Best jump starter for tractors?

[benny6910]

I have my old combine battery in a wheelbarrow and a set of jump leads. The old battery just wasnt good enough to start the combine so replaced that with a new one. The old one is fine as a boosting battery for tractors as long as they aren’t dead flat.

 

[matthewizod]

We had a draper one that worked really well, now have a sealey 560 thats good but no where near as good as the draper though...

 

[Steevo]

Been using my NOCO again today to jump two tractors that were sluggish starting in the cold. Both started well no problem at all.

Would never be without it now.Have now put a smaller one in every car, and bought a spare biggie too just in case. Very handy to have when you need them.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

What happens if you put the jump leads on the wrong way round on a vehicle with an ECU ?

 

[Lincsman]

jump starting from another vehicle can cause problems with alternators it is best to turn engine off on the vehicle being used.

I connect up,
start donor vehicle, with a few revs,
wait a little while some charge goes across,
Start the problem vehicle
then stop the donor
Switch all lights on on the problem vehicle, so the power has somewhere to absorb shock loads,
then finally disconnect the leads, and switch off the lights

 

[Lincsman]

he was used to oil bath filters .don't know if he ever set one of them on fire but it wouldn't have harmed if it did

You set fire to them to clean them... after removing from the tractor!

 

[Deutzdx3]

I run 2 big sip jump packs, they are brilliant. Wouldn’t be with out them. Also have a couple of the lithium jump packs that fit in your pocket. Mains charger jumper maypole do a good one. 12/24v charger and booster. Reasonable price too.

 

[Farmer Roy]

Err, a Toyota & a good heavy set of jumper leads ( standard equipment for every farm ute ). Always on hand no matter where you are ( no need to go back to the shed, or find which vehicle the jump pack got left in ) & always ready to go

just using a “slave” battery without an alternator behind it pushing out more “oomph” is pretty useless for a vehicle with a dead battery

 

[Farmer Roy]

Most things here are fitted with Anderson sockets wired straight to the battery and the workshop jump leads have a set of Anderson sockets breaking them at each end. As @Spud said nothing to beat a good battery but errors do happen sometimes leaving ignitions and things on and battery's are well buried in some modern kit.

err, I dunno about UK / Euro stuff, but any North American machinery I’ve had anything to do with always has external “jump starting” lugs at a convenient location, to avoid having to get to the batteries. Not uncommon for people to have something similar mounted somewhere out of the way on their ute bull bar as well, to save opening the bonnet & accessing the battery

But, I do have Anderson plugs on my motorbikes

 

[Farmer Roy]

Because we use our tractors infrequently, it is quite common to have flat batteries. Which is why some people leave a solar panel / trickle charger on the roof, to keep the battery topped up, or have a battery isolator switch to avoid drain from clocks, radios etc

 

[Farmer Roy]

Make some with the biggest, toughest crocodile clips you can find and high quality copper welding cables. Tape them together in a staggered fashion so that they do not spark whilst you are carrying them with one end attached to a battery ...

umm, you shouldn’t really carry them with one end attached to a battery
Earth to earth, then positive to positive

 

[Farmer Roy]

jump starting from another vehicle can cause problems with alternators it is best to turn engine off on the vehicle being used.

NEVER had a problem in over 30 years of frequently doing this, including using & starting modern vehicles / electrics. Motorcycles, cars, utes, tractors, trucks, headers ( combines ), even an aircraft. As long as you use the correct procedure & dont arc or short out the leads.
In fact, nothing beats hitting the “idle up” button on a Toyota & leaving a 90 amp alternator to do it’s thing for 10 or 15 minutes, before trying to start something with a dead battery

 

[Farmer Roy]

For sluggish engines in winter, always good to have the magic can in the toolbox.
In fact, a lot of North American machinery has an ether bottle & plumbing built in as standard equipment in cold climates

 

[Farmer Roy]

What happens if you put the jump leads on the wrong way round on a vehicle with an ECU ?

you get lots of sparks & the leads get real hot real quick . . .

 

[harrow]

At home put the battery on charge for half an hour, it warms the battery and gives you a much better chance.

I remember at a car auction site they used a shopping trolley of car batteries strapped together

 

[TheTallGuy]

umm, you shouldn’t really carry them with one end attached to a battery
Earth to earth, then positive to positive

When connecting it should be positive to positive first, then negative to negative, disconnection is negatives first, positives second as it reduces the risk of accidentally shorting out on the chassis when 3 connections are in place. That is of course assuming that we're talking about negative earth systems!

 

[davidroberts30]

For sluggish engines in winter, always good to have the magic can in the toolbox.
In fact, a lot of North American machinery has an ether bottle & plumbing built in as standard equipment in cold climates
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thought this might have been more your flavour

 

[Farmer Roy]

When connecting it should be positive to positive first, then negative to negative, disconnection is negatives first, positives second as it reduces the risk of accidentally shorting out on the chassis when 3 connections are in place. That is of course assuming that we're talking about negative earth systems!

yes of course, you are correct about positive first to reduce any arcing, my mistake.
I don’t really think about shorting out on chassis or something because I’m so used to those remote lugs being accessible.

 

[Brisel]

For sluggish engines in winter, always good to have the magic can in the toolbox.
In fact, a lot of North American machinery has an ether bottle & plumbing built in as standard equipment in cold climates
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The big difference between an aerosol and ether is the ether delivers a proper metered dose. A big squirt of that above or EasyStart will detonate in the cylinders which will clean the piston rings up a bit too much which loses you compression and makes the engine "addicted" to the stuff in future.

 

[Farmer Roy]

The big difference between an aerosol and ether is the ether delivers a proper metered dose. A big squirt of that above or EasyStart will detonate in the cylinders which will clean the piston rings up a bit too much which loses you compression and makes the engine "addicted" to the stuff in future.

Yes, it’s not for heavy handed amateurs to play with
Just a sniff . . .