question about Everstart Marine Batteries

[RollingsFarms]

the battery in my tractor died today, and a friend gave me a brand new Everstart Marine Battery. someone had used his boat one time and they bought a bettery to run the trolling motor with and just told him to keep it. its a 720 cranking amps(600 cold crankin amps). is this overkill for a 3 cyl. Yanmar John Deere diesel? i noticed that when i installed it and went to crank up the tractor, all i had to do was BARELY bump the key. the tractor itself seemed to run "differently", good different not bad different. the battery that was in the tractor before was a much smaller battery, yeat the battery box on the tractor could hold a larger battery then what i have in it now. i know it takes alot to crank a diesel, so would this Everstart Marine last awhile and do the job or should i go buy something else and stick in there? what minimum/maximum cranking amps should i get?

 

[Skyco]

Well lets see here- brand new battery, it was free and it starts the tractor and runs it fine...NOPE definitely a problem, give it to me and I'll be sure to properly dispose of it for you, heck I'm in SC too so I'd only charge you a small pick up fee

 

[RollingsFarms]

Well lets see here- brand new battery, it was free and it starts the tractor and runs it fine...NOPE definitely a problem, give it to me and I'll be sure to properly dispose of it for you, heck I'm in SC too so I'd only charge you a small pick up fee

oh i never was planning on keeping the battery even though it was given to me. it wasnt even his to give in the first place since the guy that borrowed his boat and bought the battery to use the trolling motor. i can see it now, i think i have a brand new battery, and that guy comes back wanting his. i'm deffinatley going to buy my own, i was just wondering what was a good minimum/maximum cranking amps to get for a 3cyl diesel.

 

[wushaw]

It really doesn't matter if you have a big battery with lots of cranking amps because your starter will only draw as much as it will draw so it won't hurt anything...the good thing is you won't have to worry about having enough juice in the cold.

 

[BobRip]

the battery in my tractor died today, and a friend gave me a brand new Everstart Marine Battery. someone had used his boat one time and they bought a bettery to run the trolling motor with and just told him to keep it. its a 720 cranking amps(600 cold crankin amps). is this overkill for a 3 cyl. Yanmar John Deere diesel? i noticed that when i installed it and went to crank up the tractor, all i had to do was BARELY bump the key. the tractor itself seemed to run "differently", good different not bad different. the battery that was in the tractor before was a much smaller battery, yeat the battery box on the tractor could hold a larger battery then what i have in it now. i know it takes alot to crank a diesel, so would this Everstart Marine last awhile and do the job or should i go buy something else and stick in there? what minimum/maximum cranking amps should i get?

A quicker start means less wear on the starter. A bigger battery is a good thing. Put the biggest battery (CCA) that will fit in the battery box.

 

[slowrev]

I have an everstart marine start/deep battery. Darned good battery. I use it to run a couple of electric winches I have mounted on trailers and such. Use it ro run an inverter for work lights and tools out in the woods and such.
Boost start various vehicles, etc.

In short I use it as a deep cycle and a high current starying battery and it works for all.

 

[travis potter]

Bigger is better. Starter works less= lasts longer.Charging systems works less+lasts longer.

 

[gemini5362]

I am not sure why your diesel would run better once it had started. Diesels do not have to have a spark like a gas engine so basically all your electrical system does is spin the starter and heat the glow plugs or the fuel heater. If you have an electric fuel pump that will run off the electrical system when the diesel starts but it is such a low current draw that nothing much will make a difference. Deep Cycle batteries are made to be almost totally discharged and recharged over and over. If your diesel starts easily it probably wont matter what battery you buy as long as you get one with enough amps to start it initially. I would probably try to buy an eveready regular battery with as long a warranty as I could get. Whatever amp/hour battery was in your tractor when you get it make sure to get that size or larger amp/hour battery.

 

[bx23barry]

Deep cycle batteries really aren't made to be used as primary "starting" batteries. I would think anything over 500cca would be fine but bigger sure won't hurt anything. I would stay away from "deep cycle" ones though.

 

[jbrumberg]

I agree with bx23barry as to the use of deep cycle batteries. Starting batteries and deep cycling batteries are designed for different functions. It's like comparing a sprinter (starting battery) to a marathon runner (deep cycling battery). Jay