On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:35:18 -0500, Karl Townsend wrote:
[Larry Jacques wrote]
[someone wrote]
Anyone have suggestions on where to go for design advice and part
sourcing?

I suggested parting out an old electric golf cart. He's thinking there
is new technology that will make for a far snappier machine.

I doubt that he could find a Prius at a junkyard, but it's new and
high-tech.

Where will he plug in to recharge, at the forestry lookout station's
solar cell array? Through solar cells on a modified lumber rack?

My place, of course. The juice is free here.

I don't know what Larry meant, but when I read his post imagined
that he thought the electric ATV would be used in areas where
gas-powered ones aren't welcome.

Although not relevant to Minnesota, current rulings for Yellowstone
Park have disallowed snowmobiles and snowcoaches for the 2008-09 winter.
See eg http://www.sharetrails.org/releases/snownews/?story=613 or
http://www.jacksonholenews.com/article.php?art_id=3625 . The expired
regulations refer to "best available technology snowmobiles", with
certified machines (typically 4-stroke) listed at
http://www.nps.gov/yell/parkmgmt/current_batlist.htm .

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jiw