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Electric monster trucks, suvs and sports cars may seem like silly ideas now, but they are going to happen.  

it's the electric tractor i want.

store the batteries over the plough part for extra clay-breaking power...

The power of knowledge is in mortal combat with the knowledge of power. It really is that simple... That's the Edenic apple we are all munching on.

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue Mar 30th, 2010 at 12:02:52 PM EST
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Actually, I almost finished a small electric tractor in SWFlorida in the early 70's, as part of a commune-motel for itinerant salmon fishermen from Washington and Alaska. It was a 1.5 ton truck with a double transmission and an aircraft starter motor. Pretty crude relay system, eight 8D marine batteries, dual snowtires on the back. Got called back to Washington when the marina closed, and sold the kit to a mudracer.

We were going to use it to strip out palmetto roots, and then for farming. We had ten acres of pretty good dirt.

Align culture with our nature.

by ormondotvos (ormond no spam lmi net no spam) on Wed Mar 31st, 2010 at 07:11:18 PM EST
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hey well done, you futurist, you!

it doesn't seem like it'd be rocket science, but i'm mystified why more don't make them.

what sort of HP was your design, and there wouldn't be a blueprint of it floating in the net somewhere, by any kind chance?

i don't like breathing diesel while working, duh.

bad combo.

a quiet tractor would be very nice too.

seems like a no-brainer, it's not in frequent use, and could sit around charging in the sun till the right time. have 2 sets of battery banks trickle charging under a PV canopy, reverse into the dock, mech-aid the switch over with pulleys and a rotating tray.

beats growing ponds full of reeds,  or fields of oilseeds for biodiesel.

save that for a genny.

The power of knowledge is in mortal combat with the knowledge of power. It really is that simple... That's the Edenic apple we are all munching on.

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Wed Mar 31st, 2010 at 09:31:29 PM EST
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