{"id":2224,"date":"2017-02-03T14:20:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T20:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2017-02-03T18:25:47","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T00:25:47","slug":"our-maintenance-utility-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=2224","title":{"rendered":"Our Maintenance Utility Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The HOA has been using Club Car utility carts for years and they are not standing up to the demands required of them. At this time, 2 of the 3 utility carts are broken down; one of them is in the shop (2009 Carry All 1), the other has had frame breakage twice in as many months (2008 Carry All 6). The carts we have been using have an aluminum frame and were not really designed for what we do.<\/p>\n<p>Last night we voted to get a used 2016 John Deere &#8220;Gator TX 4&#215;2&#8221; to replace one of the really worn out Club Car carts and we picked it up this afternoon. Here are a few photos of it:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gator-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2225\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?attachment_id=2225\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gator-1.jpg?fit=766%2C778&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"766,778\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gator 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gator-1.jpg?fit=766%2C778&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2225 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gator-1-295x300.jpg?resize=181%2C184\" width=\"181\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gator-1.jpg?resize=295%2C300&amp;ssl=1 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gator-1.jpg?w=766&amp;ssl=1 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Gator-2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2226\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?attachment_id=2226\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Gator-2.jpg?fit=864%2C1152&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"864,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gator 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Gator-2.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2226 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Gator-2-225x300.jpg?resize=107%2C143\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Gator-2.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Gator-2.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Gator-2.jpg?w=864&amp;ssl=1 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 107px) 100vw, 107px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are similar to the carts the City uses at the golf course and cemetery. They are steel frames and built more appropriately for our use. The cart has a warranty for 1000 hours and has only 251 hours on it now., meaning we have about another 8 months of factory warranty on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HOA has been using Club Car utility carts for years and they are not standing up to the demands required of them. At this time, 2 of the 3 utility carts are broken down; one of them is in the shop (2009 Carry All 1), the other has had frame breakage twice in as..<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-default read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=2224\">Read more <span class=\"fa fa-angle-right\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,234],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information","category-utility-carts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1720,"url":"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=1720","url_meta":{"origin":2224,"position":0},"title":"No Motor Vehicles Allowed On Common Areas","author":"Don Ryan","date":"March 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The photo to the left is the remnants of a local moving van backing up to someone's front door. 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