CT230 battery size

[azop]

My CT230 won't hold a charge and requires a jump start every time I use it. The battery is the original Bobcat battery and I don't see any markings on what size it is for replacement. What CCA should I get?

 

[RickB]

Kioti tractors of that size use a BCI group 34 battery.

 

[azop]

Thanks, I found on the battery size 24, would a 34 work?

 

[RickB]

My comment relates to Kioti tractors, not Bobcat. They may have the same room for a battery or not. If a 24 fits, a 34 will as it is shorter, and may well have more CCA than a 24.

https://www.batteryweb.com/bci.cfm

 

[winston1]

http://www.dmker.hu/uploads/frontend/files/batteries.pdf For what it is worth here are the Bobcat specs. Yours is the 6674687

 

[tman1020]

Mine was group size 24. I just replaced it with an optima blue top hoping I would avoid any of the acid leaking issues that I had in the past. The cold cranking amps on the Optima were far higher than the stock bobcat battery I had in there. Have only had it in there about a month but so far no problems. It fit right in.

 

[Lockport]

I recommend an AGM (absorbent glass mat) which is a non liquid dry cell. It's a heavier, more expensive battery but it will never leak and never freeze. Worth the extra cost by far.

 

[powerscol]

MY 2011 group 24 on my CT 235 is still going strong - its the positive cable connection that eroded out. Thin copper ring connected to the terminal. Cheap

 

[fatboycowen]

Anyone have a specific AGM battery that they recommend, and a source?

 

[tman1020]

I bought a Optima from advance auto. It Fit well and has worked well so far and no more leaking acid. It has only been in about 2 months.