Gary Fowler
Super Star Member
- Joined
- Jun 23, 2008
- Messages
- 11,917
- Location
- Bismarck Arkansas
- Tractor
- 2009 Kubota RTV 900, 2009 Kubota B26 TLB & 2010 model LS P7010
I am glad you didn't have to get a new battery. I hate cats, they walk all over everything leaving their tiny paw prints on anything smooth. Every time I go out to my B26 if I have left the seat down, my neighbors cat has walked all over it. Even my chickens will use it for a laying box even though there are 7 others in their coop. I guess everything likes ORANGE.
I have had for various reasons the battery in my 2007 Chevy truck fully/completely discharged at least twice and it charged up without a problem. I bought it in 2006 and it still has the original battery which is longer than any battery has ever lasted me. I expect to have to buy one this year, but then I thought the same thing last year. The truck only has 40K miles on it, so maybe it isn't so much the age as the use. It has done its share of sitting in the garage waiting patiently for me to return home twice it was for 8 months at a time and it still cranked without using a maintainer but it was in its first 2 years of life then. It wont do that now, I put a maintainer on it when it is going to be setting for a while. I got a Schumacher one from Walmart for $29 and got 3 more of the $12 ones and they all seem to work ok with about the only difference is the high priced one has a power indicator light and the others don't. I have one for my truck, lawnmower, gas powered golf cart and one for my fuel pump battery. I have a 15 watt solar charger on my diesel lawnmower battery and they all stay hot. Never any problems. I don't think I have any of the $7 Harbor Freight models though so I cant say if they work or not.
I have had for various reasons the battery in my 2007 Chevy truck fully/completely discharged at least twice and it charged up without a problem. I bought it in 2006 and it still has the original battery which is longer than any battery has ever lasted me. I expect to have to buy one this year, but then I thought the same thing last year. The truck only has 40K miles on it, so maybe it isn't so much the age as the use. It has done its share of sitting in the garage waiting patiently for me to return home twice it was for 8 months at a time and it still cranked without using a maintainer but it was in its first 2 years of life then. It wont do that now, I put a maintainer on it when it is going to be setting for a while. I got a Schumacher one from Walmart for $29 and got 3 more of the $12 ones and they all seem to work ok with about the only difference is the high priced one has a power indicator light and the others don't. I have one for my truck, lawnmower, gas powered golf cart and one for my fuel pump battery. I have a 15 watt solar charger on my diesel lawnmower battery and they all stay hot. Never any problems. I don't think I have any of the $7 Harbor Freight models though so I cant say if they work or not.
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