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So I sent my co-workers to pick up my new truck over at GL but they could get it started and they think it's the batteries. What the type I nneed to buy?
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6TL's is what the military used, next choice IMHO is group 31, last would be what ever walmart has on sale and shim to fit
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I just bought 2 batteries for my 1009 from Truck Pro. Group 31 size, 1190 cranking amps, 1000 cold crank. They fit perfectly. If you want to use the existing battery hold-down, try to get batteries with recessed caps- the flat top kind. They will be compatible, as the caps won't be in the way. You can go with the 6TL's, obviously fit perfectly but are pricey for what they are.
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Yeah thats what I had in my Deuce.
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yes that is what i have from autp zone with a 7 yr warrenty. starts up fine. the nice batts at truck pro only have a 1 year warranty Tim
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i just got some pos walmarts that do the job fine. let mine sit for a month in the cold and she cranked up fine. plenty of power to get her running.
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jw4x4, any chance you have a link to them? i was thinking about the red top optima. thanks
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I went directly to the Truck Pro store. It's only 5 minutes from my house. I work for an excavating company, we use alot of TPro stuff. The salesman stops by our garage regularly. I talked him into a great price ($83 each) and paid cash, traded in 2 old batts. I wanted the Optimas, but they were twice the price and less cranking amps. We haven't had a bit of trouble with the TPro batts in our heavy equipment.
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Why not ask in the Deuce section?
To the OP, the civilian truck calls for dual 550CCA batteries in parallel, and since a series setup would provide the same ultimate wattage to crank the truck- dual 550s should be fine. For better cranking, more reserve, etc., bigger batteries are better, of course (I'm running dual 1100 CCA commercial fleet batteries, they were around $120 each), but not necessary.