[AT] Rewinch batteries

[Spencer Yost]

I should have been more specific:  He was talking 2-3 in the US.

Spencer

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> On Feb 25, 2014, at 15:05, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't have any facts to add, but Spencer's comments sound very logical.
> There is a lot of recycling that goes on in the lead-acid battery world,
> and it stands to reason that some of the materials going into new batteries
> might be more pure than others; and that a major contract could demand
> higher purity and incur a higher cost to do so.  Sounds like the way
> business works, to me.
> 
> I do think that, worldwide, there are a lot more than just 2-3 plants, but
> that comment could have been specific to the plants that AC Delco uses.
> 
> Steve O.
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I was told by an AC Delco parts rep that very few battery recyclers or
>> manufacturers exist.    All batteries come from the same 2-3 plants.
>> 
>> He did also claim though, that high end batteries, such as their
>> professional series, were made to specifications and were not just run of
>> the mill batteries made out of whatever cases and recycled lead were
>> available that day.
>> 
>> No idea if any of that is true but I trust the source to be honest and
>> fairly well informed.
>> 
>> Full disclosure:   I use and like their professional batteries
>> 
>> Spencer
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Feb 25, 2014, at 12:20, Dave Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Well said Greg! And as you so well point out this applies to almost
>> everything in life--except, of course, pick up trucks. In that case it's
>> self evident that Ford is far and away THE BEST!
>>>   Dave
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 24, 2014, at 10:26 PM, Greg Hass wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I always laugh to myself when people  start arguing about which product
>>>> is better. My purpose here is not to start a fight, but to make some
>>>> observations so I hope everyone takes this with a grain of salt as I
>>>> don't intend anyone to take this personally. A few years ago I needed a
>>>> fairly large battery for one of my diesel tractors. I always buy my
>>>> batteries at the same place because, although we have at least a dozen
>>>> places that sell them, this is the only place where if you have a
>>>> problem you can stop there and within ten minutes they can completely
>>>> test the battery; including a load test. As they were looking for the
>>>> battery, I mentioned that I have had good luck with CROWN batteries and
>>>> would like one of them if available. Just then he found the battery and
>>>> put it on the bench. He then reached on the shelf and was going through
>>>> some papers. Before I knew what was happening , he found the paper he
>>>> wanted, pulled the backing off and slapped it on the battery
>>>> saying"that's what you got" ; it was a CROWN decal!  Back when we had
>>>> cattle, we had 3 self unloading wagons: an international, a Gehl and a
>>>> Kaston. Which was better; well they were all the same wagon with
>>>> different names. When my sister was in college she worked part time in a
>>>> potato chip factory. She said it was funny listening to her roommates
>>>> argue about the best tasting chips. She said, in reality, when they were
>>>> bagging and the bags ran out they just grabbed another brand and kept on
>>>> bagging off the same conveyor belt.  When I bought our chest freezer; in
>>>> the back of the instruction book  one page said they would like to thank
>>>> their private labels. Turns out, that freezer  was sold under 26
>>>> different names.  I don't intend to make light of differences as many
>>>> brands are different but more and more in our economy many things are
>>>> sold under different names. I sort of long for the old days when by and
>>>> large IH was IH , John Deere was John Deere, Oliver  was Oliver, etc.
>> etc.
>>>> Greg Hass in ice cold Michigan
>>>> 
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