Generally, one would want to put a battery on an automatic trickle charger when not in use.
I failed to do that last year on the Bobcat and ended up shelling out 112.00 bucks for a new one when I sold it last week
When I build my battery backup system, I am going to use this brand:
Concord My camper batteries are close to toast also, so there is another wad of cash. The camper has an automatic battery maintainer, but they are almost 5 years old.