thats the best advice dave

Posted by markct on August 05, 2004 at 21:19:26 from (12.76.136.47):

In Reply to: Re: Interstate battery warning posted by Davis In SC on August 05, 2004 at 14:37:33:

around here any vehichles that go on the road get new batteries every couple years, rarely more than 3 years, or as soon as it shows any signs of corrosion. its cheap insurance against getting stuck somewheres with a battery that died. but dont get me wrong, i keep batteries around alot longer than 3 years, once they come outa the on road vehichles they go into yard trucks, tractors, dozer, etc. there they are run till they die,, sometime you only get another 6 months use outa them but usualy they go for another year or two, i just noticed the other day that the battery that was in my toyota when i bought it 3 years ago is now in our loader backhoe,accoding to the date code it was shipped in 1998, and its not showing any signs of weakness yet, but you can be i wouldnt trust it in a vehichle that left the yard. but basicly battery warranties are useless in my opinion once you get past the free replacement period. i have only turned in one battery that died under the free replacement period, once it gets into pro rated i just turn it in for a core and buy another. it agravates me to hear how people buy a cheap battery then complain that it didnt last. how long do you expect them to last, personaly i buy pretty cheap batterys and figure the first two years i will get outa them, then after that any time i get is an added bonus, but by that time if they die its just a matter of walking back to the barn and gettin the jumper cables since they are in tractors and stuff after 2 years or so. not keeping them charged or not checking the water level is what usualy kills them, very rarely does one just die unless its been jarred or dropped

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