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anonomoose
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I store 4 of them, and all I do is start them once in awhile. But they set for 3 months sometimes with nothing at all done to them. If you have a short, that's another matter.
On my off season bikes, I just hook the maintainer to them once in awhile and they hold up fine.
Course if it makes you feel like you are doin something...pull em and keep them off the cement floor because the ghosts of christmas past will suck the juice out of them...or not...depending upon what you feel like doing.
On my off season bikes, I just hook the maintainer to them once in awhile and they hold up fine.
Course if it makes you feel like you are doin something...pull em and keep them off the cement floor because the ghosts of christmas past will suck the juice out of them...or not...depending upon what you feel like doing.
definetly hook it up to a battery charger (Battery Tender Junior is sufficent). Its not a good idea to start sled just to charge the battery unless you run it for a half hour or longer. which could overheat engine. Not necessary to remove battery from sled. Battery tender junior comes with the connections you need. Most power shops (motorcycle or snowmobile) carry them or get it on line.
harvest1121
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I never do anything to any of my batteries. I just leave them in and just usually start every so often. I have 3 years on the snowmobile, 4 years on the Harley and and had 3 years on the lawnmower. So how long do you most people get out of a snowmobile battery. I think my dad usually gets 3.
Canoepaddler
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Taking them out is a pain if you like to run your machine every month or so. They say cool dry storage is best. Sometimes I took them out and stored in basement on shelf, sometimes just unhooked them in the garage. I was only getting about 3 years use on them. I bought a maintainer a few years ago when it looked like I'd have to replace another 3 year old battery. This thing really brought it back to life. I've been using it ever since, and now that battery has over 5 years on it and is still good. I use the quick connects and have the batteries on both sleds hooked in parallel to the maintainer during the summer. Very good investment IMO.
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200332201_200332201
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200332201_200332201
Canoepaddler
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To clarify....I leave the batteries in the sleds when I hook the maintainer to them. I have 4-strokes and like to run them about once a month or so.
miaferominka
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so does this stay connected all summer? I have two sleds should i get one for each sled?
THANKS
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Team Elkhorn
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I leave ours connected. Run a cord out into the trailer for the battery tenders. Plug it in one day a month, (if I remember). Get 5+ years out of my batteries. Just check water level in the fall.
miaferominka
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wait until your married and your wife wants you to start her sled all day long
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indy_500
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like my dad used to tell me when i was little, if you can't start it you can't ride it
mrsrunningbear
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thats how it is at our house...anyway we always take the battery out and put it in the lawn mower for the summer....keeps it charged and ready for the sled come fall
Indy, I'd say if your battery goes out every year it's because
a) you didn't take care of it (and I doubt that's it because you seem to take care of your stuff), or
b) you got a cheap battery (you get what you pay for)
The original (Yuasa) battery in my 05 lasted four seasons, and probably would have lasted a bit longer (I listened to the dealer, who load tested it and told me it was dying). At the end of the season, I take it out of the sled, put it in the basement, and throw it on low charge once a month. Takes but a couple minutes to bring it to full charge. I've never yet had a battery-related failure (or any other, knock on wood).
And do listen to Miaferominka, his words of wisdom have a lot of merit!
indy_500
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I got my batteries at fleet farm, just the fleet farm brand i believe-don't know what it's called exactly. you could be right.
i had a 93 indy trail, it was officially mine when i turned 10 but i've ridden it since i was about 5 and that thing pulled over pretty hard, still the hardest sled to start i've ever seen. plus, we took the ignition out because it was creating a short, so if you let it sit for 30 min.-3 hours, it would flood. this is even with the kill switch off. i learned quickly how to hold my hand on the throttle and pull with one arm.
i had a 93 indy trail, it was officially mine when i turned 10 but i've ridden it since i was about 5 and that thing pulled over pretty hard, still the hardest sled to start i've ever seen. plus, we took the ignition out because it was creating a short, so if you let it sit for 30 min.-3 hours, it would flood. this is even with the kill switch off. i learned quickly how to hold my hand on the throttle and pull with one arm.
Yes, you want to keep the charger on all the time. There is also another device out there called a Battery Bug which monitors the condition of your battery,lets you know the starting capacity and voltage of your battery. Warns you when it is getting short on life. Well worth the cost not to get caught with a dead battery. MY 4 stroke machine does not have a pull cord, so dead battery means no go.