Dual Battery

[efinkens1]

Does anyone have an estimate of how much is this going cost me? Any other experience or advice would be helpful. Thanks!

 

[OR17TRD]

Does anyone have an estimate of how much is this going cost me? Any other experience or advice would be helpful. Thanks!

What do you need dual battery’s for?

 

[Bogunn]

What do you need dual battery’s for?

I was actually wondering the same thing.

 

[AZ Pete]

dual batteries are a good idea if you have a winch, and use it often. Need room to mount the second battery, and an isolator so that both are kept charged, but the one that drives the winch cannot draw down the one that starts the truck. I had this arrangement in a '97 Tahoe, at work. In a pinch, I could use jumper cables to use the winch battery to start the truck...sometimes the company radio would be left on, by another driver, which would drain the start battery, but the isolator would preserve the winch battery.

 

[OR17TRD]

dual batteries are a good idea if you have a winch, and use it often. Need room to mount the second battery, and an isolator so that both are kept charged, but the one that drives the winch cannot draw down the one that starts the truck. I had this arrangement in a '97 Tahoe, at work. In a pinch, I could use jumper cables to use the winch battery to start the truck...sometimes the company radio would be left on, by another driver, which would drain the start battery, but the isolator would preserve the winch battery.

That’s a good reason. Work trucks require special circumstances.

 

[Bogunn]

@efinkins1
There are plenty of options out there for a conversion from low end to high end.

Here’s a pre-wired option $549
https://www.genesisoffroad.com/TacomaDualBatteryKit-p/172-ttdbk.htm

But if you’d rather go cheaper you can get a dual tray for about $100.