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Old 03-06-2024, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Laker14 View Post
For my gas cart:
1. make sure tires are up to pressure. 22psi for my Yamaha.
2. I jack the cart up and get tires off the ground so they don't have flat spots when I return. This isn't absolutely necessary, but I've done it this way, and I've NOT done it, and when I don't do it, I can feel the flat spots for about a month or so.

3. I use ethanol free gas anyway, so I make sure it's full or near full, and put some Sea-Bil in there.
4. Connect to a battery tender.
5. I unroll the curtains and let them hang. Might be better to snap them. Probably not good for the plastic to be rolled up for the months I am away.

What type of cart do you have?
I do exactly this, and I use the exact trickle charger MrChip72 recommended.

Additionally, I have a pair of 4-foot long boards that are 1X12's. I slide them under the cart side-to-side, one behind the front wheels, the other in front of the rear wheels. I put the jack stands on the boards to more evenly spread the 1,000 pound weight of the golf cart across the garage's surface. A cheap 1-ton floor jack from Harbor Freight (get the one with the highest reach you can if your cart is lifted - best to get this around Black Friday sales if you can) will make this job very quick and easy.

This one does the job for my lifted cart. If you aren't getting the height you need, just put a wood block on the jack's cup to get those extra few inches.
Click on the link below for jack:
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