Trailmaker
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- Jul 28, 2019
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- Location
- Conroe Texas
- Ram Year
- 2019 PW
- Engine
- 6.4
I tend to throw the OEM batteries out if I have ran the battery down to a point where I need a jump after 36 months of use. I have have a fleet of trucks for my business and lost too much money in labor loss, and tow trucks, on trying to squeeze another month out of a dying battery. I would need a battery backup jump start in each vehicle if I went your route.Not necessarily. I have a battery for my lawn tractor that is from 2012 and still works fine. I keep it on a battery tender all the time. While it's true they can and eventually will fail due to age, it's not a guarantee and I have better uses for $100+ dollars than to blow it on a new battery that's not needed or may not the root of the problem.
That is "throwing parts at it" without doing any diagnostic work first. Never a good idea in my opinion.
If you have the extra cash, that's totally fine, to each their own. This is just my opinion.