On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:09:08 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

I plan on using a battery isolator
and I'd thought of installing an 8-D battery

A couple of 6 volt golf cart batteries in series will give you almost
as much capacity and are much easier to handle. You can also split
them up for better weight distribution.

On Mar 29, 9:06*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:09:08 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

I plan on using a battery isolator
and I'd thought of installing an 8-D battery

A couple of 6 volt golf cart batteries in series will give you almost
as much capacity and are much easier to handle. *You can also split
them up for better weight distribution.

I've thought about that Wayne. GCt batteries are suppose to be a 'slow
charge' battery, but i ran a 'trolling motor' battery in my loaded out
'75 Pontiac GrandVille for a couple years with no problems, so I'd
thought of going with the GCt batteries, but I dont' have much use foe
6v's in anything after this fall. So I'm actually opting for car
batteries themselves, after all, by that time I'll have a couple of
tractors that the batteries are junk so the 12v's will still get used
this winter.

But then again....

decisions decisions.....

On Mar 29, 9:45*pm, Tim wrote:
On Mar 29, 9:06*pm, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:09:08 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

I plan on using a battery isolator
and I'd thought of installing an 8-D battery

A couple of 6 volt golf cart batteries in series will give you almost
as much capacity and are much easier to handle. *You can also split
them up for better weight distribution.

I've thought about that Wayne. GCt batteries are suppose to be a 'slow
charge' battery, but i ran a 'trolling motor' battery in my loaded out
'75 Pontiac GrandVille for a couple years with no problems, so I'd
thought of going with the GCt batteries, but I dont' have much use foe
6v's in anything after this fall. So I'm actually opting for car
batteries themselves, after all, by that time I'll have a couple of
tractors that the batteries are junk so the 12v's will still get used
this winter.

But then again....

decisions decisions.....

This week, the weather is supposed to be extremely nice and in sunny
mid 70's and I'm going to dig the beast out. and start cleaning on it.
my expert carpenter "Jimmy" is coming to look at it to discuss
possibilities on where to put stuff and how to build around it, so it
will be presentable, yet functional and won't look like some dump
truck.