ws27
Well-Known Member
They sure don't build them like they used to...
And maybe that's a good thing.
I have a 94 Ram 2500 Cummins 5 spd. I bought it new, and have treated it like an old car. I love the truck and can't see buying another when this one is still going so well.
No rust, but the paint fell off of it, so I had it repainted. Twenty years, I still consider it my "new" truck.
Time flies, man does it ever.
The truck sits all winter, now in cozy, dry, and heated utopia. It really is only used for summer driving and long distance towing.
So for the past few (at least I thought) years, I had to charge up the batteries in the spring from sitting. Once I did that, the truck was perfect for the season. Well this year, I charged them up, drove to New Hampshire, then parked it again. Three weeks later, stone dead. So I charged them up again, thinking maybe I have a draw on the truck. Great, that can be hard to find. I took the truck to get an inspection sticker and while I was waiting, I though, maybe those batteries are like 7 or 8 year old, maybe I just need to change them.
I opened up my log, which dates back to Jan of 94 when I took delivery. I started from the back, it's a long log, I document everything, and I mean everything. Right down to tire pressure changes and every drop of diesel that ever went through the tail pipe. Page after I go back, 08, 07,06 keep going. At 2000, I figured I must have missed the battery change. So I go back to the end of the log. Nope, no record, OK, I must have had an OCD laspse and forgot to log the battery change. They couldn't be more than 14 years old, could they be.
Long story short (I know too late) I installed them in Sept of 1997!!!!!
17 year old batteries? Still working? Personally I've never seen that before. I'm going to take one last trip to VA with them, then maybe change them out since I really do let the poor old truck sit too much.
Post up the longest useable battery you've ever had. Maybe this is more the norm?
And maybe that's a good thing.
I have a 94 Ram 2500 Cummins 5 spd. I bought it new, and have treated it like an old car. I love the truck and can't see buying another when this one is still going so well.
No rust, but the paint fell off of it, so I had it repainted. Twenty years, I still consider it my "new" truck.
Time flies, man does it ever.
The truck sits all winter, now in cozy, dry, and heated utopia. It really is only used for summer driving and long distance towing.
So for the past few (at least I thought) years, I had to charge up the batteries in the spring from sitting. Once I did that, the truck was perfect for the season. Well this year, I charged them up, drove to New Hampshire, then parked it again. Three weeks later, stone dead. So I charged them up again, thinking maybe I have a draw on the truck. Great, that can be hard to find. I took the truck to get an inspection sticker and while I was waiting, I though, maybe those batteries are like 7 or 8 year old, maybe I just need to change them.
I opened up my log, which dates back to Jan of 94 when I took delivery. I started from the back, it's a long log, I document everything, and I mean everything. Right down to tire pressure changes and every drop of diesel that ever went through the tail pipe. Page after I go back, 08, 07,06 keep going. At 2000, I figured I must have missed the battery change. So I go back to the end of the log. Nope, no record, OK, I must have had an OCD laspse and forgot to log the battery change. They couldn't be more than 14 years old, could they be.
Long story short (I know too late) I installed them in Sept of 1997!!!!!
17 year old batteries? Still working? Personally I've never seen that before. I'm going to take one last trip to VA with them, then maybe change them out since I really do let the poor old truck sit too much.
Post up the longest useable battery you've ever had. Maybe this is more the norm?
