Types
Fleet golf carts primarily designed to carry golfers and their clubs from hole to hole. Utility carts allows maintenance workers to store equipment, such as shovels, weed eaters and rakes, that they use to maintain the course. You can also buy refreshment carts from Yamaha that feature display cases and beverage dispensers. Personal golf carts also are available for running errands or getting around the neighborhood.
Features
Yamaha's electric golf carts feature regenerative braking systems that extend battery life by using the motor as a generator. This means you can drive down a hill and at the same time recharge the battery. However, you must remember to apply the parking brake or the cart will continue to inch along. If you forget to apply the parking brake, an audible alarm will sound.
Benefits
One of the main benefits of buying a Yamaha fleet cart is that the bag wells are the biggest in the industry. The bag wells also are low to the ground, making loading and unloading your golf bag easier. The wells also have drainage holes so water does not collect there when it rains.
Accessories
Yamaha also offers accessories for its golf carts. They include headlight kits, folding windshields, CD players, coolers and storage covers.
Specifications
Yamaha carts that are part of the fleet series are 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and almost 6 feet tall, including the sun roof. The carts feature 11.4 horsepower and a forced-air cooling system. For the sake of safety, the rear and front bumpers can absorb blows of up to 5 miles an hour.
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Chad Buleen is a Society of Professional Journalists-award winning newspaper and magazine writer and editor with more than 10 years' experience. He has been published in "Utah Spirit," "Charleston Gazette," "Idaho Falls Post Register" and numerous other publications. Buleen holds a Bachelor of Arts in communications with an emphasis in print journalism from Brigham Young University-Idaho.
