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Old 07-23-2011, 11:48 PM   #12 (permalink)
Ryland
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
One thing "nice" about having a little used gasser sitting around is, at most you suffer the loss of some gas fumes from extended sitting around, whereas lead acid batteries tend to go bad after so many years whether they got used a lot or not.
True, but I've also made a bit of money repairing friends trucks because they sat for a few weeks found that they wouldn't start, stop or were no longer safe to drive, because gas vehicles don't like sitting either, so why not have a trailer and share it so it gets used, the savings in not having a 2nd vehicle licensed and insured would more then pay for a new set of batteries every 5 years and it could end up costing less then buying a cheap small truck.
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