Problem installing dual battery box

Why do people get 2x6v instead of 1x12v? Is there some efficiency/duration gain or price advantage?

Fastfwd75 wrote:
Why do people get 2x6v instead of 1x12v? Is there some efficiency/duration gain or price advantage?

for a true comparison, compare 2x6v to 2x12v.
bumpy

Keep one the way it should be and put the other front to back . I reworked the angle brackets and added 2 more angles going front to back .

You could remove the angle lip on the angle iron on each end and let the box hang over a little bit. Very little side to side forces when towing, mostly front to back force. Bolt the box down securely and it won't go anywhere.

You are definitely not restricted to the inside of the trailer tongue. I mounted angle pieces on top of my trailer tongue and they extended 8-10 inches out on both side of the tongue.

Bolted down my larger battery box with both sides sticking out beyond the two trailer tongue frames...

I will be mounting a 48-inch metal tool box on my OFF-ROAD TRAILER Frame to hold four each GC2 6V Golf cart batteries. It will look something like this

My present three each mounted GP24 Interstate batteries


My new 48-inch tool box mount will look something like this sticking out on both sides of the trailer tongue.

Photo from Google Images

Roy ken

I would bolt a piece of wood inside the existing frame (your idea #2) and then bolt the battery box to the piece of wood. If you are still concerned about the batteries moving (I would not be) then put a belt or strap around the whole thing.

I had to do the same thing. Here is a picture of mine. You can't see the piece of wood but it is there! :)
Barney

bogen2 wrote:
... unfortunately the box is just slightly wider than the angle iron rails on the tongue so it doesn't fit (maybe 1/4" too wide)...

Maybe consider a pair of regular 6v battery boxes instead of that particular dual battery box. Otherwise, I'd grind off the welds on one rail and re-weld it (I realize you probably would have already done this if you had a welder, but isn't there always a neighbor or co-worker that has a welder that could help you out?)

Same problem _ I made a 2x10 " box " that sets in the existing angle tray with the top of the new box the same height as top of tongue . Then secured a 2 x 10 the width of the dual battery box . Been there 3 years and many thousands of miles as we travel 100 days per year . Its bolted and lag screwed and ain't moved yet .
Two six volts is the way to go !

I installed (2) 6v batteries using a box made by Century Plastics. Off the shelf 6v boxes were too wide for my trailer battery supports, the white Century Box fit perfectly.