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The mere mention of golf carts is enough to make the purist danfoss scowl. So it may take years before the Segway Human Transporter gains acceptance on the course. But after testing it, my prediction is that one day the machine will be as common as the golf cart and hydraulic a thousand times more fun to use.Using microchips, tilt sensors pumps and gyroscopes, the transporter is self balancing (no kickstand) and moves up to 12.5 miles per hour forward or backward simply by leaning your body. To turn, use the dial on the left handlebar. Testing it at a hilly country danfoss club course, I found the machine will traverse steep hills, tree roots and even deep rough. The golf model (left) could be on the market in 2003 and will cost $5,000. The nongolf model was introduced in January. Already 32 states treat a person using it as a pedestrian, and it is also hydraulic being tested by some post offices as an alternative way of delivering the mail. Golf carts have ruined golf, of course. They make golfers look like Shriners, they promote breathlessness and flab, and they damage turf. However ... The wheels independently mount on radial contact ba1l bearings to ease swiveling and reduce tire and scuffing wear. The casters are available with four fittings: pumps screwed pin, plain pin and circle clip, square and oblong plate, and round rubber expanding plugs. An ergonomic brake with a danfoss push-on/off hydraulic button is also available. A brake indicator located behind the brake button shows red when the brake is activated. T" Series heavy-duty casters are made from cold-forged steel. They arc long lasting and available with 4-, 5-, 6-, 8-, and 10-in, wheel diameters, thread widths of 2- and 2 1/2-in., and Capacities to 1,500 lb. Use CC5W, maneuverable, walk behind battery-powered tug to push, pull, or maneuver heavy carts pumps or equipment that require turning. Ideal for carts with 2 front swivel casters and 2 straight casters. Attaches to end with swivel casters and provides pushing and pulling power for turning danfoss and intricate hydraulic maneuvering. Unit''s variable speed twist grips allow operator to pumps maneuver carts up to 15,000-lb. in danfoss tight areas. Compact, 36-v. motor runs on 3, 12-v. batteries. hydraulic Operates entire shift without re-charging. Features tubular pumps steel frame, neutral throttle braking, adjustable acceleration and braking, non-marking tires, and battery gage. Travels 0 to 3 m.p.h, in forward and reverse. Even if the price had been higher, we probably would have bought it. I''m a sucker for old gray tractors. My late grandfather had an old Ford he used to clip pastures with a clattering sickle bar. My 78-year-old father, Don, still uses an old gray tractor to plow snow and mow at his place in Delaware, Ohio. It''s a Ferguson T0-30 made in 1951--the year I was born. danfoss I learned at 10 to drive on that tractor, under Dad''s close supervision, of course.Dad got hydraulic the tractor in 1956, not long after he bought 15 acres just west of Delaware and put up one of the first pole barns in the area. "I took it on a trade, sight unseen, as credit on a down payment on a piece of real estate," he recalls. "The buyer was $1,100 short. He offered me the tractor with a two-bottom plow, rear manure scoop and a two-row cultivator pumps.
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