What battery is the toughest

Andy42 Insano Dub Head

709 posts · joined Mar 2003 · 9 Dec 2004, 10:39 pm

#277553

What battery is the toughest to put in a buggy that will cop a flogging. Does not really bother me how much it is I just want one that will not die at the first site of a set of corregations or as soon as the warranty has run out. Will be starting a subi motor and possibly running a winch for when the shit really hits the fan.

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 10 Dec 2004, 2:48 am

#277609

Try Your closest JOHN DEERE agricultural tractor dealer.

John DEERE Make one of the best Batteries available in the USA. the plates are attached at the top & bottom to stop them collapsing...

John Deere "STRONG BOX" Batteries....

I used to sell them....

Lee

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

PurpleT3 Fahrvergnugen

880 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 10 Dec 2004, 8:18 am

#277651

Don't know about brands, but a maintenance free battery sounds like the kind of thing you need. They are all fairly similar in construction so just go for a name brand. You could try 4WD shops. I know Exide does one called Orbital. It doesn't have water in it, instead the electrolyte is a gel and the plates are a mesh. These batteries are supposed to be very resistant to vibration, and of course require no refilling.

Then again, Lee's John Deere batteries sound pretty good.

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type1ute Casual Dubber

49 posts · joined Oct 2004 · 10 Dec 2004, 8:25 am

#277657

optima batteries are awesome, you can mount them on their side, upside down, they are really good, good for offroading aswell

Andy Andy\'s Adventures

2,820 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 10 Dec 2004, 8:43 am

#277663

Similar to the optima, look for maintenace free gel cel batteries also. 😉

type1ute Casual Dubber

49 posts · joined Oct 2004 · 10 Dec 2004, 8:49 am

#277664

delkor make goodones aswell

~air fooled~ two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl

1,429 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 11 Dec 2004, 9:37 am

#278153

i was part of a bit of a discussion on something similar a while back.
try this on for size....

http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=25472#pid203242

no battery likes vibration, but after working, installing and maintaining odyssey batteries i vouch for their reliability, as long as you charge em right!

haha, i also used two dead tractor sized ones to as axle stands for the company forklift one day! haha, under the rear end where all the weight is and the fuckers didnt collapse!

hahahah

good luck with it!!

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Andy42 Insano Dub Head

709 posts · joined Mar 2003 · 11 Dec 2004, 11:04 am

#278172

Yeh after a bit of reserch and pricing it does look like I will go the way of the odyssey.

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Desert Moose Cut Cut Cut

2,098 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 11 Dec 2004, 11:54 am

#278185

use an Odyssey, thats what I use in a race car and the old 360cc jeep I have..... the only battery I will take off road

optima are ok but I have had to many warranty problems with them before I started using Odyssey, now I wont go back.........

Jenny Officially Full-On Dubber

352 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 14 Dec 2004, 12:11 pm

#279573

You'll also want one that has a cold cranking amps rating of at least 500 CCA to handle the Suby motor and occasional use of the winch.

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1,429 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 14 Dec 2004, 1:42 pm

#279599

remember what i said about charging them though!!!! its imperative for long life with the odysseys and they dont honour warranty claims if they test the battery and find its been undercharged!! i think it was 14.5 volts or better from memory....its in the booklet you get with the battery, page 9 i think...

everything dies baby, thats a fact..
maybe everything that dies one day comes back..
put your make up on and your hair up pretty..
and meet me tonight in Atlantic city..