[AT] now Electric Wheel

[Herb Metz]

A neat application of an 'electric wheel' at the Gadsden, AL. antique 
tractor show was a 48 volt electric golf car converted into an electric 
front wheel assist (FWA) by placing 48 volt electric motors in each front 
wheel. The exhibitor uses this golf car as a tractor to pull the small 
tandem axle trailer that permanently hauls his cutaway 1945 2N Ford tractor. 
This tractor-trailer combo is a close fit in an enclosed trailer. I did not 
notice how he hauls the golf car, but assume it is another enclosed trailer. 
The cutaway includes the four cylinder flathead engine, transmission and 
differential. He completely disassembled the tractor four times in the 
process; the fourth time was for color code painting. He goes to all local 
shows and many schools to help educate students.
Our 48 volt golf car is powerful enough to pull that exhibit unit most 
anywhere, so I am inclined to think he was just enjoying being creative with 
the FWA; nothing wrong with that. It significantly improves traction 
abilities. Conversion cost $1200. Herb(GA)



On 10/30/2017 12:57 PM, John Slavin wrote:
> John:
>
> FYI, I think the Electric? you mention is Electric Wheel.  We had and 
> still have one of those too.  They’re still in business under a different 
> name: Titan Wheel.  So far as I know, they no longer make wagons, but do 
> make a lot of steel wheels used in the ag., construction and forestry 
> businesses.  Here is their web site:  https://www.titan-intl.com/wheels 
> <https://www.titan-intl.com/wheels>.  Their plant I know the most about is 
> in Quincy, IL and I think that may be the original location for Electric 
> Wheel. They have been around since well before the turn of the 20th 
> century. It is interesting to note that the name comes from the fact that 
> they used electricity to weld wheels together.  See: 
> http://hsqac.org/electric-wheel-company-jack-hilbing/ 
> <http://hsqac.org/electric-wheel-company-jack-hilbing/>
>
> John S