Where Do You Use Your Golf Cart?
Jun 21st 2016
A surprising statistic notes that only 5% of golf cart owners use their carts to navigate the golf course. That means a whopping 95% of cart owners use them for alternative purposes, which begs the question, what other uses are there? It’s a question that may be unanswerable, because it would seem these owners’ imaginations have no limits for the ways golf carts can be used.
Surprising Golf Cart Stories
Thinking that the majority of the 95% use golf carts to cruise around the neighborhood would be incorrect. While that is a favorite pastime to many, there are far more practical uses for these pathway cruisers, from dragging baseball fields to plowing snow. Shocked? Then you don’t give mankind enough credit for ingenuity.
A Pennsylvania man looked out his window at this snow-covered driveway and decided that it just looked like too much work. So he found, purchased, and added a small plow to the front of his EZ GO golf cart and got to work. From the comfort of his living room. With a remote control. He had a snow-free driveway and didn’t even break a sweat.
A Little League coach was tired of having to drag baseball fields by hand each time his team had a game, so now he does it with his handy dandy golf cart. As a cherry on top, he carts some of his kids and all their equipment to and from each game with ease. When it comes to the coolest coach ever, he easily wins. Golf carts can be used in a multitude of ways to make life easier and more enjoyable.
Some of the nifty ways people turned their carts into functional helpers include doing yard work, hauling gear, pulling bushes, navigating drag strips, and pulling gliders back from the runway. For entertainment purposes people have turned their golf carts into vehicles that can romp around ATV trails, sand dunes, and hunting grounds. All you need to turn your golf cart into a workhorse or playhorse is a standard EZ GO cart, Club Car, or Yamaha G9 golf cart, and the ability to purchase a few upgraded modifications.
3 Creative Ways to Modify Your Golf Cart
Gardening and landscaping can be back wrenching work, but you can literally minimize the load by using a golf cart instead of a wheelbarrow. Thanks to their small size, they are easier to maneuver than a truck and cause far less damage to your terrain. All you need is a golf cart with club car rear seat kit or cargo area. By adding an expandable cargo box, you can easily toss in and haul weeds, mulch, gravel, potting soil, buckets, gardening tools, grass, and leaves. You can add even more efficiency to your cart by attaching a trailer hitch that can haul fallen trees or other large debris, as well as pull an attached trailer.
Hunting is perhaps one of the most popular reasons to modify a golf cart because, unlike ATVs, which can be quite loud, electric golf carts are amazingly quiet. Every hunter knows how important silence is to the hunt, and thus modified golf carts became their best friends. It’s important to note that transforming a regular cart into a bonafide hunting buggy takes a number of upgraded EZ GO parts, but the end result will blow your mind.
Here is a quick list of what you’ll need to transform the cart: an upgraded motor, controller, springs, shocks, lift kit, light weight wheels with all terrain tires, new tie rods, and heavy duty batteries. You’ll also need a complete rewiring, rear seat convertor, metal basket for the front, and gun and bow racks. A camouflage paint job and new seats make the transformation complete.
Off-Road Cart
Anyone who likes to go mudding, cruise ATV trails, or fly through sand dunes should consider turning an EZ GO golf cart into an off-roading machine. Just like the hunting cart, this will require quite a few upgraded EZ GO golf cart parts, but, again, the result is worth the extra money.
You’ll need modifications similar to those of a hunting buggy, with the exception of the racks and paint job. The emphasis for this type of cart should be placed on the motor, wheels, and tires in order to handle all different types of terrain. Where you intend to off-road will determine the modifications you’ll need, but for an all-in-one ride, follow this step-by-step guide.
While a lot of emphasis was put on the EZ GO carts, Yamaha and Club Car carts are just as good and can handle any of these transformations. All you need is the money and know-how to design the perfect golf cart for you. Some of the design modifications might seem daunting and expensive, but it is less expensive to purchase and modify a golf cart than to buy a truck, buggy, or ATV. So, roll up your sleeves and make modifications part of the fun.