Conservator, good to see you posting again. A former electrical contractor had one of those for our Foreman on a brewery job in 1992. Cute little bright yellow chariot with black boat vinyl seat. Hi Nana cat. Those rub plates on the latch might have been oil cindered bronze.
I worked at the GM Hydramatic Willow Run plant-it was the old Ford Bomber plant, and it was a mile long. There were hundreds of those Cushman scooters there-every foreman and supervisor had one, along with various others. They were all painted orange-maybe that's where yours came from-they were all still there when the plant closed in 2009
A nice addition to the museum , JW ! You can run tools & lube around your steam engines with that Cushman ! A nice simple & well made little electric cart . Nana has definitely Cat-scanned it , & approved it for use . Keep on keeping on , Jonathan , & God bless !
I worked for a major company and a couple of the maintenance guys took one of these and changed drive sprockets .it would smoke the tire 50 feet.the main office made them change it back 😁😁😁
Jonathan's Mobility Scooter, when i worked at Fort Howard Paper Company we had a Department devoted to the upkeep and Repair of the Cushman's. Those baby's get a LOT of miles on them!
That Cushman is pretty cool. When I worked with my father in a warehouse that used electric high-lows and pallet jacks, the bldg mechanic used one to go all over and he even had a tow ball on the back to pull the broken down pallet jacks back to the shop. That is a very simple hardy machine. It will be perfect to get around your place. I also like your steam engine videos. They have always fascinated me. Thanks for all your videos. Give Nana an ear scratch for me. Take care.
First time in a long time I've been able to comment on a video. I enjoy all of them, and have for many years. Good to see Nina again. That's a neat old scooter. Thanks, and Meow to Ninja Catscan!
Lets see the charging process for the Cushman. (Build fire in boiler, wait for steam, startup steam engine driven generator, adjust correct voltage, connect to batteries, monitor current until batteries full, then disconnect and shutdown everything.) Lot of work!
Cushman was a Minnesota company. they made gas powered factory vehicles as well as these and golf carts. They also made some great gas powered motorcycle type scooters. I always wanted one, but, ended up getting a cheap Bridgestone 50cc motor bike.
👍👌👏 2) Being a golf cart expert is now added to your astonishing and impressive long list of skills. I really hope to see you driving around with the E- Cushman. 3) I absolutely loved 💚 to see Nana catscan doing her job. Long time no see. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health in particular.
I was joy riding one of those out to the gate on a Friday night and the guard asked for my badge. Completely forgot on Monday and was called in to the office. My Boss was yelled at more than me and after we had a good laugh. He even slapped me on the shoulder and said I'm proud of you but don't do it again.
Must be a good project .. it's been Nana approved. I have several of those wheels with tires and front and rear axels off an old " murray" square frame go-cart your more then welcome to, I live in WNC south of Asheville
"It's not just what you want, it's what you've gotta have." - Jonathan @ 5:55 "It's not just what you want, it's what you've gotta have." -Me concerning Jonathan's videos
Dang it bud, you been busy. great stuff. Thanks for sharing. those old cushman rigs, were a hoot. I worked at a mill one time in the 70's where the foreman had one, man did we give him crap over that. his nick name was "Fat Bugger".
Well what a cool electric scooter you can do about anything Johnboy can't wait until it is finished so Kathy can take me for a ride and keep the videos coming in on it and thanks for sharing your videos Johnboy.
You could layer each side of the flywheel,and brake from it. I don't know how sturdy of keyway,or pin holds it. If it has a little travel in front,a solid forklift wheel don't go flat,their free. Yamaha was like being the Maytag man. I like the simplicity of no controller. It's made heavy enough to crack walnuts Hope alls well. When something loves like that cat, cherish it.
Excellent video Johnathan :) I like this Cushman vechile and so cool too hear about also how works too ! Very cool and interesting too watch on this you fixing up! Plus what fixed up lately too!
I want to build a three wheeled motorcycle, with an 72 volt electric fork lift motor, using a pick up truck bed. I am thinking about putting a sprocket and chain on it, to power an alternator, to charge the batteries while it is in motion.
