Golf cart maintenance

[TnAndy]

Keep the tires at maximum pressure for longest battery life.
Don't use the back fenders for a ladder, they break easily.
Batteries last longest if put on the charger every night it is used and if terminals are kept clean and tight.
Don't let the kids use it for a toy.

Oh, and one I missed that I learned the hard way. Park it far away when cutting down a tree.

I'd agree.....just make sure you keep a close check on the water level.

All deep cycle batteries have a certain life based on the number of charge cycles and how deeply discharged they are between charging. If you discharge to 50%, you will get far less number of charging cycles than if you only discharge 20%.

IF you can find a chart for your batteries (not easy to do), you'd see a typical one might list 3000 cycles at 20% DOD (depth of discharge) compared to 1500 at 50% compared to 500 at 80%, or something along those lines.