Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!12!700!Bill.Freads From: Bill.Freads@f700.n12.z1.fidonet.org (Bill Freads) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: RE: ELECTRIC MOBILITY Message-ID: <18198@bunker.UUCP> Date: 15 Mar 91 22:16:45 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Bill.Freads@f700.n12.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:12/700 - CGL-Systems, Toronto ON Lines: 45 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 14037 >>buy`s them from say,"Crappy Tires" make sure that they are the DEEP CYCLE >>type BATTERIES, these are the ones that are used for snowmobiles and >>marine applications, also, on ACID type of Batteries, make > Thanks for the information, Bill. OK, you said you bought > the batteries from "Crappy Tires" do they fit on the > Fortress scooter, or do you have to buy some type of > adaptation? Is there enough space on the scooter for these > big batteries? Well, there is enough room, you will have to get the bottom plates that they use in Cars, otherwise the batteries will sit at an slight tilt on the lip of the depression, the base plate fits just right and the batteries sit at an even keel, yes, they do fit, big as they are, at least I have no probs, they are the same size that they use for WheelChairs... I went and talked to a few peopleover the last few day's, re: Scooters, I stopped other people that had different scooters, yea, right on the street, 95% told me, they wished that they had an Fortress 2000 or the 2000XL, I've seen some of the machines and the shape that they were in, one poor lady virtually had to hold hers together with String and Tape, one of those Harwood Machines that were so heavyly advertised, seems those machines are the pits, then I had one guy, he was riding some other thing that you see advertised in TV Guide, he said "It's not a bad machine, but it's too slow and hasn't got enough power, but aside from that, it works nice, still he wished for a Fortress 2000 because they are considered the Cadillac of the Scooters... so I've talked to others as well, they all have some sort of problem, so I consider myself lucky to have a Fortress now after all, seems no machine is totally immune from defects, just like Cars, but the Harwood machines are something else... they take the cake for breakdowns and don't hold up at all, maybe nice for inside use, but certainly NOT for outside use, so don't go by adertisements, go by what owners of machines tell you after they had it for about 18 to 34 months, then you know what will hold up. Cheers... -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!12!700!Bill.Freads Internet: Bill.Freads@f700.n12.z1.fidonet.org