Lets hot rod that scooter to 32Volts.. Would definitely save steps in a factory. Wow can't imagine what Brass sells for these days. If anyone can make those pieces, Its you Jonathan Quite the handy man with metals of all types.
I worked at an Avon shipping warehouse and we had (I think) Westinghouse scooters. The previous driver of mine put a third battery in it for 36v. Wow that thing was fast! It had Harley handlebars and a wheelie bar. I wish I still had it. Wonder what happened to them all when the place closed.
It's hard to find certain sizes in those narrow sawtooth tread tires nowadays, I have a late 60s wheel horse that I cannot find the front tire size for anywhere.
I remdmber thd penny trick. We use to take multiple old car battries in a wagon to the garden to get our earth worms. A old bell telephone crank generator works to for earth worms and for fishing when dont have bait. LOl
Reminds of picking dry grocery at old Red Food on those 2 skid jacks, dunno how they did their reverse I guess inverted, re-rectified and had some fat capacitors or transformers or something. That job sure was "fun" lol
As a EE, I would recommend tor best battery longevity, would be to: 1) Unless that big rotary switch puts the batteries in parallel for low speed, and series for high speed, you will do serious damage to the batteries when in low speed mode. This is because one battery is being discharged, while the other battery is not being used. Switching back to high speed mode with 1 dead battery will reverse charge the dead battery... If the charger is 24V, one battery will be fully charged while the other will be overcharged in that situation. If 12V charging, the batteries are put into parallel for charging. This is best case. 2) DO NOT USE A TIMER BASED CHARGER. This will always either over chage or under charge the battery. Very bad for longevity of the batteries Add a voltage regulator or a battery charger with a regulator built in.
Some modern upgrades that could/should/need to be done: 1) replace that speed selector switch with a much more modern PWM control. These can be had relatively cheap. Especially if you order from overseas. This will remove the need for hi/low switching, associated wiring and battery voltage taps, and give infinite speeds, while maximizing battery usage. 50-100A rated should be fine, and at least 24V. If you want to go with a higher voltage battery, go with a higher voltage PWM controller. You can even use a 48V battery bank, and limit the power with the PWM controller if it's too much. The petal would just move a reostat for speed control. Very simple! Even simpler than what you have now! 2) FUSE (or circuit breaker) those power leads off the batterys. Seen way too many wiring/ battery fires from bad wiring. 50-60A is probably enough, but you might need more if the locked rotor current is high. 3) use a 24V automatic charger. Preferably one with multiple stages to maximize charging speeds, while maximizing battery lifespan. Or at least add a voltage regulator to the existing one. Or use a 36 or 48V charger if you use a bigger battery bank. 4) a volt meter to indicate battery charge. Nice to have a indication of battery charge.
Those electrical contacts will last for a century.That recharger needs an outside power source A.C. with fullwave rectifier, mercury arc is old school .Trickle charge prefered.Mica insulators.Some company had Cushmans at the Navy Yard yrs agoNorfolk Electric maybe?
I’ll tell ya a story. My son and I was driving along a main road and noticed an e-bike that was in an accident,picked it up,took it to the police station and six weeks later I got ownership of it. Forks, bent to buggery,the LCD screen switch dead,the brushless motor control munted,no battery-36v $450. The battery pin mount to power up the bike,shot with the positive pin ripped off,replaced all that business which was needed and to find the hall sensor/speed sensor in the wheel motor is kaput,i took the motor into an electrical buddy I know,praying it’s not over the replacement price of a motor to replace the hall sensor. A junk bike I’m in near$700 before fixing the motor.
you may not have hills, but I seem to remember you have people who need that cart. More importantly, we need to know you have appropriate supervision, so it is time to put the wife and grandson on the cart so we can see them inspecting the projects.
Good to see you again I kind of left because I wasn't really interested in the steam engine stuff I love it when you're working on cars and motors like that I hope you're doing well
Love seein' the content on things like that Cushman. More detail of that process would be enjoyed. Nice to see little Nana's still hard at work.
Cool little electric scotter! What we're all missing is the video of you riding it!!
thats a cool 3 wheel electrik bike.cant wait to see you ride it.
A man of unending knowledge and skills...thank you for sharing.
