Quote Originally Posted by jimp View Post
wally world batteries work for me for 3 yrs or so, then I just go buy new ones. 99% of the time my batteries die a quick (internal shorts) death, no matter in the boat or truck.
Thats the problem I used to have until I started giving more for my batteries and started buying higher quaility batteries. Nothing I hate more than a battery that won't keep up with everything I try to plug into it. I had a guy several years ago who used to own a Battery company in KC tell me that most of the cheaper batteries for trucks and tractors were only made to last for 2 to 2.5 years and the higher quality batteries would take a lot ruffer treatment. I have had pickup batteries only last a year that was until I started buying a better quaility battery. The guy told me that most people would buy a 3 year battery and it would go out about 2 years and then people would come back in for some warranty and that is how the battery companies kept you hooked. He said the plates in the cheaper batteries could be knocked out just by hitting a large bump driving off road causing a internal short.