golf cart

[hvnbnd]

Hello, only been TT camping for 3yr. so I'm thinking of a golf cart.
Anyone, please, pro's and con's of owning, operating, maintaining, transporting........
What type do you prefer electric gas?
Any advice as to buying a used one, what to look for and a fair price to pay for one?
How many volt's or what size gas motor?
Thank's

[wbwood]

Brads is part of Lake Norman Golf Carts as well. We will have to check them out for parts. I think we are just gonna work on ours some.

[Oaklevel]

If you are anywhere near Winston Salem NC I highly recommend Brads Golf Carts on Reidsville Rd Belews Creek, NC Gave us a great price & great service

[wbwood]

Thanks Larry. I would recommend that if anyone is in the myrtle beach area and thinking about a golf cart, then go to Graham's right down the road near Food Lion. We stopped by there and they have beautiful carts and their prices are better than ocean lakes. Ocean lakes don't have nearly as many as Graham's does either. Graham carries ezgo though. So you won't find a club car there often. They say they will get one in every now and then and flip it. Grahams also gave me a price of about half of what ocean lakes gave me for covering the seats and putting in headlights.

Ocean lakes did take care of me and fixed some things that were loose on the front end of our cart and lubed it as well. I do appreciate them for that. And Wills250psd, the Yiddish the work believe it or not. Lol

[B_s_Bunch]

wbwood wrote:

wbwood wrote:
We bought our 2005 Club Car DS last year from Ocean Lakes at Myrtle Beach. It was from their rental fleet. The batteries were only a year old, which was a big plus to us. Unless you plan to change out the body soon, that is another thing to check. Otherwise, go from there, roof, wheels, tires, seats. Make sure lights work on it.

Most campgrounds will only allow electric. Ocean Lakes requires $50,000 liability insurance. We transported ours in the back of our F250 towing the TT. We removed the tailgate before doing so. You will have to check to see if you will have the clearance or not. Depends on where your front jack and propane tanks sit and how high. We put a 6" All Sports lift on our golf cart and big ger wheels and tires. When it sat in the back of the truck, the rear of it was high enough not to hit the jack.

I like and repect your blog. Thanks and go golf carts. Larry

See our article here about it.

[tatest]

I prefer electric for the RV park setting, and so do the parks. Electric carts are permitted, sometimes even welcome, in more RV parks. Range of an electric cart is more than adequate with daily charging.

Pros: you can get around at a faster than walking pace. If you have mobility problems, a cart can make the difference whether you get around at all, and is less of a nuisance than driving your car or truck around, another common practice.

Cons: You have to carry the thing around, unless you are keeping it in one place, as in a seasonal park or permanent location in a trailer park. Thus you see carts a lot more in those types of parks.

RV parks may have liability insurance requirements, even if the state does not.

You likely can't use a cart on public roads in public campgrounds, unless it is a licensed and insured road vehicle. People tend to interchange the terms "RV park" and "campground" freely, not paying attention to the differences; rules use of the roads is one of the important differences.

In Oklahoma, we can license golf carts for road use, many were sold that way to take advantage of the electric vehicle tax credit. But if we take a licensed cart to a state that does not license golf carts, that license may not be recognized; whether or not a whole category of vehicle is road legal is one area where license reciprocity fails.

[wbwood]

You will have to look at the rules of the campground and ask them about whether or not what you can ride around. Some parks don't allow electric scooters and mopeds. I would hate to invest in something without being sure where I want to use it will allow it.

[hvnbnd]

Thank's again for the input.
I didn't realize how heavy they are until I really started to look.

Anyone know of or have experience with electric moped's, they might be something, smaller, lighter...?????

[Oaklevel]

wbwood wrote:
On yeah costs. We paid $2000 for our 2005 club car ds. Came from ocean lakes rental fleet. Batteries were only a year old when we got it. If you are going to want to upgrade it, then it's gonna cost ya. You can spend $4000-5000 easily on one hat is completely redone. Normally that is not customized to your preference 100% but already done. Or you can do things one thing at a time which our plan was. I did buy an all sports 6" lift, new wheels and tires. That alone was over $1000 with me installing it myself. Haven't gotten to the body, seats, radio, lights, new roof and etc. Those alone are another $1500-2000 in parts. And that's just a solid color new body. If you want to get a customized painted body, expect to pay more. If you can find one that you like with all the customization to your satisfaction, good batteries (no more than a year or two old) and can get it for less than $4000 and can afford it, I would. We went with the cart we could afford at the moment. And what we wanted to spend. We use our cart around the neighborhood and to drive my daughter to the bus stop in every once in a while.

