Battery issue? (yes, I read the other threads)

[obieephyhm]

I own a 2015 Bobcat Toolcat 5600 (2250 hrs, almost none of it mine) for about 1.5 years. It is relatively important to understand that I am near 70 with health issues and I got the thing to help me/us manage our very small (3 acre) suburban lot of mostly trees so we could keep living here instead of moving to something for 'seniors'. I am NOT the most mechanically inclined oldster but I'm not a complete idiot, either. Due to a series of unfortunate events that started before last christmas and, from which, we are just climbing out of -- the TC has sat unused. I last started it briefly in April to swap the snow thrower to the grapple bucket. But it has been idle since.

I went to start it (keyless) a few days ago and you can guess what happened. A couple of lights come on the meters and the diagnostic code panel display but nothing else and it won't start. I've been searching the 'net since then trying to figure out what will resurrect it to useful function. The following things HAVE NOT worked:

1a) trying to raise the bed to fully access the battery but only managed to get it up a few inches with my 2-ton hoist which was enough for me to:
1b) connected a JNC to jump the battery
2) connected a battery tender which took 24 hours to raise the reading to 'full' but didn't start or change the display
3) connected a trickle charger which started working but literally two seconds later declared the battery 'charged)
3) did a bunch of research and got pictures that said to go in the right access panel to connect jumper cables but the insides of my right access panel does not have the connecting points that the pictures show.

I can't get my hands under the bed enough to disconnect the battery cables and try the charger again to see if that would help. There is no way I can get the battery out, so far as I can see. I can't move the damn thing out of the shop and, even if I did, I don't own a trailer to haul it to Lano. At this point, if no one has anything useful to teach me in order to fix this myself I'm going to have to pay for an onsite repair call. Which neither my pride nor my wallet wants to do. Suggestions?

 

[Roadworthy]

You have a ten year old machine. If you have the original battery there's a strong possibility it's shot. I went to You Tube to see what I could see and concluded if you cannot raise the bed you cannot replace the battery. Unless there's some way to easily disconnect the hydraulic ram to raise the bed this may be a job for the pros. They may not even be able to do it on site, it may have to go into the shop. Try calling the dealer for advice.

 

[MapleLeafFarmer]

wow... this is a 1 year old thread so going to guess a solution has already been made.
but here are 2 suggestions just in case or for future searches??:

1. with a battery charger connected turn the ignition to one and try the dump bed lift switch to see if enough juice getting through to power up the hydraulic lift for the bed.

2. near the lift cyl. look for the manual release lever. Bleed off the pressure and you should be able to lift the bed.