We will see how they last, I should be good for at least 5 years on both of them, the bad part is that my other truck need a new battery and alternator, so I guess that this year I will spend more on batteries, but will not have to worry about it again for a few years hopefully.

Mine are the same age as yours not looking forward replacing them already my old truck had 6 years on the batteries. For $200 a battery I figure you could be running like a odyssey or optima.

Well my first day unemployed, thanks Mr. Obama.
Got an email 9am for a meeting, 30 of 45 were engineering people, others machinists,techs, system engrs. Well I'll have a beer and work on my shed, have a beer, beer, beer, what shed?

Sorry to hear about that, good luck to ya finding a new job.

Tom that sucks.

Rob the Sears Diehard are a relabeled Odyssey, same battery with a different cover, they even come out of the same plant, just a different line.

got ya thanks

Well made it back from my long trip to Georgia. Truck ran great towing the 6500lb boat the whole time. Only casualty was the rubber off one of my running boards which I'll glue back on shortly.

Just solidified the purchase of that Goerend Trans - it was totally worth while. Towed like a dream.

Managed to spend 3 whole days just boating around a small lake and visiting old friends. Was a great time. Now back to work! Arghhh!

Sounds like a good week, i got back to work last monday and its never fun after a great vacation.

So far today has sucked.

I'm on vacation in IL but still got 6 calls for work, the first at 4:45 AM here.

Dad informed me today that one of the boards on my trailer (that he has been using for two years) rotted and needs replaced. Ya, Travis goes to lumber yard and drops $130 on 11 new boards since Dad can not replace them apparently.

Go to pick up my Silverado from storage. Someone has a pop-up blocking my truck, no big deal I can move it. Try to start the Silverado, no luck. Cranks, has oil pressure, fuel, but no spark apparently. I did not have the proper tools with me to check for spark so I said F it for now and came home.

Get home and Mom starts in on me again about vacation for next summer. She wants to do some house boat thing on a lake in Kentucky. Four days on the water in a house boat with my parents, brother and his girlfriend, sister and her husband, and me and girlfriend. This sounds like a huge fight waiting to happen to me. I do not have vacation time to do this, but she insists that I make up my mind that I will be attending. Anyone that knows me knows that you do not force me into a decision.

I think that I am going get drunk tonight, load tractors for P-ville tomorrow, and get drunk the rest of the week.

Dont let it get to ya Travis, just relax and try to have a good time bud! Have fun at P-ville and dont get too drunk and take everyone's money playing cards then try to hide it so you dont have to buy breakfast! LOL

I got 2nd saturday btw, Franz got me by 7" on a real shitty track that had a big hole dug by all the mod tractors at 285-290' I went 288-6 and he went 289-1. Oh well. Prolly gonna head over to eastern shore saturday if they dont use the rebel sled and hook again.