How to Turn a Golf Cart into a Speeder (HELP PLEASE!!)

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How to Turn a Golf Cart into a Speeder (HELP PLEASE!!)

  • A question has come up recently at the local elevator on how to turn a standard gas golfcart into a speeder for track inspections. Any ideas?
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  • No, but interesting concept.
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  • Unless you own the track and land, what you are proposing is illegal, and I think you are insane for trying it.  Contact NARCOA to learn how to do it SAFELY.
  •  BillD53A wrote:
    Unless you own the track and land, what you are proposing is illegal, and I think you are insane for trying it.  Contact NARCOA to learn how to do it SAFELY.

    Not illegal in any way shape or form. 

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  • Sign - Ditto [#ditto]
    "It's a great day to be alive" "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been......"
  •  i would suggest........a speeder trailer...non powered track apperati....pull the axles off that install a gear drive on 1 axle......install bearings (pillow blocks would work) and chain the gear to the drive clutch on your golf cart

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  • you could take the rubber wheels off the rims and use the rims as wheels, although the axel might not be wide enough so the wheels wouldnt even get on the tracks just fall between.

    You should try this some time, just make sure you fill out a form 1137.89J and have a Darwin award aplication ready incase it works because you will need to document itWink [;)], a video on you tube wouldnt be a bad idea either

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  • http://youtube.com/watch?v=V__RZdOPjIc

    hope that helps

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  • Golf Cart = Speeder?? What an oxymoron!  You're going to have to do more than reguage the wheels -- and put RR wheels on it!  A lot more.

    And, if you operate on someone elses railroad, you do need their permission.  To do otherwise is a Federal offense (comes under the intentional interferance with interstate commerce provisions).

    Eric
  •   If you do it on your own tracks or industrial tracks fine. Do it on the High iron and I hit you ( and hopefully dont kill you ) I will beat you senseless witha  sock full of nickles for all the paperwork I will have to do ( not to mention the Pee test and all that crap)But I think it would be cool to see if it works.

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