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Let me put it this way... always preferred and drove Land Rovers. I spent about $15k building out a 2014 4Runner (drove it new off the lot with 15 miles on it). I am back in a 2001 Disco 2 as my new build. Here is the thing... if you can honor and appreciate the legacy of Land Rover --- its...

Seems like everyone who was making this is out of business. Does anyone know of a resource or have one they are wanting to sell? I don't have the space to try and fab one up on my own right now.

Building another Land Rover and it looks like their site is down and the last facebook post is from 2020. Are they defunct?

Do you see any issues going with just a regular Deka 31 Marine Deep Cycle rather than a AGM or Gel Equivalent in the bed of the truck with a topper? I am much less concerned with service life and if I can get a 2-3 years out of it I would be happy for the less money spent. Again, since I am only...

Great post... thanks for the link. Now it makes sense.

I didn't think I needed to match type to type (e.g. Lead Acid Starting and AGM Deep Cycle) but everything I am reading on that front is says yes... AGM to AGM or Lead Acid to Lead Acid. Don't mix and match. It appears now that Group Size doesn't matter as much as the Chemistry.

I was finally able to duplicate it after around 4 days of around town driving with no draw to deplete the battery. I opened my topper and could hear it gurgling. Battery was super hot... IR Thermometer registered 206.8F. I have since pulled the battery out of the ArkPak. I am now on the hunt...

Ok, will check out the watt meter. Thanks so much!

Interesting. I will do some more research on the charging system. This morning before any charging I had totally drained the secondary AGM battery with the fridge and it was registering 10.1v. Today on my way to work I went ahead and hooked the second battery back up. Overall throughout the day...

There shouldn't have been a short. It is fused as well. The connections are separated by a decent distance and the terminals have a plastic wall between them, coated wing nuts holding them down that cover the entire terminal securely, and the wires themselves have very thick sheathing and are...

Okay, here are results. At the primary (starting) battery with vehicle running at idle I am getting 13.6v, at the isolator I am getting 13.6v, at the Battery Terminals in the bed on the ArkPak I am getting 13.2-13.3v. This is using a Klein MM300 Multimeter. I was testing at each set of the...

The VR would be whatever the stock VR on a 2013 Ford F150 Platinum so we aren't dealing with a '77 Datsun. I am leaning towards the battery myself because you are correct in that with the cables connected directly to the arkpak you are bypassing the actual arkpak charging system and its...

Thanks for the tips. I will use a multimeter and see what it says. The ArkPak would show the battery at around 11.7 with the truck off. When I started the vehicle and the secondary charging it would slowly increase to around 14.2 and I never saw it higher than that unless something happened...

We recently made a week long trip.... the first with our dual battery setup. Some background on the setup: -Starting (Stock Lead Acid) Battery Located under Hood -Secondary Battery (Exide Group 31 Megacycle AGM) mounted in the Bed inside an ArkPak primarily running Fridge -Tied Together using a...

Curious if anyone has any suggestions keeping it secure in a truck bed without drilling the bed? I hate to put holes in my bed for something I use 5-6 times a year. Ratchet straps are still pretty sloppy and it moves around.

I took this one out of the vid's as I had seen it when I was doing research. To me, it doesn't look like the cable snaps, but instead that they were practicing unsafe recovery by using a steel line as a snatch strap and just putting the hook end over the pulling vehicles trailer ball. It appears...

For sure... I always invest good money in quality multi-layered gloves because they are not a "unitasker"! :)

Were you guys using high quality, durable and thick leather gloves at all times?

Thanks for the input guys! Just wanted to update that I went with a 12.5K w/ steel line. I know them, I use them, and I have had great success with them and prefer the simplicity. I added two additional winch dampers to my recovery kit as well.

Researching new winches and all this sales hype on synthetic is enough to scare a bear. I have only ever used steel cable and am looking for a new winch. I have NEVER broken a winch line nor have I seen one break in person, just heard the stories. I understand and can envision synthetic is safer...