Re: [MV] Battery Question

From: bobbyjoe@chartertn.net
Date: Wed Jul 23 2003 - 13:09:33 PDT


I have run the same two Douglas 6TNs for 7 years now still going strong.

Bobby Pendleton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Martin" <mung@in-touch.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, 23 July, 2003 07:59
Subject: Re: [MV] Battery Question

> Well, if we're gonna brag on batteries...I gotta do it for an old
> Interstate green and white. I bought it from Jose Munoz' station in
> Evans, Ga. When the guy on the truck found out I was putting it in a
> motorhome...he told me that he would have to cut the warranty from 3
> years to 2 years. To make a long story short...it lasted for 13 years.
> Fred Martin
>
> Buzz wrote:
> > FWIW,
> > Years ago I talked with a power engineer that worked with Pacific Bell
Telephone for 25 yrs. After
> > I went through my second "Die Hard" he told me the only battery that he
would buy was a Delco
> > maintenence free. I followed his advice and still have the first one I
bought operating in my '82
> > Olds after 8 years! For my MUTTS I use two of them.
> > http://webs.lanset.com/buzz/151bat.jpg
> >
> > Buzz
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 08:38:09 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> >>Well, this list knows more about batteries than most garages have
forgotten.
> >>For a 1953 Chevy Pickup, what brands would the list suggest? Or other
> >>brands to avoid? I have had a few Die Hards die in three or four years:
> >>one of the reasons I always bought their top of the line units.. I just
> >>figured all batteries died under similar conditions in the same amount
of
> >>time.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >>
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