Massey Ferguson garden tractors with rubber tracks (saw one once) and someone would know something about them!!!!
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Most if not all of these have been represented at the Little G garden tractor show in Dyersville, IA each year. Since many of us are within a few hour drive, we tend to have "seen it all". And if not at the show, it's been reported in their newsletter.
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Seth,
My wife's uncle (I guess that would make him my uncle-in-law) has about 10 of those oliver garden tractors. He's collecting them. Apparently they are extremely rare. He says there are less than a hundred out there.
Frankly I don't see the attraction, after all they are GREEN!
My wife's uncle (I guess that would make him my uncle-in-law) has about 10 of those oliver garden tractors. He's collecting them. Apparently they are extremely rare. He says there are less than a hundred out there.
Frankly I don't see the attraction, after all they are GREEN!
David all it amounts to was a rolling battery box. How streamlined does a BB need to be ? I wish I had got it , the DC motors would have been nice to have had if they were still useable (2 on the deck and 1 drive - drive motor = to 10hp). I need more junk in the way ! ... shoot me !
I wish I had got it , the DC motors would have been nice to have had if they were still useable (2 on the deck and 1 drive - drive motor = to 10hp). I need more junk in the way ! ... shoot me !- Joined
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- "Big" Steve Blunier, Roanoke, IL
At the dealership I used to work for we sold New Idea electric garden tractors. They went from 10 to 20 horsepower. I even tractor pulled them. They had very good power and were good machines--the biggest problem they had was that battery life was only about 3 hours. I still have most of the repair manuels for them. They had a whole line of attachments from a fork lift down to a hedge trimmer than ran off the battery. The battery maintenance, the electrical complicity, and the battery time were their downfall.
