Thread: Wet cell batteries toward front of boat ...

You can find them in agm. Pricey! I ran a Universal Battery type in the front of my War Eagle with no problems over 3 years. You know how rough Ky Lake gets. Mine took a licking and kept on ticking. I guess it all depends on the quality of the battery.

I thought about doing this on my Pondtoon, but the battery will not fit in the seat box. I wouldn't mount them outside the seat box as this would take up too much floor space.

There will be know problem! I keep 2 up front.

I have a stick steer boat with one of the trolling batteries mounted up front. The batteries are two years old..the boat is two years old. I put about 25-30 thousand miles a year on towing the boat and 4-7 days a week on the water when the weather is good. I have one of the two trolling batteries going bad...yep it is the one in the bow. It takes a beating much more than the others. Of course I will replace both. They are cheap batteries and I thought I was not getting my moneys worth out of them. But got to thinking that I fish a lot more than the weekend fisherman....and I have got to tell you the 25-30 thousand miles I pull the boat is just as bad as the beating on the water if not more so. Our roads are awful and that puts a pretty good beating on the batteries also.




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I've got a set up front, just replaced the old ones and they were 5ys old,:-)

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Originally Posted by blueball

I've got a set up front, just replaced the old ones and they were 5ys old,:-)

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Questions for someone who is getting 5 years of battery use out of a normal wet cell battery. What group size...what brand...how often do you fish.....how many tow miles on your boat each year. Telling me you get 5 years out of set off batteries tells me nothing....other than they lasted you and the way you fish for 5 years. So what are the particulars of the 5 years of your battery use.

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I run 2 series 31 deep cycle batteries in my 1648 inside the prebuilt live well under the seat with the side of the live well cut out as the batteries are 13.5" long each and never had a problem beating them up on waves and the road. No leaks or battery damage and the boat planes and rides better with the weight dispersed up front. I would say, go for it.

Rickie, think about the pounding batteries take in a big truck running 120,000 miles a year down the road.. We used the same deep cycle battery in 29 and 31 we use on our trolling motors. Would usually last around 3-4 years. Now that's for cranking and acc's plus being recharged by alt when running. Not to say you wouldn't have one fail but out of a 800 truck fleet probably 12 failures a year from shorted plates.

I use walmart 27s. No room in the hold fro anything bigger. I replace them every 4 years. Usually Wal Marts are either made by Exide or Johnson Controls, whoever bids cheapest. Manuf name is written on the battery along with the date of manufacture.