Not a good idea. People have done it in the past but you risk a lot of damage and serious injury. Welders typically have 60 to 90 open circuit volts and when under load the voltage goes down to around 24 but could be even higher than that. You could fry your starter and all the wiring in addition to having the batteries blow up. If the loader has been sitting for 5 years, I wouldn't expect it's going to just start right up without some work done on it. Have the batteries been sitting for 5 years as well? Get a new battery for the loader and check all the cables. Boost it with a truck or a charger with a booster, if you have to, but not with a welder. Does the starter already have a problem and that's why it turns slow? Is the fuel fresh and the old fuel blown out the lines? Usually when equipment sits for long periods, it needs a bunch of stuff done to get it going again. Dave
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