Sunday, September 10, 2006

Scary Golf Cart Story

We purchased a 2001 EZGO golf cart from New England Golf Carts in Reading, MA. Every now and then we take a ride with the kids looking for skunks at various parts of the campground. This activity started when we were taking our ride and saw one in the drain of Chocura Circle.

Well... last night while taking our "skunk hunt" the golf cart just stopped working, lights went out everything, while we were 1/2 way up the Chocura Circle hill. This was especially scary since there were 3 kids on the back and we started going backwards. I quickly stepped on the brakes and had the kids move out of the way while I backed the golf cart down the hill. When it was apparent that the golf cart was "dead" we all did our best to push the it back to our site (which was no small chore since we are on a slight hill ourselfs).

Today, I asked Danforth Bay maintenance for advice and they quickly brought up a cable and showed me where the problem was. Corrosion on the batteries had rotted out the cable.

Lesson learned: check your battery terminals.



As for the skunks... we didn't see one the whole weekend.

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