I am a self proclaimed scattered brain, I have left my battery & charger on the power pole at the job site more than once. so i decided to take some safe action, I bought a blank key to fit my truck along with a key clip. I clip my blank key to my charger cord, when I have the charger on the jobsite I simply remove the blank key from the charger cord, slip it in the trucks ignition which acts as a reminder to pickup the charger before driving away. … Hard to crank a truck with a blank key in the ignition.
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