I have an '86 F-350 diesel and want to put a set of booster cables on it. The type I'm looking for are the kind that has one end that is permantly attached to the battery and then when somebody or something needs a "jump" I can just plug in without opening my hood and scarring up the post and cables. If anybody knows what brands are available or companies that carry these type, let me know. Also I want some good quality cables 4/0 gauge or better. Thanks.

Tom Lindquist
1986 F-350 CC SRW
7.3L Diesel

 

Check out Warn. They make similar quick-connect setups for their winches. As for ones already made with camps on one end, I have no idea.

 

I use a connector manufactured by "Anderson." They make an excellent line of "quick disconnect" connectors rated from about 25 amps up to I believe 350 amps continuous duty. I use them to connect batteries to the battery test and formation systems we manufacture. The 350 amp lug will accept 4/0 wire. Use neoprene or vutron welding cable for good cold flexibility and high (90+ C) heat rating. Vutron is manufactured by Carol and is excellent wire. Expensive though, at about $2/ft in 4/0 size.

Anderson website
www.andersonpower.com/

Mark
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Check out this link for those heavy-duty connectors- http://www.solar-electric.com/hardware---wire-anderson-connectors.html


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I am not sure of the brand but there is a set that are made that will work with the Warn setup. They ran me about $75.00. Best investment that I ever made. There is another type that I see a lot of city vehicles use. It has a box type outlet that you would mount on your bumper or whatever. I have seen that price go as high as $120.00 per set of cables. Many people have used a welding cable type setup and that seems to be a good way of going if you are mechanically inclined enough to make it up. Whatever way you go, you will save on the wear and tear on your battery terminals. I am always jumping a truck or piece of equipement when times get cold. This is why I use a perminent setup. I keep the cables in my truck box. Something don't start, I can get it running on the fly. It is the only way to go as far as I am concirned. Jake.

Jakegypsum // Ford fleet, soup to nuts.

 

We use several different brands on our tow trucks. go to any tow truck supply company and you will find them there.

A good place to start is a company called Pierce Sales. they are in texas.

Dave

http://a2ztowing.homestead.com/a2ztowing.html

 

Also there is an emergency supply company called Galls Inc. They also carry this same type of setup, I believe they run around $75 and the connector just hangs, or you can mount it in your grille.

[link:www.galls.com|Galls Inc. Website]


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Hotrod, That's what I have. They are fantastic. I mounted the outlet on the frame rail on the passenger side. My plow setup makes the frame rail accessable. Jake.

Jakegypsum // Ford fleet, soup to nuts.

 

Jake,

I am definitley going to get a set for my 88, you would not believe how many times I get stopped and asked if I have jumper cables. But at the moment mine are buried under a ton of junk in my toolbox! I think with that I can just throw them behind the seat.


1988 F-150, SWB, 5.0 EFI (formerly 4.9 EFI), M5OD 5 speed, 3.08 gears, Summit shorty truck headers, Custom built Flowmaster exhaust system. Force 4 LP6000 lightbar, Federal signal PA-300 100 watt siren, Icom IC-V100 50 watt mobile radio.
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1965 F-100 (just purchased 1/18/01), SWB, 390, C-6 auto. Dual exhaust, Not much else to do to it.

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Hotrod, Dude, I am there. That was the main reason why I set my truck up with them. Between the trucks and equipement at work, and the family vehicles, (sister and mother), I needed a set. Another reason was that I got sick and tired of loaning my cables out. My brother in-law runs a division of our family business that involves seven trucks. Every time I turn around he needed a set of cables for one reason or another. He or his men would lose my cables one way or another. Never again with this hook up. Jake.

Jakegypsum // Ford fleet, soup to nuts.

 

I forgot about that. Hey that is a good reason, nobody else can use them on anything else but your truck. Slick man, real Slick!
And sneaky too!

1988 F-150, SWB, 5.0 EFI (formerly 4.9 EFI), M5OD 5 speed, 3.08 gears, Summit shorty truck headers, Custom built Flowmaster exhaust system. Force 4 LP6000 lightbar, Federal signal PA-300 100 watt siren, Icom IC-V100 50 watt mobile radio.
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1965 F-100 (just purchased 1/18/01), SWB, 390, C-6 auto. Dual exhaust, Not much else to do to it.

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Hotrod, It is the only way to go. I have found out the hard way that it is the only way to go. There were times that I would loan my cables out and then just go pick up another set and charge it to my brother-in-laws acct at the store. Hey, I would always have new cables but it was rediculous. Plus, there were times that when I would go to get them out of my tool box and find them not there. (Forgetting that I loaned them out). It is one thing when you are trying to help someone out. It is really bad when you have a truck down and you don't have cables to get it rolling again. I have not had one problem since I installed them. They do a great job when it comes to starting a dead vehicle because there is only one temporary connection on the pos and neg sides instead of two. There is no double checking connections on the good battery plus you don't even have to pop the hood. People are impressed when I break them out to jump a vehicle. It is like they have never seen anything like them before. I never had the problem of not having cables after that. Hee Hee. Sneaky Jake.

Jakegypsum // Ford fleet, soup to nuts.