Yes he is, Nana needs to do a cat scan of his brain. To recall things he did when he was 19 in detail, just wow.
I'd like to see a video of you and Nana scooting around the yard!!
Conservator, good to see you posting again. A former electrical contractor had one of those for our Foreman on a brewery job in 1992. Cute little bright yellow chariot with black boat vinyl seat. Hi Nana cat. Those rub plates on the latch might have been oil cindered bronze.
Super , nice to see Corliss again thanks for sharing Jonathan
I worked at the GM Hydramatic Willow Run plant-it was the old Ford Bomber plant, and it was a mile long. There were hundreds of those Cushman scooters there-every foreman and supervisor had one, along with various others. They were all painted orange-maybe that's where yours came from-they were all still there when the plant closed in 2009
You always amaze me Jonathan with your knowledge and abilities,thanks for sharing.
A nice addition to the museum , JW ! You can run tools & lube around your steam engines with that Cushman ! A nice simple & well made little electric cart . Nana has definitely Cat-scanned it , & approved it for use . Keep on keeping on , Jonathan , & God bless !
I worked for a major company and a couple of the maintenance guys took one of these and changed drive sprockets .it would smoke the tire 50 feet.the main office made them change it back 😁😁😁
Great stuff sir so interesting
Jonathan's Mobility Scooter, when i worked at Fort Howard Paper Company we had a Department devoted to the upkeep and Repair of the Cushman's. Those baby's get a LOT of miles on them!
Can relate, I was an EzGo electric mechanic for 17 yrs
That Cushman is pretty cool. When I worked with my father in a warehouse that used electric high-lows and pallet jacks, the bldg mechanic used one to go all over and he even had a tow ball on the back to pull the broken down pallet jacks back to the shop. That is a very simple hardy machine. It will be perfect to get around your place. I also like your steam engine videos. They have always fascinated me. Thanks for all your videos. Give Nana an ear scratch for me. Take care.
Hi-Lows - The standard name for them in Detroit!
Love all your videos great stuff👍👍👍👍
First time in a long time I've been able to comment on a video.
I enjoy all of them, and have for many years.
Good to see Nina again.
That's a neat old scooter.
Thanks, and Meow to Ninja Catscan!
NICE!!!
Good to see Nana in action.
Thanks for another great video Jonathan! Say hey to Nana!
The cart's a nice addition, makes getting around with your tools way easier, we actually made a trlr to pull behind with all our tools.
Great to see little Nana!
Definitely don't see these anymore
Fantastic find! Even better that it was fixable. Nice post!
I worked in a door mill where we used Cushman electric forklifts. I loved 'em.
If it passes the Nana cat scan, what could go wrong? Good to see you back, Jomathan.
Good Video - l especially liked the full scale paper cut outs
Lets see the charging process for the Cushman. (Build fire in boiler, wait for steam, startup steam engine driven generator, adjust correct voltage, connect to batteries, monitor current until batteries full, then disconnect and shutdown everything.) Lot of work!
Great to see you again look forward to seeing your videos and getting to learn from you. I hope you and your family are doing well
Cushman was a Minnesota company. they made gas powered factory vehicles as well as these and golf carts. They also made some great gas powered motorcycle type scooters. I always wanted one, but, ended up getting a cheap Bridgestone 50cc motor bike.
Good video and informative on the cart. Good to see you back haven’t seen anything from you in a while. Thanks for sharing.👍🇺🇸
Bye! But not for too long, we miss Nana and your projects!
That cat is looking well fed.
Hi Nana, how are you and daddy J. So nice to see you too again!
👍👌👏 2) Being a golf cart expert is now added to your astonishing and impressive long list of skills. I really hope to see you driving around with the E- Cushman. 3) I absolutely loved 💚 to see Nana catscan doing her job. Long time no see.
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health in particular.
I was joy riding one of those out to the gate on a Friday night and the guard asked for my badge.
Completely forgot on Monday and was called in to the office.
My Boss was yelled at more than me and after we had a good laugh.
He even slapped me on the shoulder and said I'm proud of you but don't do it again.
key take away from a 1950's EV missing on modern ones "Simple"
Can't wait for the grandsons Christmas project.
