Batteries?
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From: Missoula, MT
I've been very happy with my yellow top over the years. It's outlasted the batteries in two of my other rigs so far and I wouldn't hesitate to put in any of them still to this day. It's bulletproof to me. The benefit is they discharge more cranking amps faster then standard batteries because how they are built. Also being deep cycle they have a longer draw down period meaning I can run my stereo 2x longer with the car off then a regular battery. They also take a charge faster then a regular battery. All around worth every penny imo. Warranty is 36mo replacement on the website.
Minimum 850CCA for the diesels and make sure they'll fit under the hood before buying.
Minimum 850CCA for the diesels and make sure they'll fit under the hood before buying.
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From: Nutter Fort, WV
I was Interstate batteries all the way, then they moved 100 miles down the road.
Right now, well for the last several years I have been running Advance Auto Titanium batteries in the 1000 CCA size.
Has plenty of juice for starts and running my plow and lights all night.
Right now, well for the last several years I have been running Advance Auto Titanium batteries in the 1000 CCA size.
Has plenty of juice for starts and running my plow and lights all night.
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Gentlemen, this is what I finally decided on:
After a **** load of research, I went with the.......
BLUE TOP OPTIMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These f**ckers are $200 a piece on Optima's site and at Costco they were ................only $144 a piece!!!! So I JUMPED on that sh**!!!!!
But here's my concern gentlemen, the CA's are only 750. Is this bad? I thought you have to have at least 850. I live the in California Bay Area. It rarely gets below 40 here. Although when I drive up to the mountains I gets colder than that.
I do not have my winch or off road lights yet, although I have started to pump up my audio system
what are your thoughts guys?
Thank you again in advance
After a **** load of research, I went with the.......
BLUE TOP OPTIMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These f**ckers are $200 a piece on Optima's site and at Costco they were ................only $144 a piece!!!! So I JUMPED on that sh**!!!!!
But here's my concern gentlemen, the CA's are only 750. Is this bad? I thought you have to have at least 850. I live the in California Bay Area. It rarely gets below 40 here. Although when I drive up to the mountains I gets colder than that.
I do not have my winch or off road lights yet, although I have started to pump up my audio system
what are your thoughts guys?
Thank you again in advance
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From: Iowa
I haven't had good luck with intserstates, have had 3 fail on me that were under 3 years old.
I had a pair of white carquest batteries in my old suburban. They were rated for 1100 CA. My suburban had a major fuel issue and often took 5-10 minutes of off/on cranking to get it started. Even in the cold, they never even showed signs of losing power. But then when it was about -20 I ran them totally dead, they got noticeably weaker but still did the job. Then over the summer they were pretty much worthless. They were about 4 years old. Not bad considering how hard it started. I started it twice every day last winter, didn't always take this long, I could usually be running in about 2-3 minutes
YouTube - Cold Start Suburban 16F
Long story short, the batts in my F250 are weak, and they were DEAD this morning. I'm going to look into a set or carquests.
I had a pair of white carquest batteries in my old suburban. They were rated for 1100 CA. My suburban had a major fuel issue and often took 5-10 minutes of off/on cranking to get it started. Even in the cold, they never even showed signs of losing power. But then when it was about -20 I ran them totally dead, they got noticeably weaker but still did the job. Then over the summer they were pretty much worthless. They were about 4 years old. Not bad considering how hard it started. I started it twice every day last winter, didn't always take this long, I could usually be running in about 2-3 minutes
YouTube - Cold Start Suburban 16F
Long story short, the batts in my F250 are weak, and they were DEAD this morning. I'm going to look into a set or carquests.
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Gentlemen, I JUST installed both of my brand new Blue Top Optima batteries. They are the 34M models.
I have never run Optimas in ANY of my vehicles before.
HOLY SH**!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She started up SO FREAKING VIOLENTLY FAST!!!!!!!! OMFG!!!!!!!!!!
I love it! DEFINATELY worth the extra $$$!!!
I have never run Optimas in ANY of my vehicles before.
HOLY SH**!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She started up SO FREAKING VIOLENTLY FAST!!!!!!!! OMFG!!!!!!!!!!
I love it! DEFINATELY worth the extra $$$!!!
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