Short Term Storage

[JohnnyO]

I'm having knee replacement surgery in a couple weeks and I'll be down and unable to drive a bit longer than last time because it's my right knee. It will sit for at least a month.
Truck will be in an unheated garage. It is unlikely that my wife will drive it. She has legit depth perception issues and I'd rather she didn't try to pull it into the garage, if you catch my drift.
I'm thinking fill it up with ethanol-free gas and put some Sta-Bil in the tank. I have a Battery Tender for my jet ski's battery but unsure if I'll need it, plus the Ranger's electronics and for that matter the battery terminal are so complicated I'm not sure if should.
Or maybe I'm overthinking it.
Thoughts?

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[KJRR]

I would expect a month to be no big deal. I leave cars sit all winter without running them. A battery tender may help since they are always sucking power.

 

[JohnnyO]

I would expect a month to be no big deal. I leave cars sit all winter without running them. A battery tender may help since they are always sucking power.

It IS the original battery, so four years old and on borrowed time. Might need all the help it can get.
Or say screw it, and just get a new battery if it goes dead since it's probably time anyway.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Way over-thinking it Jon. No need for STA-BIL. A battery maintainer might be helpful but it’s not necessary.

 

[Ninong]

I have a wife with similar parking issues. I hung a tennis ball on a string from the ceiling. Adjusted it so that it just touches the windshield in front of the driver when the car is far enough in. Works like a champ.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

I have a wife with similar parking issues. I hung a tennis ball on a string from the ceiling. Adjusted it so that it just touches the windshield in front of the driver when the car is far enough in. Works like a champ.

Tried that with my ex-wife. She kept trying to see how far she could send it.

 

[SFCHAMBERS]

I remember my dad doing the tennis ball thing in his garage for my mom's Galaxy back in 1973. They are great tools.

 

[IdahoRanger]

I have a wife with similar parking issues. I hung a tennis ball on a string from the ceiling. Adjusted it so that it just touches the windshield in front of the driver when the car is far enough in. Works like a champ.

Funny I set up the same system, leaving plenty of spare space behind the car and garage door, and she will still pull in past the tennis ball all the way to the fridge.

She pulls in so far the ball will roll off the windshield and into the car so when she backs out she will rip it off the string.

 

[IdahoRanger]

I'm having knee replacement surgery in a couple weeks and I'll be down and unable to drive a bit longer than last time because it's my right knee. It will sit for at least a month.
Truck will be in an unheated garage. It is unlikely that my wife will drive it. She has legit depth perception issues and I'd rather she didn't try to pull it into the garage, if you catch my drift.
I'm thinking fill it up with ethanol-free gas and put some Sta-Bil in the tank. I have a Battery Tender for my jet ski's battery but unsure if I'll need it, plus the Ranger's electronics and for that matter the battery terminal are so complicated I'm not sure if should.
Or maybe I'm overthinking it.
Thoughts?

Jon, good luck on the knee replacement. Not too long for gas and if you have the means to check battery health I would do that and charge if needed. Mine is 5 years old and I have to desulfate after charging at least every couple of weeks if not driven enough.

 

[rang19ca]

Like others have said, I would think the battery tender was the only thing to address. Probably a full tank of gas too.

 

[Dr_Strangelove]

I had gas sitting in a project for 2 years and it started and ran through the tank no problem.

See about halfway down this post: https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/back-to-the-2020-fx4-salvage-rebuild.29371/post-705513

"It's smooth on the highway even running on year and a half old fuel."

I think you're fine just parking it and covering it if you have one. Best of luck with your knee replacement.

 

[Radioman]

Good luck and speedy recovery on your knee. My BIL had both of his knees replaced at the same time. Don't do that....

As for your Ranger, I wouldn't worry about it for the time of recovery, about 6 weeks.

 

[5thranger]

Mine sits for that long all the time all I do is put maintainer on it

 

[shovelhd]

Funny I set up the same system, leaving plenty of spare space behind the car and garage door, and she will still pull in past the tennis ball all the way to the fridge.

She blocked the beer fridge? Man, them's fightin' words.

 

[JohnnyO]

Good luck and speedy recovery on your knee. My BIL had both of his knees replaced at the same time. Don't do that....

As for your Ranger, I wouldn't worry about it for the time of recovery, about 6 weeks.

I can't imagine doing both at once.

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