Glorified golf cart
Shortly after we got the property, Chris bought an EZ-Go Workhorse gas golf cart to get around. Cause, lets face it, walking blows and coolers are heavy.
A couple of months in to it, it became apparent that the little golf cart that could . . . couldn’t. The ‘golf cart of lifted golf carts’ became a larger, more difficult-to-store Barbie Jeep.
So the search for a new mode of transportation began. We wanted something that could carry the family around . . and that meant either two rows of seats, or two carts. As luck would have it, two rows of seats is cheaper.
The Mule. TA-DAAAA!
It’s a ‘07 Kawasaki Mule Camo 3010 Trans 4×4. The ‘Trans’ is because it will convert from a two seater with a large bed to a four seater with a smaller . . cuter bed. We opted for 4wd because it’s cool. We opted out of the diesel because we’re cheap.
Sooo, we gassed it up, strapped on some Top Gun Ray Bans and headed out to show off what had to be the manliest of all glorified golf carts.
Within a few minutes we got stuck. Damn.
Tires were in ruts, carts were on their sides, egos were sufficiently urinated on.
Within a day I was busy Googling things like “hell yeah utv” and “largest lift kit for girlie Mule”.
We started by some basic ‘pimping’ in the form of a gun case [to hold the bolt action 20ga snake charmer], hatchet and shovel. All necessities should Red Dawn ever come to fruition.
We decided on a 2″ lift, the largest they . . . uhh . . make? I know, that’s what I said too.
Yeah, he’s reading instructions. Yeah . . . we’re in trouble.
We also decided on a Viper 4500lb winch. We eyed up some nice Warns and the like, then saw the price, laughed and moved on.
The winch came with a mounted switch we put just under the steering wheel along with a remote that we mounted just off the front fender.
Lastly we opted to add a Hi-Lift to the front of this bad boy. Notice the crushed empty beer can. Everyone knows Mule altercation can’t happen without a nice can of go-go juice.
It required welding some bolts on to the front bumper for storage.
It took a couple of nights, but all in all things went fairly smoothly.
The result, a more expensive glorified golf cart. Brilliant.
