Absolutely, given my high demands for batteries(deep cycling them, as well as starting the truck when it's -50 out), I wonder why I haven't invested in a quality battery in the first place.

What's really odd is why do people think they need 1000 CCA's? I've survived just fine up here in cold winter with 850 CCA's. With the 1000 CCA batteries, the plates are much thinner, and will disintegrate much sooner.

 

Just looking at a bigger number....

Birken

 

Found where I can get 4 for $229. I wonder how much shipping would be.

 

Probably about $771. :lol:

 

Hmmm.. deka batteries. Theres a local dealer and they have a VERY good price. They said $225 Canadian per battery. I can't argue with that whatsoever. They used to be an optima dealer, but said they "dry out" and all of a sudden don't work. You can put a little voltage to them to get them to "kick" but it will keep happening.

Anyways, heres the specs:

http://www.dekabatteries.com/assets/base/0010.pdf

1125 CCA, almost as much as the odysseys(they're rated at 1150, but sometimes 1090, depends where you get the info?) and 195 RC (10 less than odyssey). The optimas are only 900 CCA and 155 RC. Yes it's an AGM like optima/odyssey.

I think I'll try them out. I'll let you guys know.

 

Deka comes OE in a lot of trucks I have seen, so they have to be worth something

Birken

 

I just realized most of their commercial batteries are regular type batteries, they do have a AGM 31 battery, but it's pretty weak in the CCA department.

 

.............. still trying to understand why anyone would pay $250 for 1 battery ................ :-(

is the cover chrome?

 

Perfect timing. I am currently sitting at a Peterbilt shop right now, as my alternator took a dump this morning. I drove about 150 miles here on 3 Optima batteries ($200 a pop), with only 11 volts showing on the gauge. It was pouring rain out, so I had to run my headlights, mirror heaters, and wipers, the entire way.

I've had trucks with standard batteries that shut down at that voltage, because the trucks CPU couldn't draw enough power to keep it running.

 

Bob I have pretty unique needs, up here in Winnipeg. I'm simply looking for the best. If regular batteries last 2 years here, trust me its a miracle. Winter is so hard on batteries.

Now what if those $250 batteries last 10 years? Take $80 per "regular" battery, multiply that by 5 and you have $400 to replace every battery every 2 years. If one of those $250 odyssey batteries can last 8-10 years, you're money ahead. Not only that, you have a more reliable truck.

I'll tell you one time it was -52 with the windchill. I had run the espar engine heater for 4 hours. I used the volvo engine pre-heat for the full 2 minutes(warm up intake air). I had *just* changed the batteries to 4 975 CCA batteries a couple weeks ago. It definitely turned very slow. Usually down to -30 I tend not to have problems though.

Also, I'm considering running a 12 volt or maybe a 120 volt air conditioner. My dad has the latter, runs off the inverter. He basically has to change his batteries once a year.