Battery life ?

[jonyyuma]

I neglected to add, that I use the treated felt or wool washers on all battery connectors.These really control corrosion on the ends.I also use the battery spray and carefully rinse the tops.

 

[wrede]

My 4300 OE battery lasted 5 years, and the NAPA replacement is now 5 years old, but seems a little weak, especially at single digits temperature. Found a sealed AGM battery at PowerSurge that fits in the tight space (Group 22NF), 550 CCA, and the life is expected to be over 10 years.

 

[jenkinsph]

With about 32 batteries I can't afford to simonize them after each use and haven't found it makes much difference either. I clean the terminals when I can but have found that good battteries that don't leak are the best solution. If a battery is going to leak around the post it would need constant attention and I just don't have that much time.

I don't think washing and waxing the battery is going to make much difference in the life of it either, I can't see where wetting the terminals repeatedly is going to help things. A good corrosion/insulating spray when new is worthwhile though.

 

[chipsndust]

With about 32 batteries I can't afford to simonize them after each use and haven't found it makes much difference either. I clean the terminals when I can but have found that good battteries that don't leak are the best solution. If a battery is going to leak around the post it would need constant attention and I just don't have that much time.

I don't think washing and waxing the battery is going to make much difference in the life of it either, I can't see where wetting the terminals repeatedly is going to help things. A good corrosion/insulating spray when new is worthwhile though.

Jenk:
I guess if I had 32 pieces of equipment with batteries in them, battery maintenance would be pretty far down my list of things to do, too.

Your post prompted me to inventory my rolling stock, and I came up with seven batteries.

Two rigs see no winter use, so I remove the batteries and bring them inside for the winter.
Two see occasional use and I keep a battery tender on them.

The family car and my truck probably receive the least amount of attention (my bad).
My tractor is stored under a roof with two sides open.

I learned a long time ago that grease, road grime, water, etc. on the battery top will shorten its life.

It only takes a few seconds (about as long as it takes to check the oil level) to wipe the crud off the battery top and around the posts with a rag whenever I have the hood up (or the seat up, or the dump box up) on any of my rigs. You can even use the same rag you wiped your dipstick with.

YMMV

 

[CurlyDave]

When my Deere battery died after about 3 years, I replaced it with one from a Schuck's Auto Parts. I like their batteries because they honor their warranties, ands tie the warranty to my phone number. A few years ago I had a car battery die early, and couldn't find the paperwork. They looked up my phone number and replaced the battery free.

Anyway Schucks, Kragen and O'Reilly are all owned by the same company, and the warranties are good anywhere. The price on the battery was right, and I think that this is a much better deal in terms of $/year than Optima.

I took the old battery out and brought it in to them. They matched it and it turned out that Deere used a "reversed terminal" battery. Not any more expensive, but not as common as a standard one. When I got home and installed it, the cables were long enough that I could have used a standard battery.

Anyway, ~2 years later the battery is still going strong...

 

[wkoukios]

What size Die-hard platinum did you use in the 4520? Thanks.

 

[Edward. S]

My 2003/2004 John deere 6420 Battery just died after 7 years of use. Planning to go to interstate batteries to pick up a new one.

 

[jonyyuma]

With about 32 batteries I can't afford to simonize them after each use and haven't found it makes much difference either. I clean the terminals when I can but have found that good battteries that don't leak are the best solution. If a battery is going to leak around the post it would need constant attention and I just don't have that much time.

I don't think washing and waxing the battery is going to make much difference in the life of it either, I can't see where wetting the terminals repeatedly is going to help things. A good corrosion/insulating spray when new is worthwhile though.

What battery do you buy to guarantee the post not to seep? The treated washers take care of corrosion on the terminals, not much cleaning needed. 32 batterys would not even be a good start here>>>.

 

[daybreak1998]

Howdy,

I went back with an original JD battery for my 6400. The original battery lasted 13 years. Even when I took it out, it would start like crazy. I had to replace it since the entire outer plastic casing was crazing (little cracks all over)

later mike

 

[ctlguy]

I think there has been an issue w/ original batteries for a few years, specifically on compacts. I don't think that any major mfg is notorious for poor batteries. Deere does have a set pdi procedure realting to new batteries when tractors come in that most dealers probably do not do. As far as replacements, Deere has two different options. There is a wet (stock rotated battery) and a dry version that typically the dealer would fill upon customer purchase. Typically the dry batteries have a better life but the compact world is it's own world. On the large tractor side our avg core age on a dry battery is 8 years but these are your group 31, etc style batteries.