Remedial tractors 101

[mikehaugen]

You should look into something called a Battery Maintainer. Schumacher Electrical makes one that WalMart and Amazon sell for about $20. There is a "pigtail" that you screw to the terminals on the battery along with the other wires already there. The other end of the pigtail has a quick-disconnect that you attach the maintainer to. Plug it in and leave it alone. When you need to mow, disconnect the maintainer and use the machine. When you're done, plug it back in.

I have thought about these but always thought they seemed to be a pain, this one sounds easy enough though- even for someone as lazy as I.

I am going to go out on a limb and say that you have got more going on than just a dead battery. Probabally a bad connection between the battery and cables. Bad enough that it wont carry the high current required to start the tractor, but still good enough to keep it running once started.

If your battery WAS truly dead enough that it wouldnt start/turn the tractor over, a quick jumpstart from a truck would most likely NOT charge it enough to be able to cut for more than about 30 seconds.

You may be right about the bad connections, though as far as the running and dying- it may be (as stated by another poster) the automatic shut off when he gets off the mower. Also, depending on the engine he may not need any battery to keep it running.

Another harbor freight part! They sell them for $5-10

I am sorry to see that there is anyone that gets this excited about harbor freight.

 

[swick1]

What can I say, I like to pay Chinese prices for Chinese junk rather than let a middle man make all of the profit (like craftsman or dewalt and their overpriced junky tools)

I buy quality when I need it. (JD tractor, Milwaukee sawzall, hammer drill and impact, makita cordless drill, and Lincoln welder)

 

[PineRidge]

You probably already know this but just in case, I believe that if you shut your blades down while mowing you should be able to get off the tractor without the engine stopping by itself. Guess I must live on the edge because that seat switch was the 1st thing to be removed on the New Holland.

 

[murphy1244]

You probably already know this but just in case, I believe that if you shut your blades down while mowing you should be able to get off the tractor without the engine stopping by itself. Guess I must live on the edge because that seat switch was the 1st thing to be removed on the New Holland.

My tractor does not even have a seat switch.

 

[PineRidge]

My tractor does not even have a seat switch.

One less thing to worry about.