help

[hunterdk1]

new to the sport. waiting for the new marshall system so i got a used f&l system with 2 collars off ebay. i think they are johnson collars from looking at all the other pictures. my question is this. everything seems to work fine but 1 of the collars says battery 8/06. im assuming the person replaced battery then. other collar doesnt say anything. should i send them in for battery replacement before saeson starts just to be safe? how much does it cost? how long does it take? and how can i tell if they are johnson?

[coadycurbow]

I would drive them about 1.5 miles down the road, if they still hit(beep) pretty good I would go ahead and use them. Here in TX it costs about 50 dollars for a battery and takes about two weeks. I would take them to the nearest tracking system dealer and let them tell me the details of the collars.

If the collars haven't been used much you might get a couple of years out of them on the batteries that they have in them.

Hope this helps and good hunting

[Mountainhound]

Don't know if the johnson collars are anything like wildlife collars, but I just get replacement battiers from radio shack.

[hunterdk1]

they are sealed up tight. looks like a c or d battery. but no way to get into them. i drove them down the road about half mile and 1 beeps loud the other 1 beeps but not as strong. i'll play with them when i get off work. take them out in the woods. just got them today. thanks for the advice.

[coadycurbow]

They actually have to cut the collars apart to get to the battery. The people I use send them off to Johnson's factory to have a battery put in them. I have seen batteries last 5 or 6 years. We were using them about three times a week on average.

[hunterdk1]

took it up last nite and figured it out. works fine. thanks for the help. got 2 miles away and both beeped good. just tell marshall to hurry up!