Hi AllWe just bought an older electric cart that we are going fix up and tow. the owners manual says for safe towing you must remove the roof and windshield or risk wind damage.....I'm sure I have seen people towing carts but now I'm second guessing.....

Are you talking about towing a golf cart 4 down?

golf cars cannot be towed at high speed on their own wheels. You will have to trailer it or load it. Please inquire if the camp(s) you intend to take it to permit their use and for what purpose.

I would "guess" that they are talking about towing it on a trailer and that the cheap/weak/parachute of a windshield and roof won't take highway speeds.I have had boats with tops that were the same way.bumpy

I used to think the same thing. But we used to take our golf cart in the bed of the truck while pulling a TT. Did that multiple times to the beach and twice to Disneyworld (1200+ miles round trip). All we did was make sure the front of the golf cart is not pointed up. Tow the golf cart in a trailer but make sure the trailer is level. If the front of the trailer is up, the roof of the cart will act as a parachute. Also lower the front windshield if its the folding type.

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15 Replies

mkirsch
Nomad II
Sep 08, 2015
Golf courses transport carts by the trailer load with roofs and windshields intact around here frequently. I'm not talking about low speed on back roads either. They're on the NYS Thruway doing 70.
mowin
Explorer
Sep 06, 2015
If it has a folding windshield, u will be fine. If it doesn't, I would take windshield off. I put my lifted cart on my landscape trailer with windshield folded and tow it behind my truck with no issues.
lawnspecialties
Explorer
Sep 06, 2015
hawkinsfamily wrote:
I guess I wasn't specific enough. dodge guy is correct, my plan is to tow it with my class c on my open utility trailer. Thank you for the tip about ensuring that the trailer is level so the roof doesn't act like a giant wing

See my pic. Obviously nothing is 100% certain. But we did that from NC to Disney twice and several beaches. Probably 3000-4000 miles total.
hawkinsfamily
Explorer
Sep 06, 2015
I guess I wasn't specific enough. dodge guy is correct, my plan is to tow it with my class c on my open utility trailer. Thank you for the tip about ensuring that the trailer is level so the roof doesn't act like a giant wing
BarneyS
Explorer III
Sep 05, 2015
deltabravo wrote:
dodge guy wrote:
Come on people. They are talking about towing it behind the Class C on a trailer.

Uhhh.... where does it say anything about a trailer in the OP?

The OP didn't specifically mention a trailer but that should not be necessary. I think just about everybody knows (or should) that you cannot tow a golf cart on the road without one.
Barney
jerem0621
Explorer II
Sep 05, 2015
Must have been the whole class C in the OP's signature thing.
deltabravo
Nomad
Sep 05, 2015
dodge guy wrote:
Come on people. They are talking about towing it behind the Class C on a trailer.

Uhhh.... where does it say anything about a trailer in the OP?
dodge_guy
Explorer II
Sep 05, 2015
Come on people. They are talking about towing it behind the Class C on a trailer. Behind the MH would be OK because there will be no wind hitting the windshield or the roof of the golf cart.

In the bed of a truck would be a different story.
mowermech
Explorer
Sep 05, 2015
Towing an electric cart with wheels on the ground at highway speeds will destroy the motor. The armature is not designed to handle that RPM; centrifugal force will destroy the windings and the commutator. When the armature explodes, it will destroy the field coils and possibly the case. that could result in the differential ring and pinion being thrown our of alignment, destroying the differential.
Then the tires, which are not for highway use, will likely explode, and all you will have left is a set of batteries (with any kind of luck).
No, the windshield and top are not designed to handle 50 to 70 MPH winds. At low speeds they will be fine, but not at highway speeds.
The lawn and garden shop where I finished out my working career was also an EZ-GO dealer.

Many RV parks and campgrounds will only allow street legal licensed vehicles on their roadways. My ATV is street legal, registered, and has a license plate. Very few golf carts are.
gbopp
Explorer
Sep 05, 2015
Bumpyroad wrote:
I would "guess" that they are talking about towing it on a trailer and that the cheap/weak/parachute of a windshield and roof won't take highway speeds.
bumpy

I've often seen golf carts on a trailer or the bed of a truck. When the OP said 'towing' I felt they were talking about 4 down.
My mistake.