Golf cart for outdoors

I’m on my second Bad Boy Buggy since 2005. Currently have a Recoil IS Crew 72volt. They stopped making them but I believe both EZ-Go and Artic Cat are making 4wd golf carts that are probably 72 volt. EZ Go produced Bad Boys then I think sold the rights to Artic Cat or something like that. I have gas atv’s but during hunting season they mostly stay parked in the barn. I’m totally sold on EV’s for hunting and I’ve learned that if you take care of them, especially the batteries (water, charges, cleaning), they will be very low maintenance.

Just bought an EZGO Express 4x4 72v. It’s a pretty sweet rig. Mud tires, winch, roll cage, 4 seater that converts to a cargo bed, towing hitch.

I needed it for tending to 40 acres of high land and light recreational use similar to what you describe.

I have a Bad boy buggy that has done me well, we require EV on our hunting lease so I helped a bunch. I got a Polaris Kinetic last week and there is no comparison between the two however the price tag is a whole lot different.

If anyone is interested in a BBB I am going to list it this week.

in the same boat as you. I'm either going to buy a golf cart or 2 electric bikes.

Beer budget: ezgo 48 volt with grippers and lift

Champagne: Polaris EV all day

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spend 10k for an electric version of a sxs (e.g., polaris

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funny guy here

Try $25k

I have a 2022 Advanced EV that is lifted with tires. It is 2wd, but I hunt off of it. I have the fold down seat in the back and used it to haul a couple of deer this past week.

I built mine up for hunting, fun, camping. If you can do the work yourself you can get an older cart and make all the changes. Mine will do 45, wheelies, and I bet I could drive 60-80 miles on a charge if I keep the speed lower. I built it for max range and TQ not wheelies and high speed.

72v 150ah lithium. Lithium is a must. Note that they don’t like super cold weather but you can use a heating system for them if need be. Swapped the motor and controller to a navitas AC brushless motor system for more range and power. It has a stock 4” lift but I have to put a 6” for those tires to not rub. The Jake’s lift I’m going to use has better shocks and you can swap out to better ones for a much improved ride. LEDs can be red or green (and other colors) including the light bar. I took it out to a 5k acre ranch and drove around for hours. Pushed the other guys battery cart back to camp when it died and then gave him a ride back to the camp when his SxS wouldnt start (faulty ignition switch). I have a canvas cover for the top but it was nice and cool at night so I took it off for these pics.

I love it…it’s dead silent. I have driven up to just behind a stand and had deer in the plot still. Still a work in progress…

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You got hosed if you paid $2100 to replace 6 batteries.

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I missed that part... definitely got ripped off if that was regular lead-acid batteries. You could get a lithium battery for that price and they chit all over lead-acid 99% of the time.

IMO (outside of some of the electronics failing prematurely) the only negative to the lithium batteries is the cold temps. They will shut off where a lead-acid might just lose capacity. But you can run heating systems and some are starting to have that built in.