[mr48chev]

Some people may or may not like Les Schwab but I have run Les Schwab tires and Batteries since 1980. For two primary reasons. At one time I had about six of my former students working in their stores and I think two former students manage Les Schwab stores right now. Second, and most important there are few places in the PNW that you aren't within a reasonable distance of a Les Schwab store if you have battery or tire trouble.

Interstate batteries are excellent and I have friends who will only use those.

I had a Die Hard Deep Cycle battery in my sailboat for 15 years that worked fine as long as I kept it charged.

Batteries like to be kept charged and be active and A battery tender isn't a bad idea.

That reminds me, it is time to make the rounds out here and charge all of the batteries in my rigs that don't move much. \

I found out a while back that if you have one of the electronic voltage sensing battery chargers like some that HF sells they won't charge a fully dead battery and will tell you that the battery is dead. I had to jump the VW off my lawnmower and charge it off the mower for about 20 minutes to get enough of a charge in the battery for the charger to trigger off. Those old analog chargers with the 6-off-12 V switch and a gauge with a needle don't care and will usually charge from stone dead.