Jump starter for Dodge Diesel truck 2012

MarkTwain wrote:
Any recommendations for a "Truck jump Starter" for an emergency when dead batteries are dead. Looking for some name brands. Would like a good quality one.

Replace the truck batteries.

If you feel you are needing to have some sort of small battery pack to start your vehicle, you HAVE exceeded the life of the vehicle batteries.

Now days unlike the days in the past vehicles have all kinds of electrical "nannies" which are there to prevent you from running down the batteries by accident (like leaving the lights or radio on too long) and will turn off the offending loads..

Vehicle batteries are a "consumable" wear item, replace them as soon as you notice any slow turnover, slight hesitation before starting and you will never need those jump boxes.

Cold weather tends to show weak/worn batteries faster and as soon as I notice the engine turning over more sluggish than I have normally seen in the past I REPLACE the batteries.

And yet, I typically can get 8 or more years out of a starting battery.

Nearly 40 yrs of driving and I have never been caught with a dead battery needing a jump.

The jump boxes are very limited power capability and you HAVE to REMEMBER to periodically RECHARGE them and 9 chances out of 10 you will have forgotten to recharge it.

I had several portable battery powered air compressors and while the batteries could hold a charge for a yr or so, I still had to remember to recharge it as part of maintenance and over time the internal battery would still cease to function rendering it junk if your life depended on it.

You have a 2012, 8 yrs on the battery, replace the battery now and go for another 8 yrs and don't worry about it.