Tunnels
 

I am trying to find out the height of the tunnels within the villages. I am scoping out some golf carts from others outside the bubble and wanted to make sure they would fit.

Measure the one at saddlebrook under BV that’s the lowest ceiling tunnel I’ve been through?

This might help:

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...=tunnel+height



https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...=tunnel+height

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...=tunnel+height

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...=tunnel+height

You can search for “height” on districtgov.org.

The shorter tunnels are 80” at center. Most south of LSL (or maybe even 466) are 90”+ at the center

But remember, carts are not driving directly down the center. You could loose a few inches where the right side of the cart is passing through them.

If you are looking at others outside the villages, be sure it has golf course approved tires if you plan on using it on the courses here. Raised chassis or not. Many others have done the same and found out they couldn’t use them for golfing at country club courses and most executives without changing tires.

Best solution
 

Best solution to lifted golf cart issues (not only tunnels, but trailering in U-Haul or box trailers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENidtl0dF00

From a post a few years ago.

Every tunnel listed. Put out by the District:

https://www.districtgov.org/communit...te%20Sheet.pdf


Interesting that the two lowest tunnels at 70" center height are South of 44, or is that a typo ?

That's a good thing to research. I just read where some guy got his cart wedged, front end up, in the tunnel. Haven't figured it out yet. Maybe he's a retired stunt driver.

:BigApplause: GREAT post!

OP, IMHO, you really do not want a raised golf cart. These have a high center of gravity to start with (they tip over easily), and raising them makes this worse, especially if you increase the speed. If you do not believe me do some additional research. If you are deadset on raising your golfcart, at least get seatbelts and use them, will probably save your life when it tips over.

i would be careful. Don’t think it was worth the savings to this guy.

https://www.**************.com/2022/...-the-villages/

A golf cart driver escaped injury in a mishap Saturday at a tunnel in The Villages.

The Par Car golf cart got wedged in at Tunnel B-17 at about 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Southern Trace and Buena Vista Boulevard, near the Hawkes Bay Golf Course starter shack.

The man driving the golf cart began to enter the tunnel but a high-topper golf cart coming in the opposite direction was “hogging” the tunnel, according to a witness. The driver of the Par Car swerved to avoid the collision, but got wedged in the tunnel.

Community Watch was on the scene directing traffic away from the tunnel.

I've been through those two tunnels and can't believe the 70" is correct. They didn't feel that short and I'm not sure my cart could make it through a tunnel that short. My guess is typo though I don't know how they could have missed that.

Same here. I'm 6"1' and there's no way I'd have to duck to walk thru those tunnels...

The report said a tunnel hog forced him into wall. Most tunnels I gone through have raised sidewalk down center. Separating carts going through tunnel. They must of gone cheap in some?

Not from around here, eh?

I scraped on the northern one off Buena Vista north of the polo field. You can see it was built unusually low because the whole ceiling is scraped and dark from all the carts over the years. Most of the southern tunnels are much taller.

I read the same report and yes there are tunnel hogs among other problematic drivers but I've learned considering the source of the report I find their, reporting, never complete.

I go under these two tunnels, and I am higher than that. It has to be a typo

:a20::a20:

Come on, just take it out and drive as fast as it will go then turn the wheel hard left fast ;)

South of 44
 

The tunnels south of 44 are higher than those between 466 and 42.

Golf cart wedgie
 

The article was in the ************** recently. A villager was coming through a tunnel riding towards the center with a lifted gold cart. A golf cart entering the tunnel from the opposite direction had to move closer to the edge to avoid the first cart and was wedged in.

True words. Golf carts are not the most stable of vehicles to begin with, and raising the CG on a vehicle with such a short wheelbase could be problematic.

Interesting, though...the golf cart dealers serving TV must know that there are some tunnels that will not accommodate a cart with a raised roof, oversize tires or both. Do they even mention this fact when a potential customer wants to buy such a cart?

I was there. One source had the oncoming vehicle as a cart with a raised roof, not just a "tunnel hog" which I didn't see at the scene although in fairness I got there a few minutes after the accident. The picture was in V i l l a g e s n e w s (probably still is): the way the cart was jammed in there (front end at least 5' off the ground) indicated to me that the cart must have entered the tunnel at a pretty good rate of speed for that to happen.

It is a bad area. three paths converge at the mouth of that tunnel and all turns (and the straight run on one of the paths) are downhill. I've seen a couple of close calls there. But if drivers would just follow the rules such incidents wouldn't be happening.

You may also want to measure the width of your potential purchase. The tunnels and bridges are not as wide as the multi- modal path.

Some of the electrics are taller without any additional lift. We were looking at a Star the other day at The Villages Golf Cars and asked about the tunnels. They advised that we would need to be careful in the northern area but they had tried it and the cart would fit.

A cart spec'd at 80" through a tunnel with sloped ceiling and a max height of 82" doesn't leave much of a margin for error.

Saddlebrook
 

I scraped mine first time through the Saddlebrook tunnel. I have to stay right against center line.

Stubbed My Toe
 

This is the most interesting posting and the responses in a long time. One matter I haven't seen addressed in the responses is why someone would want a lifted cart? The danger of tipping over in a golf cart is real. Anyone who has lived here for more than a year or two and who regularly uses a cart on the multi-modal paths has seen at least one cart laying on its side. They are even easier to tip over on a golf course given the slopes and the slippery grass. If you haven't seen one in person, there are plenty of photos.

My personal experience is more mundane. I've ridden with a friend who has a lifted cart. I've both stubbed my toe getting in the cart and stumbled getting out of the cart as my mind expects there to be the normal threshold height. It's as if you are being asked to use a stairway where the rise of the steps is greater than that mandated by the Uniform Building Code. If the example of a stairway with an increase height of the risers doesn't get your attention, think of your experience on a cruise ship and the entrance to the bathroom. Every bathroom door on a cruise ship has a raised sill or threshold of 3-4" to keep water inside the room in the event of an overflow. I defy anyone of our age to tell me they didn't stub their toe when using the bathroom on a ship, particularly in the middle of the night.

Here you go:

https://www.districtgov.org/communit...te%20Sheet.pdf

Exactly. Like I said. Consider the source of the article. We still don't know how much he paid for his house.

Too many rollover accidents in The Villages. No way I would ever raise the center of gravity of my cart.

A little late to the party. RIF

Go to districtgov.com then Departments click District Property Management , left menu quick links, click golf car tunnel heights.

Go to districtgov.com then Departments click District Property Management , left menu quick links, click golf car tunnel heights.

Gotta be a typo. Our cart is 75” wouldn’t fit if it was only 70.” We go under it all the time and have plenty of room. We have scraped the side of our roof on that one on BV though.

Be careful in your research, all tunnel heights are not the same. I have flags on my cart and they hit the top of some tunnels and not others. Plus, the top of the tunnels are curved so the “centerline” height (which is the quoted height) is not uniform across the height and width of your cart.

Great information. Thanks!

Some of the low number bridges are the lowest. B1 to Saddlebrook. I for one would not get a raised cart or one with oversized wheels.