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the tractor vet

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The war Dept's Durango started on the 10-11 year old battery , but one of these days it won't . I really thought that today was the day it would lay down on me . But nope it started . Now it will wait till some nasty night when she is out at the furthest point of her area she travels in when it is pouring down rain at a service unit meeting when i get the call.
 
Suppress the Scotsman that's buried inside each of us and replace the battery already. Keep the old one for a spare on a trickle charger or put it in a tractor you keep in the garage.
 
I replaced a four year old car battery outside in -5F temps last week. I was mad enough that I didn't feel the cold, but the replacement battery cost $20 more than when they were on sale last month and it would have been much warmer to replace the battery inside the garage back then too.
 
I think I'd just go ahead and change it at my convenience (warm shop) rather than wait for it to fail under cold and nasty conditions, and you never know - the weather might be bad when it fails, too.
 
Battery is on borrowed time, at that age. Replace it now, especially if the Mrs. tends to be a bit disputatious. "Happy wife, happy life."
 
Ah i see you don't know my wife. If you think i am CHEAP haw , you ain't see nothing . I said something along those lines back last summer and what i got was NO we don't need it it still starts just fine . OK fine by me . You see everything has to be 911 deal with her . Also told her to put back some money for new hides on the Durango , has she done it , Nope , Now that winter has set in now she is complaining on how much the tries cost . So now it up to me to find CHEAP tires that will run forever and NEVER get a flat . Also told her we need to think about a new or newer ride since she has to drive all the time . And here again nothing suites her . And you guys wonder WHY i call her the War Dept. It is just best to set back and say nothing . Then when it does i just look her in the eye and say told ya so but you never listen. Then just do what it takes to solve the problem at hand.
 
Be nice and get a new battery. If she says anything nasty about it, just put your arms around her, look her in the eye and say, "I LOVE YOU."
 
OK, I got it. She'll have to agree that it has to be replaced sometime. So get one now, and haul it around in the back of the Durango, with a set of jumper cables. Show her how to use cables, and tell her when car won't start, carry new battery to the front, and jump it. Cause you're not gonna drive 20 miles in the middle of the night to do it.

Dollars to donuts she'll just say, "Put in the new one" about halfway through the speech.
 
It's not an 03 by chance is it? I have an 03 1500 pickup with the original battery. I know I should have changed it years ago, but the dark side of me is kinda curious how long the darn thing will last. I know I will regret this sooner or later (probably sooner).
 
I run 4 yr old batteries on several of my tractors. I just replace the batteries in my wifes van and my trucks about 4 years and she never knows and I don't go out on service calls that I can prevent with a little planning. Move the old battery from the car and trade in the tractor battery.
 

All this discussion reminded me that I needed to get the jump start device or whatever its called from the wife's car and recharge it. It just has a small lead acid battery in it.

Actually I have thought that it would work out just a well to have a new battery to carry in the trunk of the car instead and recharge it regularly, then I would have one to replace the car battery when it went bad. Best not to do this until the car battery gets some age on it, otherwise they may both wear out at the same time. If one could get the same battery to fit 2 vehicles, so much the better. Have jumper cables along with it. Some ladies are religious about having jumper cables, I stopped at a pawn shop recently and a lady asked for a jump. She had the jumper cables ready.

KEH
 
I'm totally with Vet - I get a sick thrill out of seeing how long a battery will go. When it is just about to kill me with suspense I trade that battery to a summer use tractor and put a new one in the vehicle. If my War Dept's vehicle ever had a dead battery it would be the end of the world.

Seeing how long a battery will last really is a point of pride for me.
 
All that advice below is good. Mine is to buy a jumper pack, keep it in her car. After will come in handy on the farm.
Happy Happy.
 
Okay I can understand trying to see how long you can get out of a battery, and as an added bonus you get to see what OEM part WAS stronger, the battery or the alternator, BUT if you only wound the alternator in you little game you might get some real practice at changing batteries (yes I know but they'll be under warranty)
 
years ago I was supposed to take a co-worker to the airport in Indpls one Jan morning. I agreed to do this if my then 92 Astro Van would start. I when out at 6:00 AM and it started so I came back into the house while it warmed up. I thought man it is really cold, I wonder how cold. TV new reported the still standing all time low for Indpls -27F :)
 
My grandad had a model A john deere and a 40's plymouth car and had a system.New battery for the car to crank the flathead 6 on cold mornings every 4 years.The car battery replaced the older of the 2 in the tractor.I can't imagine trying to start a car on 6 volts in this weather.
 
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