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Looks like a Northstar, and the 220 min reserve capacity is consistent with Northstar G31. The Odyssey G31 has 205 mins RC. If it's Northstar, you'll be fine. I have a Northstar 31 is one truck and an Odyssey 31 in another truck. I much prefer the Northstar for its lack of drama. The...

That is often the case, but it's also one of the reasons I really like my Dewalt 18V NiCad tools. I can have the big XRP batteries rebuilt with fresh Japanese (not Chinese) cells for $36 each with higher capacity than factory batteries. Have also had some of the NiCads rebuilt with NiMH cells...

I prefer floods if I'm only going to have one beam pattern. Fogs have a cutoff that prevents you from seeing tree branches and maybe some pedestrians. I sort of optimized one truck with a pair of halogen floods alongside another pair of halogen Euro projector low beams. The halogens are Hella...

Key word: "was." The new stuff is pretty decent.

IFS is smoother than a solid axle, but my solution is to just drive faster.

Try McMaster-Carr.

The Rigid warranty is a crapshoot. Some of my warranty applications have been rejected because they can't find my S/Ns in their database. Several times, on brand new tools purchased over the counter at Home Depot. The one time I tried to use the warranty on a faulty item, they could not find...

New post that just came up yesterday on the PW Forum: http://forum.powerwagonregistry.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5168

I'm running an Indel B 50 on a pair of Optima Blue 34M house batteries, at 55ah each, so total 110ah. In desert summer conditions, I get less than 24 hours before they drop below 50% SOC, unless I recharge them. Truck normally gets driven a couple of hours per day on those trips with a 270amp...

As you noted, Optima makes both starting batteries (Red) and deep cycle (Yellow). The confusion comes with the Blue marine Optimas, because they offer both a starting and a deep cycle, both with blue tops. Optima told me that the Blue starting batteries (dark gray body) are identical to the...

Quite a few of the Power Wagon guys have Firestone bags with Daystar cups, and all that have posted on the PW Forum highly recommend them. My PW is an '05 and I added Firestone bags and Daystar cups about 16 months ago when I replaced the original spring packs with Carli packs. They work just...

Last time I looked, the highest capacity in a 34/78 dual purpose AGM was Odyssey or Northstar. My 34/78 Odysseys have been pretty good, my Odyssey G31s not so much. I have one Northstar G31 and I'm leaning in that direction for future purchases, but they are pricey. The current generation...

Last year, 4WP and their sister company (4W Hardware or something like that), had a one-day Christmas special on the ARB 50 at $599 with free shipping. It was on December 7, part of a series of one-day deals. I'm still kicking myself for not getting one as a backup. Watching for the same deal...

If it's in very good condition, and it fits your truck, $400 is hard to beat, even allowing for the paint job. When I bought a lightly used SnugTop for my Tundra, I happily paid $600 for the shell and $300 to match the paint. Same shell new is over $2K with sales tax, so it's a no-brainer...

Install the biggest Odyssey that will fit.

I tried three different small NOCO panels on two different vehicles, with zero success. These were panels specifically sold as dash-top panels. These were a complete waste of money in my case.

Just curious, did you replace the ARB 50 with a Dometic 50? If so, why the Dometic (PM is OK)? Asking because I may be in the market for a new fridge to replace my Indel B 50 which needs repair. Considering another Indel or ARB or Dometic. although Indel is the best physical fit for my truck.

The ones I have were sold as Wolf Dog rather than Wolf Pack, but appear to be the same box. They are bigger than the South African ammo boxes (the brown ones). The Wolf Dog boxes seem somewhat fragile and will crack and break if you drop them, even if empty. They stack nicely and interlock so...

OSH is now owned by Lowe's and the old sales and deals seem to be a thing of the past. The stores around me are now full of housewares and Halloween decorations, and not nearly as good a selection of hardware. Hardware decline started under Sears ownership, and continues under Lowe's...

I'm running triple batteries on my Power Wagon, with a G31 for starting and a pair of G34s for backup, winching and fridge power. I wasn't willing to give up any cab or bed space so I hung the G34 Optimas on the frame rail under the passenger side of the cab. Bought a couple of battery boxes...