sounds quite skookum Alistair.
So the battery probably doesn't weigh a hole lot more
than a wheel and tire? I think you wrote of weight distribution
in your shufti post.

On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Neil,
>
> I worry about that too. But the skid plate is made from 3/8" 5052 (I think
> that's the right alloy number) plate. It is full welded to the tubing
> running for and aft.
>
> The tray sits a little higher up under the van than the spare tire tray. I
> have almost routinely bashed the spare tire tray on my logging road
> travels. Bashed might be too strong a word, more like scraped the carrier
> negotiating those annoying drainage ditches cut across smaller logging road
> spurs.
>
> It's not the best place for a battery, I admit that. But believe me it was
> the best place I could find on the van.
>
> Alistair
>
>
>
> On May 25, 2015, at 10:03 AM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Do you foresee any potential issue with impacts to the skid plate?
> Neat install.
> I assume that battery was good value? (Amp per dollar?)
>
>
> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>
>> Finally installed my big 200 AHr AGM battery. Location may raise eyebrows.
>>
>> https://shufti.wordpress.com/2015/05/24/vanagon-big-battery-installed/
>>
>
>
>
> --
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>
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>
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>
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>
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