Finished up in Ark City a couple weeks ago, but when I was packing up and getting ready to move, my hydraulics merely puttered and said, "nah." A quick hook-up via jumper cables from the truck battery to the RV batteries gave me the capability to pull the slides in, but the front legs still refused to budge (needed to life the front end of the RV to fit the truck and hitch under it). The jumper cables were hot to the touch, so I opted to run into town for some industrial strength (2-gauge) jumper cables, which set me back almost 50 bucks. I hooked them up, and though they didn't get warm, they still weren't providing the necessary power. A light blinked on in my head at that point and I returned to O'Reilly Auto Parts for a 12-ton hydraulic jack. With it, I was able to *carefully* life the front end of the RV, get the truck in place, and lower it back down ready for pulling.
The batteries are the smaller "24" size, and dated back to 2006; which, according to the dude at O'Reilly, means old in the case of deep cycle batteries like this. Now that I'm parked in Emporia, I want to take them in to the battery shop that hooked me up with acid for the motorcycle battery. I'd like to test them, though don't really doubt that they're old and shot; then want to gain some education on deep cycle batteries prior to replacing them. I was rather surprised that -- even though connected to shore power -- the hydraulics of the RV would not work without at least some assistance from the batteries. I wonder what else will go dead when I remove the two of them for testing.
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