Battery opinions
#1
Battery opinions
Well ive never had a problem with optimas but here is my first. My optimas are just turning 3 and they are failing in this cold weather. Wanted to know whats the best battery for the buck these days? Not sure i wanna pay the high peice for optimas since these dudnt last very long
#3
I've heard a lot on the new optimas have lots of problems and dying pretty much right after the warranty is up. It all depends where you live. Really cold climates should have a bigger battery with more cca's. You can accomplish the same with either battery but one will just have a easier time doing it. There is a lot of opinions on them. Some guys are moving up to group 31 batts. Some are using CAT batteries,some are using everstarts from walmart. From what all I have read interstates seems to be really liked in these trucks. I've never ran a duralast batt in a diesel but all our gassers have duralast gold's in them and they have been great.
#4
I have no idea what size they are or what model or whatever but I have had my truck for a year now and it came with an old optima and an old duralast. Have no idea how old but they look beat to sh*t but they start just fine in the morning. Coldest mornings where I am are line 35 degrees. Not too cold but cold. Kind of a general opinion but just thought might help.
#7
I would look into the diehard platnums 4 year free replacement warranty... a total 100 months... my buddywas having issues with his 6.0 with batteries and we popped those in a few years back and still running just fine and he runs a nice system in it aswell... he says it even made a difference in his subs and amp... it wasnt starving for power.
#9
I just put two Interstate marine batteries in a few months ago, dual screw top terminals and 1000ca's. Also made a new custom harness out of all 1/o cable, 3:1 heat shrink and coated the connections with that red protectant. I have no idea how long they'll last, but I've been very impressed with them so far. And in single digits it fires off so fast I can't even hear it crank.
I also have a 2ga jumper cable kit hard wired to the passenger battery, and used it to jump start one of our payloaders the other day, so these batteries have some serious *****. With my old NAPA Gold stock replacement batteries I could barely jump another diesel pickup.
I also have a 2ga jumper cable kit hard wired to the passenger battery, and used it to jump start one of our payloaders the other day, so these batteries have some serious *****. With my old NAPA Gold stock replacement batteries I could barely jump another diesel pickup.
#10
Well ive never had a problem with optimas but here is my first. My optimas are just turning 3 and they are failing in this cold weather. Wanted to know whats the best battery for the buck these days? Not sure i wanna pay the high peice for optimas since these dudnt last very long