Hey Jazz a good tip. Go to a local advanced auto and set-up a commercial account, All they need is a shop "name" and fed ID number (your SSN will work) got my red top for like $106.

 

Great tip I'll have to find a advanced auto and check it out. I really want to go with optima's just can't get myself to spend 200 plus per battery

 

Are you talking about these Bad Boys here NEW theextremestV8d Deep Cycle 8d battery (like 8D) [Extremest8D] - $365.00 : Batteries Are Us. Man I thought optimas were expensive

 

NO a real 8d truck battery weighs about...ALOT(well over 100) and we sell slightly used 8d's and 4d's for $35 a piece.

 

NOPE those are nuts, you can get the lead-acid 8D's for about $130 new and $50 used, they weigh about 125# but in my opinion they will outlast any optima, can be charged at 100 amps without blowing up and have awesome reserve capacity and can be stone dead and come back to life many many times.... any battery shop that specializes in them will know what they are, you can even get them at Sams/Costco most of the time

 

Got a Blue Top in my 5th wheel camper. Best $200.00 I ever spent. All the little power boards in the appliances and stuff in the RV draws enough to kill a "regular" deep cycle stone dead in 6-7 days if I don't throw the master cut-off switch. The Blue Top has went over a month and still more than enough butt left to run the slide out. Only thing I've noticed is it takes a lot longer to charge one then it does a lead-acid battery.

 

YES SIR!!!! i got commercial accounts at every parts store around me.....