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10-19-2020, 10:29 PM
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Darn it!
While I was back in hospital SHE decided to hop on the riding mower and cut the grass
Battery was done......got 5 yrs out of it
Had to buy new one today
But dang!
If it had just hung in there for one more start
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10-20-2020, 07:56 AM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
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10-20-2020, 08:37 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Florida panhandle
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my boat battery recently crapped out, looked at the date code, 2010, OK, I feel better! 
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10-20-2020, 09:11 AM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Kamloops, BC, 60 miles from the Center of the Universe according to the Rinpoche, of the SF monks.
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School.
Old Biscuit, you need to give her a quick schooling lesson on how to change batteries! 
I bought a couple of those small portable jump-start batteries, and made sure my wife knows how to use them! 
Only problem is, she tells me mowing with the ride-on mower is a "Blue" job. 
But she is happy to do the push-mower area!
Happy Glamping.
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10-20-2020, 11:05 AM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
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Location: Columbus, MS
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Don't bother buying any lottery tickets! 
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10-20-2020, 05:41 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: North America somewhere
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Those new hand-held lithium jump-start battery thingys are the cats pajamas. OTOH they cost as much-or more as a new battery for a lawn tractor.
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10-20-2020, 05:53 PM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ray,IN
Those new hand-held lithium jump-start battery thingys are the cats pajamas.
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A big thumbs up to that.
I carry one in our rig. It probably wouldn't start the engine, but no problem to start the genset. And it will charge the chassis battery.
I have started other people's cars and trucks, so it has earned me a bottle of wine!
Happy Glamping.
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10-20-2020, 09:38 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
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Battery charger in garage would have jump started it also....except I was in the Hospital
New $49 battery solved the starting/holding charge issue
But NOW I will have to mow the lawn
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US NAVY---USS Decatur DDG-31
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10-21-2020, 12:05 AM
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Community Administrator
Pond Piggies Club LA Gulf Coast Campers Outdoors RV Owners Club Entegra Owners Club Skyline Owners Group
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Old-Biscuit
....But NOW I will have to mow the lawn
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Hey, any job I worked, if I stepped in to help with something & proved competent at it, the task became mine. I'd say, it's her task now. 
BTW, I love mowing the lawn. I've been doing it ever since we bought our 1st home nearly 30 years ago. I find it relaxing & gets me out in the fresh air.
Lori-
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10-21-2020, 06:57 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2019
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Last year, I finally had to buy a new battery for my Craftsman lawn tractor.
It lasted 15 years!!
It was a Diehard, and I wasn't kind to it. Every fall I parked it in my shed, and did nothing. No disconnect, no charging. In the spring, it would start right up, though the last couple years it wasn't so spry.
The no-name in there now already sounds sick.
JK
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10-21-2020, 11:32 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NLOVNIT
Hey, any job I worked, if I stepped in to help with something & proved competent at it, the task became mine. I'd say, it's her task now.
BTW, I love mowing the lawn. I've been doing it ever since we bought our 1st home nearly 30 years ago. I find it relaxing & gets me out in the fresh air.
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Bad battery was kind of a blessing in disguise.
I really like mowing and if SHE had been able to do it I most likely would have lost out cause I know SHE would have accepted taking over that task . Except for the 'parkway' which is very steep and that would be all I got
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