How do you all get 6.2s to 300K miles

[jrsavoie]

If you bend up buying new batteries, have them load tested before buying. New doesn't equal good.

I've rejected a lot of batteries. At Rural King, they ended up returning a whole pallet of bad, new batteries.

That was one time I forgot to load test before buying. I drove 45 miles home. Hooked it up. It didn't go. Charged it, let it sit 20 minutes, load tested. Drove back to Rural King. Tested every battery of the same group # they had. They all tested bad.
The manager rejected the whole pallet load. He apologized, wasn't his fault.

I've been preaching to load test new batteries for decades. The one time I forgot, it really bit me in the butt. Cost me hours of time. Not to mention, 90 miles worth of diesel.

 

[Will L.]

If you bend up buying new batteries, have them load tested before buying. New doesn't equal good.

I've rejected a lot of batteries. At Rural King, they ended up returning a whole pallet of bad, new batteries.

That was one time I forgot to load test before buying. I drove 45 miles home. Hooked it up. It didn't go. Charged it, let it sit 20 minutes, load tested. Drove back to Rural King. Tested every battery of the same group # they had. They all tested bad.
The manager rejected the whole pallet load. He apologized, wasn't his fault.

I've been preaching to load test new batteries for decades. The one time I forgot, it really bit me in the butt. Cost me hours of time. Not to mention, 90 miles worth of diesel.

When I do this in the autoparts store- workers are confused and managers not happy. I learned a $5 bill goes a long ways. Showing up when they don’t have a ton of customers also helps. They don’t have to do anything- you shuffle the batteries. Usually they only have 4-5 of the correct battery at most. So obviously the two healthiest go with me.