GC2400 battery dead

[bakerg]

So even though I did not get much snow here but we did get the wind and it blew the snow across my driveway causing a 2 foot snow drift. So when I got home I headed to my mother's shed to get my Massey out to plow the driveway.:thumbsup: Went to start the tractor up and the battery was dead. Tractor is only 2 years old so the battery should not be bad yet. Got the car and put jumper cables on and to my surprised the flashers on the tractor started flashing. What had happened was the my mother's cats had walked all over my tractor and had stepped on the flasher button and turned the flashers on and killed the battery. Got the tractor started and after plowing for about 1/2 hour put tractor back in the shed and turned it off and then tried to restart but no luck. Have the battery charger on it now and I will see tonight if the battery will hold a charge. I just hope the battery didn't freeze on me.

 

[blackd]

Same thing happened to me a couple of years ago, but it was grandson and not cats. Battery charger for several hours recharged battery, and it is still working today. Hope you have similar luck.

 

[uglyboywith11fingers]

maybe a half-hour of operation was not enough to warm up and re-charge the battery.
hopefully the charger will do the trick.

bakerg, you're down in my old stomping grounds... I still have nephews in Cottam, Kingsville & A'burg.
typically winter down there is just a couple months of bad golfing...

Pete

 

[ray66v]

I agree, in a really deep discharge, you need to charge it more than 30 minutes.

If you, or someone you know has a desulfating charger, now would be a really good time to use it on there.

When a battery gets deeply discharged, sulfur can build up on the plates, reducing their ability to hold a charge. A desulfating cycle sends pulses through the battery that can help shake the sulfur off the plates, extending it's life.

 

[bakerg]

Try to start it today and it fired right up after charging it overnight. Will try in a couple of day to see if it still holding a charge.:thumbsup:

 

[bakerg]

maybe a half-hour of operation was not enough to warm up and re-charge the battery.
hopefully the charger will do the trick.

bakerg, you're down in my old stomping grounds... I still have nephews in Cottam, Kingsville & A'burg.
typically winter down there is just a couple months of bad golfing...

Pete

If you know where Cottam is, than you must know where Bakerville is.:laughing:

 

[uglyboywith11fingers]

If you know where Cottam is, than you must know where Bakerville is.:laughing:

WTF:shocked: I forgot about the sign on that old building on the corner.
I used to live near Olinda, moved to Toronto area in 1969.

Your ancestors must have been famous.

 

[bakerg]

Olinda, small world, I got married in the church in Olinda in 87.:thumbsup:

 

[94BULLITT]

If you have electricity where you keep your tractor I recommend you keep a battery maintainer on it. You can get a good one for around $50.

 

[ray66v]

If you have electricity where you keep your tractor I recommend you keep a battery maintainer on it. You can get a good one for around $50.

Agreed and even the $10 ones are much better than nothing.

 

[Gary Fowler]

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.

 

[WANNABE1]

Wow, another reason to dislike cats, seriously, when they mess with a mans tractor it is a HUGE problem! I also had battery problems in the past, the first battery had a bad cell, the second one ended up going really bad ( Why does it smell like really rotten eggs in and around my garage?) they did not warrentee it so the dealer got me one at his cost and from advice on this forum I bought a float charger and I have it on the battery all the time so I am ready to go whenever I need my use my baby.
There shall never be a cat in my home!

 

[94BULLITT]

IDK why people hate cats. They kill mice and chipmunks which like to eat wires off vehicles and tractors.

 

[WANNABE1]

I had to live with my Sister in law for a little while, they had 3 cats and we still had issues with Mice and Chipmunks, I finally rid us of the mice with D-con.....the Cats were useless! I rest my case !

 

[94BULLITT]

I had to live with my Sister in law for a little while, they had 3 cats and we still had issues with Mice and Chipmunks, I finally rid us of the mice with D-con.....the Cats were useless! I rest my case !

I bet if you quit feeding them for a couple of days the chipmunk and mice population would have gone down.

 

[WANNABE1]

Yes, you are probably right and have a good point, one cat was so over fed that he weighed in at 38 Lbs, he was black and white, my little baby girl ( I forget her age at the time ) looks at it and says "mooo" cause she thought it was a cow!

 

[irvingj]

"he weighed in at 38 Lbs, he was black and white, my little baby girl ( I forget her age at the time ) looks at it and says "mooo" cause she thought it was a cow!" Ouch! That's one fat cat! :laughing:

Mine stays slim & trim and catches lots of little critters. (Unfortunately, he's also pretty good at catching hummingbirds...)