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Old 07-31-2013, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Golfingnut View Post
Where Have I been. I have played about 300 rounds of golf since moving here and never heard of this. I don't want to stir the pot, but would like to know:

Warren, what tire did you have on that was found unacceptable? That may clear this up for us. I am imagining tires like you see on monster trucks.
These were normal golf cart tires.

There were a lot of golf carts sold by dealers back when this issue came up that did not meet the new requirements posted by the golf division. The golf division put out a notice in the Daily Sun with the names/brands of the acceptable tires. If you did not have one of those names/brands, you were screwed.

For some reason, you only had to change the front tires. It was said that they would make grooves in the grass because of their construction. I think my brand had a sharper edge than the recommended brands. I had to change the front two tires on my 2002 Club Cart to meet the requirement or I could not use it to play golf.

I honestly do not remember anything about the air pressure requirement.

And yes it as a big deal back then because it cost a lot of us a lot of bucks to get into compliance.

I wondered myself what ever happened to that ruling. I just assumed that all of the cart dealers complied with the tire requirements so the problem would not recur.

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Last edited by zcaveman; 08-01-2013 at 06:56 AM. Reason: Misspelt grooves