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Old 11-19-2012, 05:09 PM
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If they don't, its only money to get one that does fit!
 
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Old 11-21-2012, 11:50 PM
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hell i'm a welder, i think a aluminum diamond plate tank would look good.
 
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Old 11-28-2012, 12:48 AM
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so to do any maintenance your going to have to pull the bed? that seems preatty inconvenient.
 
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Old 11-28-2012, 06:28 PM
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if i have to pull the batteries then yes. these are maintenance free batts tho...
 
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Old 01-02-2013, 01:15 PM
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This might be a dumb question but what if you need to jump someone off or jump your truck off?
 
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So your sending 3600 ca to the starter?
 
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Old 01-12-2013, 11:43 PM
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the cranking amps is just what is available, it's not what the starter will actually draw though. There are some cold mornings that this setup would help me out

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you will want to take a 1/0 cable to the frame on drivers side, also make sure you put a heavy jumper from the frame to body of the cab. Looks good, if you decide to modify it you cam make the base on a hinge, basically a piano hinge with 1/2 rod and use flatstock for your 45deg brace with either 1/2 bolts or hitch pin setup. That way you would be able to tilt the batts. down to access them.
 

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Old 01-14-2013, 06:28 PM
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Oh . Do you have daul alternators?
 
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Old 01-22-2013, 08:05 PM
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the jumping part i can crawl under it and get cables on. but i will be putting thos cables on that stay on the battery then it has that big plug on it.

i'm not sure there is enough clearance to put a hinge on them seeings how it's almost touching the bed on the driver side. so i need to just take a small piece of 1/0 from the neg. post to the frame? i'll work on that this weekend. i'm still trying to find a "power strip" kinda thing where you have 1 cable coming in then it has multiple posts on it to run different cables off of. i you know of anything let me know!
 
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Old 01-24-2013, 02:13 PM
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Fab up a little slide with a pin in it. You release the pin, and battery lowers down. Just a thought, not sure if thats possible just throwin it out there... Probably be a hassle judgin by how heavy those things look
 


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