Guys.........annual 3-day stockdog trials fer Australian Shepherd Club. I usually provide my eazy starting 6-volt 8N with rake to clean up the HAY that gitts spilled on the ground by the cattle and sheep. So I went to START it and battery was flatter'n'pancake. Hooked up the 6-volt charger and letter charge overnite. Still flatter'n'pancake. Now ittza PANIC time. Tried JUMPIN' the starter motor with my dual battery 12-volt Dodge Diesel pick'em-up battery. NOT EVEN A GROAN. Went to trial to gitt some brain help. Feller sez, gitta NEW BATTERY. O.K......so down the road I go and $90 later new 6-volt battery installed. Turns the engine over very nicely ...but... still NO START!!! hummm......FLOODED SPARKIES..... So down the road I go to 4-different autoparts stores before I find some AutoLite 437's 'nutter hour wasted. (frown) and I STILL kent gitter started (double FROWN) Now I go back to the stockdog arena with egg onna my face and NO TRACTOR. All I ken say, it musta been GOOD alfalfa 'cuz there wasn't much to clean-up. (all done by hand rakes, wow) Why didn't my battery charge? 'cuz the charger ON/OFF switch is BROKE!!! (project fer 'nutter day, eh?) And rite now, I gotta a BIGGER problem. My 12yo Australian Shepherd dog DIED during the 4th of July. And he hadda FULL bucket of water. Yeah, ittza been HOT, 93*F yesterday. 99* today. Even ICE WATER tastes WARM. Where is that Gin'n'Tonic??? .......Dell