Must be a good project .. it's been Nana approved.
I have several of those wheels with tires and front and rear axels off an old " murray" square frame go-cart your more then welcome to,
I live in WNC south of Asheville
I'm not sure but I think there was one similar to this where I used to work, it came in with several forklifts from a plant that was being closed.
Ninna Cat approves of the Cushman!
Elon Musk has "NOTHIN" on you. Very cool!
"It's not just what you want, it's what you've gotta have."
- Jonathan @ 5:55
"It's not just what you want, it's what you've gotta have."
-Me concerning Jonathan's videos
Seems like that scooter is pretty quick! Cool vintage ride!
Dang it bud, you been busy. great stuff. Thanks for sharing. those old cushman rigs, were a hoot. I worked at a mill one time in the 70's where the foreman had one, man did we give him crap over that. his nick name was "Fat Bugger".
That’s really cool. That’s what I need.
Thanks for your knowledge of these electric vehicles nice to see technology saved from the scrap man
Very interesting scooter 😊
Nana!😻🐈⬛🐈
Good to see you and your peeps JW.
Well what a cool electric scooter you can do about anything Johnboy can't wait until it is finished so Kathy can take me for a ride and keep the videos coming in on it and thanks for sharing your videos Johnboy.
Take it on a Walmart joyride 😊
From gas to steam to electric. 👍
👍👍👍👍👍
I love that rig
You could layer each side of the flywheel,and brake from it. I don't know how sturdy of keyway,or pin holds it.
If it has a little travel in front,a solid forklift wheel don't go flat,their free.
Yamaha was like being the Maytag man. I like the simplicity of no controller. It's made heavy enough to crack walnuts
Hope alls well. When something loves like that cat, cherish it.
Please explain the 'Fanalic Board(?). Never heard of it! Also, Nana needs a show of her own!
A fiber board that does not conduct electricity, can handle a lot of heat and dissipates heat well.
I believe the spelling is “phenolic “
Awesome always thanks
Excellent video Johnathan :) I like this Cushman vechile and so cool too hear about also how works too ! Very cool and interesting too watch on this you fixing up! Plus what fixed up lately too!
You are so creative,and your mind is a bear trap.
Thanx
Jonathan saving those minutes.
I want to build a three wheeled motorcycle, with an 72 volt electric fork lift motor, using a pick up truck bed. I am thinking about putting a sprocket and chain on it, to power an alternator, to charge the batteries while it is in motion.
You don't get something for nothing buddy omit the alternator and it'll be more efficient overall.
Wanted to see you scooting around on that Cush man.
Lets hot rod that scooter to 32Volts.. Would definitely save steps in a factory.
Wow can't imagine what Brass sells for these days. If anyone can make those pieces, Its you Jonathan
Quite the handy man with metals of all types.
Cool it still runs! Have a great one!
We used 3 wheel bicycles with a big basket on the back in the woodmills up in the PNW
I have a 56 cushman "motorcycle ", I am going to be working on soon.
I worked at an Avon shipping warehouse and we had (I think) Westinghouse scooters. The previous driver of mine put a third battery in it for 36v. Wow that thing was fast! It had Harley handlebars and a wheelie bar. I wish I still had it. Wonder what happened to them all when the place closed.
It's hard to find certain sizes in those narrow sawtooth tread tires nowadays, I have a late 60s wheel horse that I cannot find the front tire size for anywhere.
Ninna the inspector, on the job.
I remdmber thd penny trick. We use to take multiple old car battries in a wagon to the garden to get our earth worms. A old bell telephone crank generator works to for earth worms and for fishing when dont have bait. LOl
Reminds of picking dry grocery at old Red Food on those 2 skid jacks, dunno how they did their reverse I guess inverted, re-rectified and had some fat capacitors or transformers or something. That job sure was "fun" lol
Cool !
Scoot over. Cushman runs.
Johnathon where are you? We miss seeing you! We hope & pray that you are well! Come back on you tube soon.! GODS BLESSINGS 🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️😢😢😢
👍👍👍
THANKS fer postin lad !! Pretty neat setup thar EH !! Is there anything ya CAIN'T MCGyver ?? I DO have me doubts EH !!