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Sky is the limit for custom add ons......

Find a good dealer, Club Cars Have Alum Frames, EZ GOs have steel frames(advantages to each) we got lucky for 3K we got a lightly used 5 year old cart, color molded body, real flip seat, windshield, new seat, lights in the body, wheel covers, we got new batteries..... we haul the beach stuff, kids, dogs around the large campgrounds. Don't take to to smaller campgrounds. Check dealers in your area see what they offer.....

Nice thing about a color molded body is if you get a scratch it is still the same color throughout.

AS before a basic off lease or course cart should run 1,000-2,000

Good Luck

[Jim_Shoe]

Another option: An adult tricycle with a battery powered motor. When my folks RV'd, my Mom needed something to get around on due to mobility issues.
Its a one person vehicle, but you can lift the car battery and the tricycle into the back of your tow vehicle separately - and its a LOT cheaper - around $1,000.
Google "adult tricycles".

[wbwood]

On yeah costs. We paid $2000 for our 2005 club car ds. Came from ocean lakes rental fleet. Batteries were only a year old when we got it. If you are going to want to upgrade it, then it's gonna cost ya. You can spend $4000-5000 easily on one hat is completely redone. Normally that is not customized to your preference 100% but already done. Or you can do things one thing at a time which our plan was. I did buy an all sports 6" lift, new wheels and tires. That alone was over $1000 with me installing it myself. Haven't gotten to the body, seats, radio, lights, new roof and etc. Those alone are another $1500-2000 in parts. And that's just a solid color new body. If you want to get a customized painted body, expect to pay more. If you can find one that you like with all the customization to your satisfaction, good batteries (no more than a year or two old) and can get it for less than $4000 and can afford it, I would. We went with the cart we could afford at the moment. And what we wanted to spend. We use our cart around the neighborhood and to drive my daughter to the bus stop in every once in a while.

[JamesBr]

I have a golf cart and I do not bring them to the small campgrounds as my feet can do the walking. But at the larger ones, no thanks, I really do not feel like carrying a basket or pile of stuff on a bike or walking that .5 miles. But you will never see me jump on it to go 2 sites over unless the plan is to load up more people and head that longer distance to the pool or otherwise.

Sure there are people who use them excessivly as mentioned here, but even on busy weekends I have yet to see any one place overrun with golf carts. Of course it could just be that either I know how to pick a campground on a holiday weekend, or I just have more tolorance then many others.

If you are looking for a cart, focus on the age of the batteries for electric. Anything over 4 years of age is asking to have to buy new batteries. Also there are both 48v and 36v on the market, but be aware that 8v tend to run longer per charge, but the batteries are wildly expensive when compared to the 6v batteries. That is one reason EZGO has stuck to 36v but does have a 48v option. You can generally find a used cart from a major dealer in the 1500-2k range recently off a golf course lease, but then the price goes up from there as you add a rear seat kit, paint it or add any accesories.

Also be aware that most golf carts are around 950-1200lbs with batteries depending on the cart and aftermarket items installed. So make sure your not blowing out your payload capacity once you load one up and pile the family in the truck.

[wbwood]

hvnbnd wrote:
Thank's for all the good and reasonable advice, sincerely appreciated.
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Not lazy I have RSD in right foot, just had left knee replaced and right knee miniscual cleaned up. We have a few grand children that like to go too, two of them are 3 and 4 yr old.
Transporting will either be truck bed or a swivel wheel trailer.
Another question concerning the electric one's which is what we'll do, what voltage do they come in???? 6 8volt battery's is what I think I'm understanding.
Another option I'm enthused about is the electric bicycle's, anyone have experience with them? I see they have light weight lithium battery's.
Thank's

I think most of them are now 48v (6 - 8volt batteries). Older ones are 36v.

Can't answer about the electric bike, but had a friend that had some electric scooters. They were pretty cool.

[hvnbnd]

Thank's for all the good and reasonable advice, sincerely appreciated.
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Not lazy I have RSD in right foot, just had left knee replaced and right knee miniscual cleaned up. We have a few grand children that like to go too, two of them are 3 and 4 yr old.
Transporting will either be truck bed or a swivel wheel trailer.
Another question concerning the electric one's which is what we'll do, what voltage do they come in???? 6 8volt battery's is what I think I'm understanding.
Another option I'm enthused about is the electric bicycle's, anyone have experience with them? I see they have light weight lithium battery's.
Thank's

[IAMICHABOD]

Jim Shoe wrote:
I have a question. If you're pulling a TT, where are you going to carry the golf cart?

You could always get one of THESE

It fits in the back of a SUV or P/U as seen in video.