des1954
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- Aug 10, 2007
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Well....our chassis batteries on our '05 Itasca finally bit the dust. They are the original batteries, so who knows how long they sat around before being placed in our coach. DH had them on the BIG charger for an entire day & nothing. I'm so glad he is cheap and diligent in searching out prices on the internet.
Just to give you an example....Camping World has the batteries we need for $159.99 each. Sam's Club was a little better at $119.87 each. BUT Auto Zone has Duralast Batteries with a 5 year warranty for $89.99 each. Now, I realize the 5 year warranty is probably a prorated thing like Sears, but for the price I can't complain.
Rick usually puts the chassis batteries on the trickle charger when we return from a trip, but he neglected to do that after the Mem. Day weekend. We don't have the battery cut off switch on our model, and are not likely to get one, cause he normally uses the trickle charger. Anyhow...I'm glad to get this fix for less than $200.
Barring anything unforseen, our next Fort trip is at the end of August. We were going the end of this month, but DH's TV modification parts won't be here in time for him to put the cab area back together by then. Oh well! He's replacing the bohemith TV in the cab with a flat screen, mounting it to a cabinet door that matches the rest of the cabinets, and putting the whole assembly on a scissor hinge that will allow us to swivel the TV out over the driver's seat so we can comfortably view it from the couch. By doing this, I will gain an enormous cabinet where the old, big TV used to sit. And THAT, my friends, is why I've kept this man for 36 years. He's very handy to have around!!
Just to give you an example....Camping World has the batteries we need for $159.99 each. Sam's Club was a little better at $119.87 each. BUT Auto Zone has Duralast Batteries with a 5 year warranty for $89.99 each. Now, I realize the 5 year warranty is probably a prorated thing like Sears, but for the price I can't complain.
Rick usually puts the chassis batteries on the trickle charger when we return from a trip, but he neglected to do that after the Mem. Day weekend. We don't have the battery cut off switch on our model, and are not likely to get one, cause he normally uses the trickle charger. Anyhow...I'm glad to get this fix for less than $200.
Barring anything unforseen, our next Fort trip is at the end of August. We were going the end of this month, but DH's TV modification parts won't be here in time for him to put the cab area back together by then. Oh well! He's replacing the bohemith TV in the cab with a flat screen, mounting it to a cabinet door that matches the rest of the cabinets, and putting the whole assembly on a scissor hinge that will allow us to swivel the TV out over the driver's seat so we can comfortably view it from the couch. By doing this, I will gain an enormous cabinet where the old, big TV used to sit. And THAT, my friends, is why I've kept this man for 36 years. He's very handy to have around!!
