Battery Box Slides

[rustystud]

I installed some heavy duty slides for my battery tray after checking my batteries and almost giving myself a Hernia pulling out the tray !
Here are some pictures of the finished project.
The slides where bought from a company in England that supplies parts for emergency vehicles. Like pull out trays for the jaws of life and such.
The cost was around $250.00 a pair. Shipping was about $100.00 , So I bought two pairs since shipping stayed the same.
As you can see the slides are extremely thick and are capable of holding 500 Ibs of weight in a moving vehicle. I replaced the balls with stainless steel ones so I would not have to deal with rust sticking the slides together. Glad I did this modification too. Now it is so simple to check the water level and general condition of the batteries.

 

[royalflush55]

I installed some heavy duty slides for my battery tray after checking my batteries and almost giving myself a Hernia pulling out the tray !
Here are some pictures of the finished project.
The slides where bought from a company in England that supplies parts for emergency vehicles. Like pull out trays for the jaws of life and such.
The cost was around $250.00 a pair. Shipping was about $100.00 , So I bought two pairs since shipping stayed the same.
As you can see the slides are extremely thick and are capable of holding 500 Ibs of weight in a moving vehicle. I replaced the balls with stainless steel ones so I would not have to deal with rust sticking the slides together. Glad I did this modification too. Now it is so simple to check the water level and general condition of the batteries.

Thanks for sharing Rustystud!

 

[marchplumber]

Yippeeeeee!!! Haven't seen ya in a month of Sundays.....

Unless, I've just missed ya when you were on!!!

 

[Bill Nutting]

Wow, those are some heavy duty slides! I used a pair of 300 lb rated slides for my propane tanks on the M934 “motor home”. They look like toys next to these.
on another note, how have you been? We haven’t seen you in these parts for some time. It’s good to hear from you…

 

[rustystud]

Wow, those are some heavy duty slides! I used a pair of 300 lb rated slides for my propane tanks on the M934 “motor home”. They look like toys next to these.
on another note, how have you been? We haven’t seen you in these parts for some time. It’s good to hear from you…

Yes I took a little "sabbatical" for two years to try and get things done around here. I usually spent three hours a night on Steel Soldiers, time I could have used on projects that needed to get done. So when I got a slap on the wrist for not playing nice I took that as a sign that I needed to move on. I'll still come and play here now, but will not spend the time here I used too.

 

[Aussie Bloke]

G'day everyone,.....

Yes I took a little "sabbatical" for two years to try and get things done around here.......

Well its great to have you back!



Aussie.

 

[marchplumber]

I like the "latch" on the tray......

Makes me think I need to do some examination of mine this Spring.....thanks Rusty

 

[Guyfang]

Yeah, welcome back Old man!! Sure did miss you.

 

[rustystud]

Yeah, welcome back Old man!! Sure did miss you.

Thanks Guy.
So they made you a Moderator. About time ! You have the most knowledge on these generators then anyone I know !
On a side note. My son might be going to Germany for a spell. It's a college thing since he is in advanced German language classes. Actually he might be going for a translator certificate later on he's that good.
I told him about you setting down there in the south. If he did go, the wife and I planned on visiting him there. Maybe we could look you up ?

 

[Guyfang]

I got the first round of beer!

 

[Valence]

I installed some heavy duty slides for my battery tray after checking my batteries and almost giving myself a Hernia pulling out the tray !
Here are some pictures of the finished project.
The slides where bought from a company in England that supplies parts for emergency vehicles. Like pull out trays for the jaws of life and such.
The cost was around $250.00 a pair. Shipping was about $100.00 , So I bought two pairs since shipping stayed the same.
As you can see the slides are extremely thick and are capable of holding 500 Ibs of weight in a moving vehicle. I replaced the balls with stainless steel ones so I would not have to deal with rust sticking the slides together. Glad I did this modification too. Now it is so simple to check the water level and general condition of the batteries.

I like it! That looks like a very worthwhile mod.

 

[rustystud]

I like it! That looks like a very worthwhile mod.

Thanks Valence.
As I've gotten older and sadly weaker it's harder to do simple tasks on the Deuce. Like check battery water levels. So anything I can do now to make it easier will only help me down the road.

 

[rustystud]

I got the first round of beer!

Sounds like a plan !

 

[Tracer]

Yippeeeeee!!! Haven't seen ya in a month of Sundays.....

Unless, I've just missed ya when you were on!!!

marchplumber, I'll second that. Nice to see you posting again Rusty, you've been missed.

 

[Larry Weibert]

Thanks Valence.
As I've gotten older and sadly weaker it's harder to do simple tasks on the Deuce. Like check battery water levels. So anything I can do now to make it easier will only help me down the road.

Rusty its great seeing you back. I retired the main job 4 yrs ago and still struggle with time to get to the projects I so badly want to get done. I hear you on the changes age brings. We work slower and smarter. Great job on the battery slides.

 

[Migginsbros]

Sounds like a plan !

present...

 

[162tcat]

Love the slides! Did something similar on my boat because the Trojan t105’s are in a stupid spot and heavy as hell. M923 bats are next. Hate having them under the seat.


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[rustystud]

Love the slides! Did something similar on my boat because the Trojan t105’s are in a stupid spot and heavy as hell. M923 bats are next. Hate having them under the seat.


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Yeah, I always thought that was a stupid place to put batteries ! "Hey guys lets put some extremely caustic acid filled batteries in the cab with the troops ! "

 

[Floridianson]

Yea 162tcat while the 939 series batteries seem to be in a strange place it also will keep them from shorting in salt water so higher is better. Had my batteries shorting in just brackish salt water in my 816. My 939 series came with 6T sealed batteries under the passenger seat so safe around people and electronics. If you have the non sealed in the 939 series if I remember there was a vent hose going out the back of the cab. Since hydrogen sulfide gas is heavier than air it will collect in the 939 series box so you want the vent tube installed / correct vented.

 

[rustystud]

Yea 162tcat while the 939 series batteries seem to be in a strange place it also will keep them from shorting in salt water so higher is better. Had my batteries shorting in just brackish salt water in my 816. My 939 series came with 6T sealed batteries under the passenger seat so safe around people and electronics. If you have the non sealed in the 939 series if I remember there was a vent hose going out the back of the cab. Since hydrogen sulfide gas is heavier than air it will collect in the 939 series box so you want the vent tube installed / correct vented.

Remember the military asked for the cheapest trucks that could do the job. The manufactures did their best with what they had, but many times it was not optimal just expedient. Hence batteries in the cab.
Of course we can fix this with our own upgrades ! Like my heavy duty battery tray slides.