Believe it or Not.......the facts don't lie.

[69hemibeep]

3 years max in Phoenix but my grand Cherokee with the batteries under the passenger seat get 4 years or so.

2 summers,3 with luck. Between my cars and RV, batteries are one of my biggest expenses.

 

[kiwigtx]

How did I get so lucky? Is it because I am so sexy?

 

[Pistol Pete]

I put Odyssey batteries in my 2500 diesel twelve years ago and just load tested them the other day. Passed with flying colors. I shudder to think what it's going to cost to replace them when the time comes.

 

[Budnicks]

my org. **1999 Dakota SLT 4x4 truck battery
still holds a charge, been out of the car for a couple years (Dec 2023)
still showing voltage, it wasn't keep a full charge for like a month w/out driving
when I took it out of my 68 RR/trunk mount

I did a battery swap around, too the then near/er (back in Jan 1999)
new-ish *Optima red top 750ca Group 27
out my Yamaha gas golf cart, it had been in for several years, *put that in my 99 Dakota
took the crappy POS yellow Interstate battery out of the RR,
& I put that in my Yamaha Golf Cart, when I sold it, it was driven daily so it held a charge
it was near new, when it was in it, when I org. bought the RR, in Dec. 2005

I put the org. battery (photo below) out of the 99 Dakota, **in the trunk mt kit in my RR
in like Jan 2006-ish, I just replaced it like a almost 2 years ago now, like winter 2023
with a ***Optima Yellow top deep cycle 800ca, in the trunk of the RR
I bought a new ****Red Top Optima 750ca battery
to the replace the 15 y/o *optima Red top 750ca battery I put in my 99 Dakota
way back when, that was org. out of my out of my Yamaha Golf cart,
it lasted like 15+ years, I put the new Optima Yellow top deep cycle in the car Dec. 2023
so far so good on all fronts

** Excide 60 Chrysler lead acid it's over 25 years old, it was in my 68 RR for nearly 20 years
hands down longest lasting battery I've ever seen

new Yellow top deep cycle Optima in my RR now

 

[moparedtn]

Quick Ed Battery Story:
I used to inspect the Exide plant in Bristol, TN back when they were cranking out batteries like hotcakes.
In those days, I considered them to be the best bang for the money (especially with the discount I was
getting).
Despite receiving like $35Million in federal stimulus funds in 2009, they turned around and shuttered the
plant around 2012 anyways - decided it cost too much to bring the joint up to enviro standards.

The downside was having to walk that friggin environmental hazard from hell of a factory - some rooms would
literally dissolve the boots off your feet and many was the time I'd have shirts develop holes first laundry after
walking through there.

They tested for lead content in their employees' blood and would post results - weekly.
Since lead accumulates in our blood and is not dissipated ever, once they got a certain amount in them, they
had to be removed from the production floor permanently; they'd hand them a check and send them on their
way.

But...guess who they didn't test for lead in the blood? You got it, the vendors like me...
I talked a company nurse into running my blood once though and although I wasn't near the limit, I sure had
some in me, so I told my employer it was my last time going out there.
He said "even if it's your job to refuse?"
Yep, boss. Not going back, period - and I never did.
(Up to you to consider it a coincidence that I had my first major, life-threatening kidney cancer in 2013...)

 

[MarPar]

I put Odyssey batteries in my 2500 diesel twelve years ago and just load tested them the other day. Passed with flying colors. I shudder to think what it's going to cost to replace them when the time comes.

You should. lol

Replacing each truck basically every year on a 3 year cycle. Two a piece for the little guys and 3 a piece for the big boys. But then again, you don't subject your truck to reefer, do ya?

 

[Richard Cranium]

I've had good luck with batteries manufactured by Johnson Controls

 

[33 IMP]

I put Odyssey batteries in my 2500 diesel twelve years ago and just load tested them the other day. Passed with flying colors. I shudder to think what it's going to cost to replace them when the time comes.

In another thread (possibly on a-bodies)one poster was trying to decide between a $140 lead acid, and a $440 odyssey.
So it looks like it might run about $900 plus tax?
I came to the conclusion that two lead/acid batteries at $140 ea makes better fiscal sense for my diesel too.

 

[padam]

Quick Ed Battery Story:
I used to inspect the Exide plant in Bristol, TN back when they were cranking out batteries like hotcakes.
In those days, I considered them to be the best bang for the money (especially with the discount I was
getting).
Despite receiving like $35Million in federal stimulus funds in 2009, they turned around and shuttered the
plant around 2012 anyways - decided it cost too much to bring the joint up to enviro standards.

The downside was having to walk that friggin environmental hazard from hell of a factory - some rooms would
literally dissolve the boots off your feet and many was the time I'd have shirts develop holes first laundry after
walking through there.

They tested for lead content in their employees' blood and would post results - weekly.
Since lead accumulates in our blood and is not dissipated ever, once they got a certain amount in them, they
had to be removed from the production floor permanently; they'd hand them a check and send them on their
way.

But...guess who they didn't test for lead in the blood? You got it, the vendors like me...
I talked a company nurse into running my blood once though and although I wasn't near the limit, I sure had
some in me, so I told my employer it was my last time going out there.
He said "even if it's your job to refuse?"
Yep, boss. Not going back, period - and I never did.
(Up to you to consider it a coincidence that I had my first major, life-threatening kidney cancer in 2013...)

Lead poisoning is no joke.
I had to quit shooting so much indoors a few years ago.

 

[moparedtn]

Lead poisoning is no joke.
I had to quit shooting so much indoors a few years ago.

I can understand that. I shoot at an indoor range maybe once a year anymore, typically at Bud's when checking out
a new firearm. A benefit of being out here is shooting on property anytime.

 

[padam]

I can understand that. I shoot at an indoor range maybe once a year anymore, typically at Bud's when checking out
a new firearm. A benefit of being out here is shooting on property anytime.

I got into shooting bullseye, and it’s easy to get obsessed. In the winter we shoot indoors. There’s lead on everything.

 

[moparedtn]

In the winter we shoot indoors.

Yeah, I can certainly understand that part.
Always hated winter, turn pretty much inactive when it's cold anymore.