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hey were u get glenns senior picture?

Same place I got the pic of him and his cousin... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Hmmmmm......i sense a wee bit of hostility here!!!!!!!!!!!! :scratch: :scratch: now, do i smite boar, or reb, or mike??????????? confused-3316.gif face_plant-2139.gif :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Boar. He started all this again, and ran off. He's hiding behind his scootie-poo.   :evil:

Offline Gunner55

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Why not all the above, glenn? You got me nailed dew2, but my handle here is the same as what I used on FM. We must have 8-10 of those HF float chargers around as they are on sale often & come in handy.
« Last Edit: March 03/20/17, 04:22:08 PM by Gunner55 »
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Any luck, 57? :scratch:
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Any luck, 57? :scratch:
havent done anything yet...........right now not high on the priority list. it starts so when i replace the battery i'll get it rolling.
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Smurfs are busy little fellas.  ;D

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Yeah, he's so busy ;) that he didn't even notice that Boar found his stash. :laugh: Boar said he used a bunch of 'shrooms  in his au jus  last night.
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Good point, Gunner!! I got a pic of it this morning... ;)
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ohboy..................here we go again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tut_tut-3315.gif tut_tut-3315.gif face_plant-2139.gif face_plant-2139.gif :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: training-087 training-087 :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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:scratch: :scratch: :doah: so NOW WHAT are you confused about????????????? but then again............... we understand!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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I think he gave up.... ;)

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I think he gave up.... ;)
MORE LIKE OLE BOARSTER IS STUMPED!!!!!!! :happy1: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Seen those maintainers advertised & they're kinda spendy, $40-$50. Just take it over to dew2 & he'll fix ya up right, for cheap. He knows what you need & it will give you an excuse to go see him. :happy1: We leave 1 of our cheap($5) Harbor Freight " float chargers on both pcs of snow movin  equipment when we go home for the holidays.
The extra $40-$50 isn't so bad if it keeps your battery going a few more years Gunner. I just replaced a battery on my old 2000 JD mower last summer. It was the original! Always ran a maintainer on it. Hard to believe but true. My 2012 JD mower is on its second battery I believe. I just bought the machine little over a year ago and it had been replaced already. When I buy a new battery this spring a maintainer will be purchased the same day. Just my $.02, I'm a believer in them
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Basically we're doing the same with the HF chargers, just < $. We've been doing it that way for quite awhile too. It doesn't hurt that on all ours, it's easy to get at the batteries so we don't need a harness hooked up to them all the time. I agree though, keepin a low amp charger on them will help extend the life of your batteries. We keep all our batteries at the lake on them all winter, so there's no need to haul them back & forth anymore.
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i agree with the maintainers. my old bike cam with a conector wired in , i also keep a 6 am maintai.er on my castle battery. factory one couldnt keep up with my usage.so.wen i left the bat froze at partial.charge
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They will really extended batt life. It's the charging/depleting cycles that kill a battery. Maintaining it at a proper level will make a huge difference on the life span.

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Our chargers are only 500 ma but they seem to fit what we need. After we pull them, we check the water levels & put them on a conventional charger. Before we leave they then go on the float chargers that are hooked up to a power strip in the heated garage & don't have to worry about them again until spring. We're usually messin with 6-8  maybe as many as 10 batteries.
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holy buzzin batman. since the weather was crappy and not much on the agenda for at home i decided to stop at fleet farm last nite to see what i could find out what i find with the wheeler battery and battery tender harness.

they dont have the harness but holy...shi! the ATV batteries are spendy, there reference book listed 2 batteries, 1 was 80 bucks and there premium battery was 105 bucks...............YIKES!!!!!!!!!!

theres a NAPA just up the road here so a little trip will be in store for later!!!!!!
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That's exactly why ya want a battery tender, munchkin.

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That's exactly why ya want a battery tender, munchkin.
i've used the battery tender for years!!!!!!!! the machine is a 2008 and this will be the first battery replacement.............the battery is a b i t c h to get at and thats why i want an extension so to speak.

we have a kodiak by yamahammer and dont think that battery has ever been replaced. and thats older then you!!!!!!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Ohhhhh......excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me!!!!   :rolleyes:

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Hey Glenn boy!! When I was at Menard's the other day, they had Exide ATV batts on sale...not sure how much...big display of them!

PS...they're $65...
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Hey Glenn boy!! When I was at Menard's the other day, they had Exide ATV batts on sale...not sure how much...big display of them!

PS...they're $65...
hmmm may have to check them out!!!!!!! never thought much of menards as a auto place. everytime i looked at something for my vehicles there i was way less then impressed!!!!!!!
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At that price, doubt if they're AGM, which is what ya want. Gotta watch those tricky places!  :scratch:

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We just replaced ours last fall & bought it online for ~ $75 -$80. Your Can AM dealer probably has them, ;) might be $125 though
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sheez.......i didnt think this was going to be a major undertaking!!!!!!!! :banghead: :banghead: just went to the NAPA in elk river, they dont have a battery tender harness. the guy says you need to make one up!!!! :scratch: :scratch:

so i google it, looks pretty simple.......looks like there's a fuse in the harness the rest is some fittings to attach to the battery and trickle charger.

i hate ordering online.............so the search continues!!!!! :doah: :doah:
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Try a place that sells just batteries, one of those big battery stores....bet THEY could order ya one. Also, call some of the motorcycle shops, those places have them. I don't know why the Can-am dealer wouldn't have one or couldn't order ya one either... :scratch:
« Last Edit: March 03/24/17, 03:02:51 PM by Rebel SS »