EZGO Run time

[LongbeardExpress]

I am new to this carting thing, but love it so far. I am building a 97 TXT for turkey hunting. It is getting a 6 inch lift, 23" swamp fox tires, heavy duty springs, and a 700 amp Logitech controller. I have plans to get Plum Quik to build the motor. I am going to be using it to ride around hunting property to turkey hunt. There are some hills but not alot. I am wondering what kind of run time i am going to get out of the batteries. Anyone with experience with this type of application would be greatly appreciated.

[scottyb]

The cart should run for 90 minutes of actual peddle time ..... your results will vary

[LongbeardExpress]

If next time I needed batteries, I were to replace them with 8 volt batteries, could i expect a longer run time? If so, how much longer?

[scottyb]

Longbeard, electric motors eat amps.....lead stores amps the more lead you have the more run time.....so you can get more runtime from eight 6v the siv 8v batteries....What i said before was 90 minutes of actual pushing the peddle down that should equate to someting like 15 miles of 5mph creeping off-road.... Someone correct me if I'm wrong here on the mileage but, I think I'm right

[rusty]

Hello LongbeardExpress and Welcome to the forum.

[idunnowindows]

your forest creeping estimate is about right. if not spot on.
With good batteries of course

[scottyb]

Thank you .... I just never creeped a set of batteries down before more my style to run here and there looking for a bigger hill to climb

[caddymankc]

creeping around in a cart must be a controller cart thing, resistor carts its peddle to the metal all the time.

[scottyb]

Originally Posted by caddymankc

creeping around in a cart must be a controller cart thing, resistor carts its peddle to the metal all the time.

That is right KC Resistors burn up amps at a WOT rate no matter how easy on the peddle you are!