Neil,

It weighs a bit more than a spare tire :-). The battery is listed as weighing 128 lbs and I can attest that it seems even heavier when you are moving it around and trying different install locations.

I have to reiterate that the install location is not the best place, but it was about the best place I could find ( considering ease of installation and space utilization).

And the battery is way larger than what I need. But it was a given as a gift and I thought it would be "fun" to use it.

Alistair

> On May 25, 2015, at 8:16 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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