chops1sc
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I saw this on YouTube and I decided to do it. I don't boondock (yet) so I don't need a second battery. I had to move the original battery over to make room but the new box fits like a glove.
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I will be putting wheel chocks and WDH pins in there for storage. Or anything else that I don't mind getting wet. I drilled some holes in the bottom to let any water out (on both boxes).
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opnspaces
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Pretty ingenious idea. On my battery boxes I tool a small piece of black duct tape and plugged those top vent holes. Otherwise rainwater running off the roof fills the boxes up.
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chops1sc
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opnspaces wrote:Pretty ingenious idea. On my battery boxes I tool a small piece of black duct tape and plugged those top vent holes. Otherwise rainwater running off the roof fills the boxes up.
I definitely plan on filling those holes. I was thinking a 5 min. epoxy would do the trick.
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MitchF150
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Great idea and nice install! I had a little bit more room on the tongue of my trailer, so I went one step further and got a truck bed box and bolted it where the battery tray is. It locks, is water proof and holds the 2 batteries and I have storage space on either side of the batteries.
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The box is designed for the side rails of a pickup truck. I think it was $150 from Northern Tool. Bonus is it secures the batteries as well! I have had batteries stolen on my old trailer sitting on the side of house!
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chops1sc
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That fits perfect! I might have to do some measuring down the road.
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John Burke
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instead of plugging the vents on top maybe drill a couple of small drain holes in the bottom of the box. That way you still get the advantage of the vent. I put 2 1/4 holes in mine and no water.
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StirCrazy
Kamloops, BC, Canada
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when I had my travel trailer, I built that new battery rack on top of the A frame so it would hold four 6V batteries in a line. never worried about power with that trailer in the summer.
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BarabooBob
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What size TT % truck you have where you could add 150 pounds to the tongue weight and not worry about too much tongue weight.
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chops1sc
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BarabooBob wrote:What size TT % truck you have where you could add 150 pounds to the tongue weight and not worry about too much tongue weight.
Not worried about the weight. Wheel chocks don’t weigh too much.
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BarabooBob wrote:What size TT % truck you have where you could add 150 pounds to the tongue weight and not worry about too much tongue weight.
We just did similar battery upgrade. Towing a 7500lb trailer with an f250. Still have about 700lb of payload left on the truck.
Wish they made the would frame longer as it would add nothing to the cost but given more room to attach things.
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