posted 2 hours ago
I need something for getting around and moving modest loads.
I've got a fucked up foot, and it will probably get worse in the medium term, meaning another lengthy round of surgery/recovery
Initially, in urgent need of a solution that could accomodate a cast & pegleg, I bought a jumbo electric fat-tire trike. Daymak boomerbeast with awd. Great concept. Absolute junk. Build quality is insanely bad. Pieces fall off, often. Motors have too little torque, meant to go stupid fast not for rough terrain at a controllable speed. Front motor has too much power, rear motor not enough. Battery sucks. Currently dead.
As that was dying, in somewhat less of a rush, I bought a Yamaha Kodiak 700. Great quad. Gets through thick mud, up narrow steep trails. Pulls a good load. Terrifyingly fast.
Not a good fit fit for 10-30 trips @ 150 metres each per day, though. Drinks gas, gets condensation in the oil from never getting up to proper operating temp. Tears up my gravel driveway pretty badly over time. Will keep it for firewood/getting into the woods, for now.
Time to try again.
I really want it to be electric. I cannot peddle. I don't need stupid fast. It needs to handle iffy farm roads, not necessarily serious offroading. I hope to be able to move 4x 5 gallon buckets or 4x jerry-cans of diesel, or a couple decent sized toolboxes.. or pull a light trailer with 4ish sheets of plywood.
Electric SxS is too much size, capacity, and money.
Golf cart? Fat tire cargo ebike? Modified garden tractor? Some other weirder creature?
What do you use for this sort of job?
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