Old car battery, Keep it or get rid of it? (auto, truck)
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Just replaced my car battery in my F-150. I still have the old one (probably eight or so years old but it still started the truck - just weak and worn out). Should I properly dispose of it, OR is worth keeping in the garage for hobbies or an emergency use battery should I do something dumb like leave me truck lights on and drain the new one some day? I could leave it secured in the back of my truck and use it as a possible jumper. I could trickle charge it for a day or two making it fully charged to the extent that it can be charged. It still started the truck before I pulled it out so it is still barely good.
Take it to the scrap yard and get your 2-3 bucks or whatever they pay these days.
I have a garage full of "stuff" I might need one of these days and I am sure one day I will have to pay somebody to haul it off.
Most of the time, when you buy a new battery, the place you guy it from charges you a core charge that you get back when you bring in your old one. Check your receipt. You may have a couple bucks coming back your way if you take it in. If not, I'm pretty sure O'Reilly auto gives a small gift card when you return an old battery.
At the end of the day, if you just want it gone, any auto parts store will gladly take it off your hands no charge.
I have two old dead batteries myself because sometimes I have bought cars without batteries and need a trade in. That's the only reason I would keep one.
Just replaced my car battery in my F-150. I still have the old one (probably eight or so years old but it still started the truck - just weak and worn out). Should I properly dispose of it, OR is worth keeping in the garage for hobbies or an emergency use battery should I do something dumb like leave me truck lights on and drain the new one some day? I could leave it secured in the back of my truck and use it as a possible jumper. I could trickle charge it for a day or two making it fully charged to the extent that it can be charged. It still started the truck before I pulled it out so it is still barely good.
Any other suggestions?
You probably got charged a "core charge" when you bought your new battery. You'll get that core charge refunded when you take them the old battery.
Scrap lead is .25 per pound. We recycle bespattered from back ups and we get .30 from our recycler. Anywhere frm 300 to 600 every 2 months but we take in average 1000 pounds sometimes 2000 pounds
But a scrap yard is unlikely to pay more for the battery is what he/she is saying.
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