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Originally Posted by Erik_in_Hoyt

This weekend I was working along, punching holes in the clay and setting posts for my new pole barn.
I turned the tractor off and an hour later when I went to restart it to clean up the jobsite for the evening, the battery was dead as a doornail.
Yesterday after the rain stopped and the ground dried enough to not be soup any more I tried to jump start it with my Dakota. It would start to turn over, but obviously I don't have enough alternator on that 3.7L v6 to do enough good.
I've heard other folks have had alternator problems with their 2810 & 3510's, but never with this few of hours (had it 6 months, under 60 hours on the meter)
any advice or suggestions other than "buy a battery charger and see how long it'll go this time"?

thanks!

Sounds more likely you have a battery with a shorted cell, take it out and see if it will take a charge or have it tested. You've got more than enough alternator in the Dakota to do the job.