Storing My Diesel Truck Over Winter Advice
I have a 2013 Ram 3500 Diesel. I want to store it in my shop this year in WA where it can get as low as -5 degrees. Mind you, it's not that cold all winter but it can get that low inside the shop. I h...
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SweetLou wrote:
OK, so most are saying to use a battery minder, and a conditioner. If you use a tender/minder, which brand works well, and in 6 months will it boil batteries dry? Mine are wet Costco interstates. Also will Diesel Klean work as conditioner?
The whole point of a maintainer/minder is to NOT boil the batteries dry. If it does, it malfunctioned or you bought the wrong device.
I use the Harbor Freight Viking brand maintainers on the important machines with dual batteries.
For my gas truck I fill the tank with non-ethanol fuel at great expense, back it in the barn, shut it off, and clip on the maintainer.
For all my diesel tractors I back them in the barn, shut them off, and clip on the maintainer on some of them. Most just sit all winter with nothing. Of course they're all old pre-computer, pre-emissions tractors.
