Elec-Trak
The GE Elec-Trak was the first commercially produced all-electric garden tractor, made mostly between 1969 and 1975. Despite their limited production and availability, many Elec-Traks are still in use today, and have a cult following among tractor and electric vehicle enthusiasts. They are an archetypal or seminal design that has influenced all later electric tractors.
Several models were produced, including: the E8M and ER8-36 (8 hp); the E10M (10 hp); the E12 and E12M (12 hp); the E12S and E15 (14 hp); the E16 (an upgraded version of the E15), and the E20 (16 hp). GE's claimed horsepower figures were somewhat hypothetical, as the 36 volt DC traction motors are not easily comparable to gasoline engines; the table below includes "real" horsepower. The E8M and ER8-36 were styled more as ride-on mowers than tractors. The "M" suffix used on some models indicates the ability to accommodate a mid-mounted (belly) mower, and an "H" was used on some models to indicate a heavy duty, double sized battery pack.
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by Virginia Coalition
Walk to Work
by: Virginia CoalitionWalked to work 'cause my car broke down
I walked to work
I walked to work 'cause my car broke down (feet)
My feet started hurting on the other side of town
It's kinda hard in the city when you got no cash
My girl won't even call me
See I was broken by the man he kept me down
He kept me cold and penniless - shazaam
But now I'm payin' my bills and I'm doing my thing
And I got your girl to call me back
It's the same reason why we're doing our thing
Ordinary people gonna stand up sing
It's the same thing that made the big band swing
I been riding your bike with my shoes untied
I been making big moves without looking on the inside
Baby that's all right for you
But that ain't gonna work for me
Simple to see the things they saw
The fire in the sky (yo, I was blinded)
Well I remember it all said
I got my juice and my own space ride
And I got your girl to call me back, why not
It's the same reason why we're doing our thing
Ordinary people gonna stand up sing
It's the same thing that made the big band swing (la la la la)
Well, you can't sing the song without the girl
(I think about her every time I say my rhyme)
Some things you're gonna know and some you never will
Some things you'll never know
And some you will
And some you will drink and some will spill
And some will burn up and some will freeze
And some will come together with the greatest of ease
Maybe rocked and never roll
Maybe rocked and never roll
Child I'm on it
Maybe rocked and never roll
Maybe rocked and never roll
I walked to work 'cause my car broke down
My feet started hurting on the other side of town
It's kind of hard in the city when you got no cash
I got your girl to call me (what?!)
It's the same reason why we're doing our thing
Ordinary people gonna stand up sing
It's the same thing that made the big band swing
You can't sing the song without the girl
(Yo, I think about her every time I say my rhyme)
Some things you're gonna know and some you never will
We keep doing our thing
For reasons, we keep doing our thing
for reasons I'll never know
The child was born
on the edge of something else