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Jump-Start Tractor with Jumper Cables

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Farm Tractors at work...load it up and spread it out!

What happens here

The Massey Ferguson tractor's battery is dead, so the presenter uses a pair of extra-long jumper cables to connect it to a Kubota RTV X1140 utility vehicle. He expresses frustration over the Kubota's battery location, which is concealed behind a plastic panel secured by small plastic knobs, making it difficult to access quickly for jump-starting other equipment. After connecting the cables to the Kubota's battery, he proceeds to the Massey Ferguson to initiate the jump-start.

Goal: To get the Massey Ferguson tractor operational, jumper cables are used to connect it to a Kubota RTV X1140, as its battery is drained from infrequent use. The presenter highlights the inconvenience of accessing the Kubota's battery compartment.

Tools and materials

  • Jumper Cables
  • Kubota RTV X1140
  • Massey Ferguson 240 Tractor

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Oh prepare to hear me gripe this battery will not stay up there is no drain on the battery it's a good battery however parked up here the 240 s been parked in here for basically the whole winter all fired up once a month or so and let it run for about 30 minutes it's not enough it's not enough to keep it charged on this battery so what we're gonna do is we're gonna jump this off now I've got an extra long set of jumper cables I'll post a link down the video description to these really long jumper cables to our battery here and we're gonna run off the Kubota RTV X 11:40 I'm gonna explain why I'm griping here I'm not griping about the battery I get it but I am gonna gripe about the location of the battery on the Kubota let me show you okay so in my humble farmer Josh opinion here this battery compartment this location of this battery is in a ridiculous place in order to access the battery I have to pull these two little knobs there is no light quick pop to get this thing out and it's to me it's just a pain in the butt now this is a farm utility vehicle okay so this is my only gripe I have two gripes about the Kubota of the Kubota doesn't have the power that my John Deere Gator does but I understand that and when we bought it we knew that we we bought it with the understanding that the Kubota was not gonna have the power but it has the strength in other words it's got the torque it has a tractor system in other words the entire running gear on this thing is based on a tractor platform so it's all hydrostatic based on the hydraulic flow now that being said the hydraulic flow on this thing should be fast enough to get it up a hill and high gear with some people on here I would think I think a little bit of reengineering on kabuto part would not be a bad idea I'm just gonna say it man I am I would love to have Kubota as a sponsor on the YouTube channel here however I think that this machine right here is kind of a pig when when it's going up a hill now here we are we've got our battery terminals got everything hooked up we're gonna go ahead and jump the tractor off it's not that big of an inconvenience but it is an inconvenience for me to have to pull this piece of plastic off every time I need to jump a critter off I need to be able to flip up and access my battery the Gator has it underneath the passenger seat also this is the plastic piece that's that holds this thing in place now there are rubber grommets that inevitably will fall out that hold these little…

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