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To close this issue out: I replaced my bad battery and now the truck fires up almost instantly. Exactly the same behavior I was getting before. I still want to test it for voltage drop under load, but now that the truck is working thats a "nice-to-have" and will need to wait just a bit. Cheers...

which batteries did you go with from tractor supply?

final tally after testing: one battery good, the other wont hold a charge. Looks like I am in the market for a new battery. sigh.

Dropped the batteries off. One tested good and 89%, the other came back needing a charge and then a retest. Thats not promising.

thats a sexy piece of equipment right there.....

Is that +25.6v at the battery or at the generator? I assume there's some loss b/n the generator and the batteries.

This is what I was worried about, dangit. Earlier this year I replaced my old batteries that were on the truck when I bought it years ago. I put in new group 31's, and now they're not doing the job. I'll pull them this weekend and get them charged up and then re-run the test. My old batteries...

So I put my multimeter on my starter and had soldier 2 turn it over. Power at the starter dipped to only a few volts. The problem appears to be pre-starter. I put the meter on the batteries themselves and I get 23.2v. I assume its supposed to more like 25-26v? Brand new batteries too grrrr.......

I couldn't think of a connection/battery issue that would cause slow start that speeds up. I will go through it all though to be sure. My concern is there is an issue with the starter itself. I was hoping someone would be able to chime in with an "Oh yeah, I had that exact same issue, and it was...

batteries are a few months old. i am pretty confident i have juice because the starter winds up, it doesnt wind down.

I searched around, but couldn't find anything similar to my issue - so hoping someone can give me a few ideas. My truck has begun some weird starting behavior: When I push the starter button the starter barely turns over. As I hold the button the starter 'winds-up' for lack of a better term and...