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I have AGMs mounted to the frame, under the cab. They have been submerged for brief periods with no issues.

If your truck is a gasser, there may already be an extra, unused battery tray under the hood for diesels. My 1998 GMC 5.7 came with the extra tray in place and empty, so easy to mount a second battery. If you don't have the second tray, might be wise to get one. You can probably fit a Grp 65...

Well, I'm out on the Krazy Beaver Group Buy, so first to reply here can have my position on the list if that is OK with the sellers. Reason I am out is that, as I mentioned in an earlier post, seller is not required to charge sales tax (or any other tax ) on sales to out-of-state buyers when...

Both of your trucks are Toyotas and Toyotas deliver notoriously low charging voltage from the factory alternators. That will definitely be an issue with Odyssey batteries, but should not be an issue with Optima Yellows. You may have a couple of bad batteries, and if they are less than three...

9011s are far superior to drop-in HID conversions, and may even be better than HID-projector retrofits. Lots cheaper, too.

I have lifted the rear of my truck by inserting the tongue of the Hi-Lift directly into the receiver hitch opening. Worked fine. Be careful with a Hi-Lift.

Ctek may be the easiest to get. I have gotten good results on old OYs with both Ctek and Optimate. I prefer the Ctek. If the starting battery is draining the OY, then the OY is probably sulphated from being consistently undercharged. If that is the case, a good AGM charger should restore...

Not real clear on the details of your installation, but the culprit may be a bad or failing starter battery draining the Optima Yellow until you disconnect it from parallel. You can probably recondition the OY and you don't require an Optima charger to do that. The Optima chargers are fine if...

I have an '08 Tundra CrewMax and have not found a good place to mount a second battery. Best spot so far seems to be inside the right/rear fender, behind the tire with a box bolted to the frame. I have not done anything yet because I'm not real excited about having to fab the box and mounts...

Even with a 160F rating, there may be problems in southwest conditions. I used to carry a thermometer in the truck just because, and I have measured 185F in a camper shell parked in the sun in So Cal. Truck was white, fiberglass shell was white, windows tinted. A tongue box in those...

I carry a D-handle spade and a long-handle hoe for moving sand from under the truck and making smoother transitions to get the tires out of holes. The hoe is extremely useful in sand and mud. Since most carry a hammer of some sort, you might consider a steel-shank masons's hammer that can be...

Odyssey used to sell 40amp and 50amp chargers that were specifically designed/intended for their big batteries (i.e., 2150/PM1). When they switched charger manufacturers from Schumacher to the new guys, there was a delay in bringing out the new high-amp chargers, and they are probably still...

They should not be charging NM sales tax on product shipped out of state.

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That was and is their Grp 31 2150/2150 Extreme, also sold by Sears as the PM1. I am on my fourth one.

I received the PM with the ordering instructions, but it specifies PayPal. I have not tried to place the order yet, but I do not and will not use PayPal. Will the order system take credit cards?

Not to shoot down your confidence, but this is from the Optima website. The top lines are for the starting batteries (Red and Blue), so if you had a Red, 12.7 would be on the money. The second set of data is for the deep cycle (Yellow and Blue DC). Since you have a Yellow, you need to be...

The current generation Optimas seem to have worked through their quality issues and are OK again. I have been running Optima Red, Yellow, and Blue off and on for about 16 years, and Odysseys for about ten years. Currently have a pair of Optima Yellows in one truck and a pair or Optima Blues in...

12.7 is not even close to a full charge. Optima specs say that all Yellows, regardless of size, are fully charged at 13.1 OCV. https://d26maze4pb6to3.cloudfront.net/optimabatteries/4713/4583/5068/YELLOWTOP_Full_Specs_Sheet.pdf

Be sure you know which Fox shocks you want and which you are getting. Fox has two lines, one with aluminum tubes and one with steel tubes. As I recall, the aluminum tubes are used on the shocks that are sold as model-specific (i.e., specifically for a certain vehicle). The shocks that are are...