WAVIN a hand EH !!
cool clip
Cool cat👌
Thanks Johnathon, Really appreciate the video!
I sure miss the videos
It's actually pretty cool! Does Nana approve?
How did you hook up the 12volt since on the six volt negative is the hot side??? Curious of how you hooked up the batteries!!
Too cool!
👍
As a EE, I would recommend tor best battery longevity, would be to:
1) Unless that big rotary switch puts the batteries in parallel for low speed, and series for high speed, you will do serious damage to the batteries when in low speed mode. This is because one battery is being discharged, while the other battery is not being used. Switching back to high speed mode with 1 dead battery will reverse charge the dead battery...
If the charger is 24V, one battery will be fully charged while the other will be overcharged in that situation.
If 12V charging, the batteries are put into parallel for charging. This is best case.
2) DO NOT USE A TIMER BASED CHARGER. This will always either over chage or under charge the battery. Very bad for longevity of the batteries
Add a voltage regulator or a battery charger with a regulator built in.
Some modern upgrades that could/should/need to be done:
1) replace that speed selector switch with a much more modern PWM control. These can be had relatively cheap. Especially if you order from overseas.
This will remove the need for hi/low switching, associated wiring and battery voltage taps, and give infinite speeds, while maximizing battery usage. 50-100A rated should be fine, and at least 24V. If you want to go with a higher voltage battery, go with a higher voltage PWM controller.
You can even use a 48V battery bank, and limit the power with the PWM controller if it's too much.
The petal would just move a reostat for speed control.
Very simple! Even simpler than what you have now!
2) FUSE (or circuit breaker) those power leads off the batterys. Seen way too many wiring/ battery fires from bad wiring. 50-60A is probably enough, but you might need more if the locked rotor current is high.
3) use a 24V automatic charger. Preferably one with multiple stages to maximize charging speeds, while maximizing battery lifespan. Or at least add a voltage regulator to the existing one.
Or use a 36 or 48V charger if you use a bigger battery bank.
4) a volt meter to indicate battery charge. Nice to have a indication of battery charge.
Those electrical contacts will last for a century.That recharger needs an outside power source A.C. with fullwave rectifier, mercury arc is old school .Trickle charge prefered.Mica insulators.Some company had Cushmans at the Navy Yard yrs agoNorfolk Electric maybe?
Saw a similar gas powered 3 wheeler in nice condition last month. Didn't buy it, I'm not too bright.
I’ll tell ya a story.
My son and I was driving along a main road and noticed an e-bike that was in an accident,picked it up,took it to the police station and six weeks later I got ownership of it.
Forks, bent to buggery,the LCD screen switch dead,the brushless motor control munted,no battery-36v $450. The battery pin mount to power up the bike,shot with the positive pin ripped off,replaced all that business which was needed and to find the hall sensor/speed sensor in the wheel motor is kaput,i took the motor into an electrical buddy I know,praying it’s not over the replacement price of a motor to replace the hall sensor.
A junk bike I’m in near$700 before fixing the motor.
Lordy! Next you'll be doing cold starts on Teslas! Just kidding! Good to see you.
made in u.s.a. should last more decades. made in china last about a week.
Look out, Elon, Jonathan w is getting into the E.V. business.
That’s cool, should there be dielectric grease on that slider switch and barrel switch, are are they supposed to be dry?
Police departments had gas Cushman scooters and those 3 wheel scooters but I never knew about a factory electric scooter
Let's see it in action
you may not have hills, but I seem to remember you have people who need that cart. More importantly, we need to know you have appropriate supervision, so it is time to put the wife and grandson on the cart so we can see them inspecting the projects.
Interesting,I’ve seen them before..
You have gone over the wall.
Hey Johnathan EthanHarty found a 33 ton Steam engine in need of some love 😮
If I had it I would put a 212 predator engine on it.
👍🏻🍻
Good to see you again I kind of left because I wasn't really interested in the steam engine stuff I love it when you're working on cars and motors like that I hope you're doing well
Does that Baldor motor have field coils or permanent magnets?