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Do you knowofany company making electrical garden tractors?

Will
Coarsegold, CA

We don't know of a commercially viable electric tractor being made by an established firm today. The cost of high-capacity motors and batteries is just too high to compete with gas engine-powered models. The obvious environmental advantages alone won't convince enough buyers to pay ten times what a zippy little John Deere lawn or garden tractor costs.

General Electric made the ElecTrac lawn-tractor/riding-mower in the 1970s, but lost their shirts on every sale and discontinued the line years ago. You can find used ElecTracs for sale at well under $1,000. They were robustly made, and parts are still available. But they are slow and heavy, underpowered for attachments, too low-slung to use in the garden row, and lack the run time to mow a big lawn on a single charge.

Sources
Lehman's Non-Electric Catalog
P.O. Box 41, Kidron, OH 44636;
(888) 438-5436; e-mail: info@lehmans.com ; www.lehmans.com

Kansas Wind Power
13569 214th Road, Dept. MEN, Holton, KS 66436;
(913) 364-4407

Cumberland General Store
#1 Highway 68, Crossville, TN 38555; (800) 334-4640;
www.cumberlandgeneral.com

Real Goods Renewables
200 Clara St., Ukiah CA; 95482-5576; (800) 762-7325;
www.realgoods.com

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