IMCA38
Silver Member
- Joined
- Jun 29, 2003
- Messages
- 171
- Location
- SE Nebraska
- Tractor
- MF 1225 w/loader, Case 1840 SS, Ransomes 723D mower
Well, yesterday, we got about 7" of snow during the day. I went out last night to plow the driveway and find the battery in the Massey doesn't have enough poop to start it up.
After trying to assist the battery with my portable battery pack, I gave up and pulled the battery with the intent of getting a new battery at noon today. When I pulled the battery, I found that it had an Interstate Batteries sticker on the side, but it said Yusua on the case. I also noticed that the top post terminals were about half size of posts on a car battery, maybe about 7/16" in diameter.
I called a couple of places and believed that O'Reilly's had what I needed. I went there and discovered that all they had was a group 51 car battery with large posts. A couple of phone calls to the local farm supply stores came up empty as well. So, I drove across town and went to the Interstate Batteries store and took the old battery inside.
Now----You know its a bad day when the clerk at the Interstate store takes one look at a battery with an Interstate sticker on it and says, "Wow, I ain't never seen ANYTHING like this before...." He picked up the phone and called who-knows-where and chatted for a bit and then hung up. He told me they could special order one, but it would take TEN DAYS and the coust would be about $81 + shipping.
Doing some quick math, with the special order piece being $30+ more then the group 51 car battery, I figured I maight be able to swap out the cables on the tractor for regular car cables and still come out ahead. So I went home after work, pulled the cables (amazingly easy, actually) and took them back to O'Reilly's to get new cables and a battery. Total cost w/ tax of $64.00. I took my loot home, installed the new cables, put in the new battery, crossed my fingers, turned the key and the beast roared to life quicker then it ever has since I've owned it. (Did I mention it was about 15 degrees at that point?) Finally got out about 9:30 and did my first snow plowing.
Do all Japaneese CUT's come with these cheesy batteries??
After trying to assist the battery with my portable battery pack, I gave up and pulled the battery with the intent of getting a new battery at noon today. When I pulled the battery, I found that it had an Interstate Batteries sticker on the side, but it said Yusua on the case. I also noticed that the top post terminals were about half size of posts on a car battery, maybe about 7/16" in diameter.
I called a couple of places and believed that O'Reilly's had what I needed. I went there and discovered that all they had was a group 51 car battery with large posts. A couple of phone calls to the local farm supply stores came up empty as well. So, I drove across town and went to the Interstate Batteries store and took the old battery inside.
Now----You know its a bad day when the clerk at the Interstate store takes one look at a battery with an Interstate sticker on it and says, "Wow, I ain't never seen ANYTHING like this before...." He picked up the phone and called who-knows-where and chatted for a bit and then hung up. He told me they could special order one, but it would take TEN DAYS and the coust would be about $81 + shipping.
Doing some quick math, with the special order piece being $30+ more then the group 51 car battery, I figured I maight be able to swap out the cables on the tractor for regular car cables and still come out ahead. So I went home after work, pulled the cables (amazingly easy, actually) and took them back to O'Reilly's to get new cables and a battery. Total cost w/ tax of $64.00. I took my loot home, installed the new cables, put in the new battery, crossed my fingers, turned the key and the beast roared to life quicker then it ever has since I've owned it. (Did I mention it was about 15 degrees at that point?) Finally got out about 9:30 and did my first snow plowing.
Do all Japaneese CUT's come with these cheesy batteries??