Seems the optimas that came with my truck bit the dust yesterday. Weird, they worked, then they didnt. Took it out for a relatively bouncy 4wd jaunt, worked fine the next day, the day after that, would barely turn the engine, solenoid not engaging. It started fine, I ran it for 5 minutes to move it, and then 30 minutes later, wouldnt start. Charged both fully, starts a little better, but still struggling mightily. Leaves me wondering if my suspected ring gear/starter issue was actually the first harbinger of batteries saying c'est la vie'?
Our build is intended for 1.5 years relatively off grid through central and south america, so I wanted to replace them anyways.
Seems after searching for a bit that the sears die hard platinum would be a good choice for our trip. Any followup thoughts from the last round of threads on those using them? I have a source for all three relatively close to home, and dont really care about price within reason (If I'm getting more reliability).
I have the AV updated battery box (placed when we got their fuel tank), in terms of sizing.
I was thinking about getting two of these (but havent measured for fit yet).
DieHard Marine Battery : Buy High-Performance Battery at Sears
-Scott and Heather
Our build is intended for 1.5 years relatively off grid through central and south america, so I wanted to replace them anyways.
Seems after searching for a bit that the sears die hard platinum would be a good choice for our trip. Any followup thoughts from the last round of threads on those using them? I have a source for all three relatively close to home, and dont really care about price within reason (If I'm getting more reliability).
I have the AV updated battery box (placed when we got their fuel tank), in terms of sizing.
I was thinking about getting two of these (but havent measured for fit yet).
DieHard Marine Battery : Buy High-Performance Battery at Sears
-Scott and Heather