Which jumper cables

[ultrarunner]

Short, light cables in the car/truck are better than long, heavy cables in the garage.

Bruce

I think Confucius said the same.

 

[bcp]

I think Confucius said the same.

Great minds think alike.



Bruce

 

[goeduck]

One thing I appreciate about AGM batteries is the lack of corrosion on the terminals and lack of corrosion onto battery cable ends, auto body parts, etc. I also like to buy batteries with both the side and top posts when installing in a side post application. It sure makes charging and jumping easier.

 

[WranglerX]

I have a set of 50+ year old copper cables, probably as good as day they were made ( bought as top quality at the time) always stored in protective bag in utility storage of my prime vehicle..... As of late, last 10-15 years I find a "jump box" more to my liking and useage as it seems the vechicle the needs a jump is always in a walk up only situation ....

 

[WranglerX]

One thing I appreciate about AGM batteries is the lack of corrosion on the terminals and lack of corrosion onto battery cable ends, auto body parts, etc. I also like to buy batteries with both the side and top posts when installing in a side post application. It sure makes charging and jumping easier.

Love my AGM also ..... But the best thing for battery life on any battery is to keep terminal scrupulous clean and use antioxidation "chemicals" to prevent corrosion....

 

[perfdoc]

I need a new set of jumper cables. I'd like for them to be satisfactory for my MF 1726E as well as automobiles. I will get "heavy duty" ones, as I've had experiences where lighter cables did not do the job when needed.

As I understand, 4-gauge is considered "heavy duty", but 1-gauge is even better for "heavy-duty" equipment. I'm not sure what is meant by "heavy-duty equipment". Do you think that 4-gauge will be satisfactory in all situations for my tractor and automobiles? Or should I go with 1-gauge to be safe?

I would buy them based on the needs of your other vehicles as the garden tractor likely has the least cca needed.

 

[ulflyer]

Talking about lose of voltage with thin cables, I recently tried to start my CK-30 Kioti using a brand new battery sitting on ground and the "standard" thin jumpers in a bag you stick in back of ur car. The motor barely grunted. Installed the battery and the motor turned over rapidly.

 

[eddieirvine]

I bought a VTOMAN hand held jumpers you hold in your hand connect cables and jump vehicle or tractor works great Need to keep them charged up and ready to go and i do that inside where it is warmer, I had issues with my Gmc diesel truck 6.5 v8 and it started it without a problem in winter, found out one of the new batteries i bought from Orileys was not holding a charge called the manager and he said bring them both back and he will replace them, Did that and all is good now They make different brands of these jumpers but the VTOMAN i bought works great !

 

[kpack]

Make your own cables from welding lead and buy the highest amp rated clamps you can find. I see 1200’s but need to do a search.
I’ve got to make some heavier jumper cables, I’m trying to decide how many 0’s- gauge I want on the cables and the biggest clamps I can find.
2 gauge in my opinion is small, they work but if you to run into medium size and bigger tractor and diesel truck and it’s cold you have to put two sets of cables, that’s a pain in the a$$.
Smaller cables will start smaller diesel and gasoline tractors-vehicles.
Heavy cables will start heavier stuff or smaller stuff.
My cables are probably 4 gauge and work to a point but if I have to bleed the injectors on my older long 610 60 horse from my 2002 dodge diesel 3500 it takes a lot of cranking and turns into a PIA.
Plan for what you’re going to run into not what you have.

 

[fishdoggy]

I sold a set of 2 gauge cables on Facebook marketplace recently for $10, took weeks to sell and they were in a Milwaukee saw case. My son in law said everyone is just going to jump packs.