dead batteries???

[spoort1]

I just bought a m1008 from a surplus dealer and the batteries were weak. I drove it home 2hrs drive and later when I tried to start it was dead. I bought a new battery and replaced the rear battery which I thought was the weak one. Still the volt meter reads just below green, I assume the new battery was not charged well. Can I jump it with a 12v truck? If So how?

 

[Cucvnut]

nope its a 24v system you need to get two new battery's and get the alts tested they might be bad and so that's killing your battery's ( possibly ) when a truck is running the battery's have nothing to do with the system your alts keep everything running.

 

[4bogginchevys]

altenator problem is what it sounds like, lots of threads here on that! As far as jumping it....of course the batt closest to the core support0#1) is standard for hook up with cables...

 

[spoort1]

Ok. Thanks. I am new to 24v systems. I guess I will have to buy the other battery. When the truck was running the volt meter was in the green all the way so I assume the alternators were working ok just the batteries were bad.