Battery rearrangement
We have a 2007 Coachmen Concord with the Ford 6.0l diesel motor. The 2 house batteries are located under the entry step which I understand is normal practice. The 2 starting batteries are located in ...
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Ford's vans with that engine had a (presumably similar--maybe even the exact same) double frame-mounted battery trays, rather than the underhood battery as for gas engines. I'd guess that Coachmen probably just more or less copied Ford's arrangement; my guess is that the great majority of their motorhomes in that era were built on gasoline versions of the chassis, and it made little sense to expend any significant engineering work on the chassis battery mounting for the few diesel units sold.
I modified the battery tray under the steps of my class C to have a bit more vertical height, sufficient to put a pair of GC2 batteries in. It basically involved cutting out the original angle iron at the bottom of the rack and replacing it with one having a taller/longer web on one of the angles, as well as trimming some bits above. It was a bit of work, but in my opinion well worth the effort.
I modified the battery tray under the steps of my class C to have a bit more vertical height, sufficient to put a pair of GC2 batteries in. It basically involved cutting out the original angle iron at the bottom of the rack and replacing it with one having a taller/longer web on one of the angles, as well as trimming some bits above. It was a bit of work, but in my opinion well worth the effort.
