Best battery ever!!

[hillslider]

I bought a brand new L3130 in 2001. correction.....purchased it 5-28-03. I don’t use it a lot...tractor only has 620 hours on it. Last night I went to plow and it was the first time ever it failed to start. I can’t believe the battery lasted 18 years. Correction.....15 years 7 months 9 days......to be exact

 

[bdhsfz6]

18 years is remarkable for a Kubota battery. The longest I've ever had one last is 12 years. Replacement batteries have been a big disappointment. Even using Kubota batteries, the best I've done so far is 8 years.

This seems to be the case with any vehicle battery. Replacements, even OEM batteries never last as long as the original.

 

[ccsial]

My Kubota battery lasted 6 years. 18 is amazing. Do you keep a battery tender on it since you don't use it a lot?

 

[rhunt]

As I'm reading this thread, we have a Dodge Charger that is twelve years old and still has the original battery. Bob

 

[hillslider]

My Kubota battery lasted 6 years. 18 is amazing. Do you keep a battery tender on it since you don't use it a lot?

No I don’t.

 

[fried1765]

I bought a brand new L3130 in 2001. I don’t use it a lot...tractor only has 620 hours on it. Last night I went to plow and it was the first time ever it failed to start. I can’t believe the battery lasted 18 years.

I can't believe it either!

If it were me, it would be that I had actually replaced the battery 9 years ago, and had forgotten that I did so.

 

[bironacad]

I bought a brand new L3130 in 2001. I don’t use it a lot...tractor only has 620 hours on it. Last night I went to plow and it was the first time ever it failed to start. I can’t believe the battery lasted 18 years.

You keep it inside though, right? The cold and infrequent use would kill it otherwise. Still 18 years is darn good.

 

[DK35vince]

Thought the 3130 didn't come out till 2003. (2003-2007).
Still very good battery life.
My original battery lasted 11 years.

 

[Henro]

I bought a brand new L3130 in 2001. I don稚 use it a lot...tractor only has 620 hours on it. Last night I went to plow and it was the first time ever it failed to start. I can稚 believe the battery lasted 18 years.

18 years is a long time. I it were me I would question myself, wondering if I changed the battery sometime in the past and forgot!

Actually, I am serious...

Edit: I think I got about 15 years on the battery in my BX2200...Don't remember ever changing it...I changed the battery in my B2910 one time in about 16 years.

 

[DHD]

My 2005 B7800 still has the original battery, only has 568 hours on it.
Tractor is parked in an unheated garage, when temps are below 20 degrees I use the block heater about 1/2 hour before starts.
I've never put a battery tender on it.