Thread: 55.2-59 Under cab Battery box
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Old 11-22-2021, 10:06 PM   #8
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Re: Under cab Battery box

I am happy to discuss problems with "under the van" battery boxes. Accessibility, lifting/lowering battery, difficulty in cleaning terminals and battery top, difficulty in replacing cable ends... But if you want one I would think a box that has an access panel on the long side combined with a side terminal battery might be ok. We use slide-out trays for many of our vehicles but they are not right for most vehicles.

This is an example of a Ford OEM frame-mount battery box. Very difficult to work with:


GM did a little bit better:




On most of our vehicles, accessible battery or not, we have switched to something like this:
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