Batteries...batteries...batteries

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Barners,

I've been researching past threads on the OPTIMA battery, general battery life, charging batteries and use of "The Battery Tender".

Here's my plight.......6 volt + ground system single bulb headlights and powerhouse generator. Daytime driving only, Sunday driver!

Every 3 years or so I have a dead battery and go thru pains to recharge it then keep dealing with constant dead battery issues.

If I get a new NAPA or Interstate battery and just keep the battery tender on it one or two days a month, is that going to give me longer battery life ???????

*******OR*******

Is the OPTIMA a longer lasting battery for the Sunday driver "A" or for those of you who drive your "A" 10,000 miles a year....and do those need to be hooked up to a battery tender every once in a while or not ?? Can't seem to find that detail in old threads.

I read that OPTIMAs last quite a long time.

Now I have an early V8 '33 pickup too, also all 6 volt but I think it's a Group 2 since the measurements are a bit bigger.....will the OPTIMA work on the pickup too ????

thanks for your feedback and opinions!!
Al