SmallChange
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- Joined
- Apr 19, 2019
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- Tractor
- New Holland WM25 with 200LC front end loader, filled R4 tires 43X16.00-20 and 25X8.50-14 (had a Kubota B6200D with dozer and R1 tires)
First time replacing battery on this machine. Manual says "Group 34". That doesn't even come close to fitting. Spent a long time with the auto parts store clerk pulling out batteries and measuring their thickness at the bottom and finally gambled on a smaller Group 24 battery that appeared 1/8" or 3/16" too big. Which it was. I did shoehorn it into the tractor, though I had to spend a while rerouting cables and wires, and it does interfere with the motion of the hood latch (just not enough to prevent opening the hood). CCA says it's above the required minimum, so I guess it'll work. Clerk couldn't find a size number on the battery the tractor came with, which was thinner than any he had anywhere close to the CCA rating.
It's a rectangle. And only one dimension was kind of critical. Would it really have been that hard to include space for it and spec a replacement?
Ms. SmallChange said maybe I should have gone to the dealer. I dunno, maybe she's right.
It's a rectangle. And only one dimension was kind of critical. Would it really have been that hard to include space for it and spec a replacement?
Ms. SmallChange said maybe I should have gone to the dealer. I dunno, maybe she's right.