I have to replace the battery in my LT, so yeah not really a Vanagon
questions, but a Vanagon's big brother question.

The battery
that is in there is a BIG monster - same size as the VW Touareg / Porsche
Cheyanne (except they have TWO of them).

I was thinking of
going with an Ultima, but now for the red top they are $220 at
WalMart.  Ultima isn't the ultimate battery, but what is?

What I am planning on doing is running two batteries.  One starting
battery and one aux battery that I will attach two winches and an HF radio
system to.  I plan on relocating the batteries to outside the truck
just behind the cab and installing manual battery disconnects to both of
them

So, size isn't a problem, but I want the most cranking
power I can get and the most reserve power I can get as well so I can run
winches and not worry about killing the starting battery.  Is this
really just a search for the biggest lead - acid battery I can find and
going from there or is there something that is better and hopefully
cheaper than an Ultima?

Thanks in advance!

David
Marshall

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