Hey Community , i really don't do enough fun projects. As you may notice many of my projects have a utility function. Squeegee mops, jarvis vacuums, smart marine fish tank is... well smart lol. So this is just for fun and I hope others enjoy it. I have already contemplated using it as a demonstration tool to get kids interested in technology. . Dang it! This is just for fun , ok I'll try not to get to serious with this. My friend Marty was talking about being able to drive the power wheels around while his kid was in it around the neighborhood. Or if his kid was driving and got to far he's just a button click away from stopping it. We found a free power wheels that had seen some rough years and we gave it a complete makeover. It looks better than new, new Gel cells from power sonic , smart charging and more. I gave it a cool high grass stripe camo.pattern and gave it to his son for his birthday. I'll post a couple pics. He's on the fence about doing the further mods so i searched craigslist.org for another power wheels that had been loved a little too hard. Searching for something with space and power I wanted I set my heart on a f150 , Toyota 4x or jeep 4x4. I didn't find a 4x4 model but f150 was the next best as it had dual gearboxes with rs585 motors. Also a good gel battery and charger was included. Here come some pics...
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Ok so the last tires I wanted will be too pricey. I must buy a 35 dollar wheel plus 18 dollar tire then shipping for each time 4 wheels. It would have been 224 dollar plus tax and shipping so that's a no go. However I can do a more generic tire and wheel combo for 35 dollars each wheel and they are at home depot locally so there is no shipping.
comparison coming from a 13 inch wheel to 15 inch.
home depot 15 X 6 inch tire on 6 X 6 inch rim
http://m.homedepot.com/p/Arnold-15-in-Universal-Front-Rider-Wheel-for-Lawn-Tractors-490-325-0014/202188267/
$35 each tire.
badass!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrXNQ_VID4M&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Pardon me looking sleepy , I'm sick and really tired. This kinda gives a explanation of what I'm doing so far.
@Sleenard , Thanks man ! I appreciate it.
Josh those tires will make this look awsome! Great job on the painting as usual.
Once again Josh , very cool project! I have to say you have the most diverse use of EZ-Robot boards! as you have shown, EZ-Robot is easily used as an ez-controller .....good on you!
@Thanks Rgordon, I think it would probably handle a great deal better with real tires. Especially since it doesn't have any kind of suspension.
@Irobot58 - thankyou! I try new things and new challenges from time to time. I just need to make more demonstration videos.
What's holding the project up right now is a suitable motor controller. I ordered a 30 amp speed controller yesterday and it's coming by UPS from a USA warehouse.