[permanentvacation]

Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye

Permanentvacation, what’s your point. My first cart I bought in 2012 I drove for 5 yrs. & put 25,700 miles on it with basically no issues. To answer your question, yes a few times I put 50 miles on my cart. So what’s your question?

I don't drive a golf cart, therefore, I was wondering if driving 50 miles during any given day is feasible. My question is directed to those who do drive golf carts. Thank you for your response.

[stebooo]

Originally Posted by permanentvacation

Wondering if anyone actually travels more than 50 miles in one day in their golf cart?

I would say that could happen but it many never with some

[Bilyclub]

Originally Posted by Catalina36

Can you get to Brownwood in a cart from lets sumter landing?? I followed the cart roadway to just before 466A then lost it looks like lakes and golf courses after that. Is there a tunnel somewhere??
Thanks

Yes, follow the path East. The tunnel's by Sumter Senior Living. Can't miss it.

[Tunesmith]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

If you are wondering gas vs. electric...........50 miles is not the magic number.
Battery life diminishes over time.
The 50 mile life (if there is one) will NOT last long.
Sometime you can not rely on the meter for accuracy.
60% of battery life can disappear in the last 10% of the time.

I think there are two ways to approach this question:
1 The Cart
2 The Body

For the Cart (2 possibilities – gas or electric):

Gas Cart: Absolutely capable of being driven all day long, as long as you have enough gas. If you assume that the cart is doing the ‘legal maximum speed’ of 20mph and being driven for 24 hours, you’d travel 480 miles. You’d need a gas fill-up at half way (240 miles) and your 2nd tank would be almost empty at the end of the 480 miles. If you have more than 1 person in the cart, you may have to fill the gas tank more than once. But the cart is capable. I should say that the cart is “capable – maybe”. I don’t know if a golf cart is designed/engineered to be driven for that many hours at one time!

Electric Cart: Might be capable of driving 50 miles or more in one day. It all depends on the type of batteries, number of batteries, capacity of batteries, and age of batteries. From what I’ve researched, a ‘big’ set of Lithium batteries (such as sold in the E-Z-GO Freedom RXV Elite 4.2) might provide as much as a 100 mile range (about 5 hours of travel). I suppose it also depends on how many people are in the cart. More people will reduce the range……don’t know by how much.

For the Body:
The cart may be able to go hundreds of miles in a day (gas) or up to 100+ miles in a day (electric). But that’s just the machine. The real question is, what can a human body handle? Many people have mentioned how important good quality seats are for enjoying your driving time. Also, radial tires and proper inflation can help. But your own physical condition is the limiting factor. Sore backs, sore kidneys, poor circulation, mental exhaustion will most likely limit your driving time much sooner than the mechanical capability of the golf cart will.

At least, that's my spin on it!

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by permanentvacation

No, just wondering if driving 50 miles or more via golf cart in a single day is feasible.

Yup, it's very feasible. Been there and done that, but it is only an occasional thing.

[Bay Kid]

I might drive 50 miles a day at times but I never worry about running out of gas.

[kkingston57]

No, do the math. If I "average" 20 MPH, I would be driving 2 1/2 hours, with no AC, rougher ride, no radio, fumes, chance of something flying into my eye(s), and dealing with people who cross over center line(bridges paralleling Morse near Lake Sumter) etc.

Stick to the car when going 10 miles one way from home.

[Garywt]

We have done 100 miles once or twice. Now with the new bridges it could be more. Did a 4 hour ride the other day but don’t have the miles.

[stan the man]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

If you are wondering gas vs. electric...........50 miles is not the magic number.
Battery life diminishes over time.
The 50 mile life (if there is one) will NOT last long.
Sometime you can not rely on the meter for accuracy.
60% of battery life can disappear in the last 10% of the time.

Post was does anyone travel 50 miles in golf cart Thank you

[unialimon]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

If you are wondering gas vs. electric...........50 miles is not the magic number.
Battery life diminishes over time.
The 50 mile life (if there is one) will NOT last long.
Sometime you can not rely on the meter for accuracy.
60% of battery life can disappear in the last 10% of the time.

They are not asking about battery life, they were asking about mileage in a day by golf cart. Let's stay on topic. There are more than enough gas vs electric forums.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

Bottom line is it's rare to go over 50 which is why a smelly gas cart isn't needed.
I added a solar panel with the larger Ranger Trojan batteries and tested it at 70 miles with power to spare.

Nice sales pitch.