The generators on these tractors arent battery chargers. A stone dead battery needs to be trickle charged to bring it back up. Boost and drive is never the cure for a deep discharge. Get it properly charged as leaving a dead battery sit for too long will cause them to sulphate more quickly resulting in shorter battery life.
typically a trickle charger will not bring back a "dead" battery - once a battery gets to that zone of "i aint doing nutting" - it needs a good hit for a "short" period of time - trickles are good for holding that is 12.65V . Most people end up overcharging the batteries, boiling the acid right out. Some of the best trickles are the ones that vary the charge via a little onboard chip - yet sometimes it will still stay "on" and never hit the rated voltage and then slowly boil the acid out.
Anytime a new/old battery is placed in a circuit - the connections should always be cleaned and bright and tight. Most of the time a clicking on the solenoid can be that the battery is fine, but the connections have weakened. True batteries magically drop off to the point they will not start the engine, and then not take a charge - then you are just SOL !
Sometimes weak batteries cannot be jumped due to the length of wire in the jumping cables and and connections to the tractor.
Every now and again, the owner should take an VOM and find out what the specific voltage is at the battery with the machine off, then start the machine, unless it is a fully charged battery - the voltage should go up! Even though voltage is not what turns the engine over, it is a good indication of the condition of the battery......even though I have had a 12.65 battery not even click.......cell inside just weak enough not to flow enough amps to start the tractor
