Many of the GE Elec-Trak electric lawn tractors from the 1970s are still around and doing yeoman duty. Buying a clean used one should cost MUCH less than $3000. Recently an acquaintance of mine from around here sold his ER8- 36 small electric rider mower for $500 on EBAY. All it needed was new batteries.
The models to look for are probably the smaller, simpler ones: GE ER8-36 / Wheel Horse A-65 / New Idea R36 Wheel Horse E-60, E-81 GE E8 / New Idea EGT80 GE E10 . New Idea EGT100 The larger models will also serve (the E15 seems to be the most common): GE E12 / E12M / New Idea EGT-120 GE E14 / Wheel Horse B-145 GE E15 / New Idea EGT-150 GE E16 GE E20 / Wheel Horse C-185 / New Idea EGT-200 GE I5 If you're not in too much of a hurry, I suggest joining the Elec-Trak discussion list, and watching for someone to put one up for sale. cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/elec-trak I got an invalid certificate warning on that website just now. It seems OK, but I'll ask on the list today. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Consultant: someone who borrows your watch, tells you what time it is, pockets the watch, and sends you a bill for it. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
