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House Batteries

Can anyone name a place closed to Foretravel of Texas to buy new house batteries. I have three MK 8G8D batteries that are marginal. I have had them load tested. I will need the place to install them.
I was in Nac last Tuesday to get some work done and need to go back to get some of the work redone. Looks like this next trip will be a very expensive one.
Thank
Donald & Cheryl
1999 U295 36'
2006 Saturn Vue Toad
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 Across the hwy from FOT is a hydraulic and battery shop. Great service and good prices. Ask them about AGM ones.
John H
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Reply #2 –
Thanks John
I believe that is A & D Hydraulics, I will check with them.
Donald & Cheryl
1999 U295 36'
2006 Saturn Vue Toad
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I found I saved 400 dollars getting my batteries outside of Nac. They know there will be a number of people coming into town and want batteries.  In fact I offered to bring some batteries down to MOT from VA as I could get. The same battery cheaper than their cost bya large margin.
2025 Wanderbox Outpost 32 on F600 Expedition Motorhome
2015 Born Free Royal Splendor on Ford 550 nonslide version  for sale
Former Coaches  covering. 360,000 miles
1999 34 U270
2000 36 U320
2001 42' double slide U320
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Quote from: Roadrunner –
Can anyone name a place closed to Foretravel of Texas to buy new house batteries. I have three MK 8G8D batteries that are marginal. I have had them load tested. I will need the place to install them.
I was in Nac last Tuesday to get some work done and need to go back to get some of the work redone. Looks like this next trip will be a very expensive one.
Thank

How old are your MK gels?
"Riding and rejoicing"
Bob
1997 U320 40' Mid entry, build 5132,  wtbi ce27, 4th owner
2007 Solara convertible
2 prodeco tech outlaw ss electric bikes

1095 watts solar
08 Ls 460 and a sc430
2000 Ford F-250 superduty 4x4

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We last purchase our MK/Deka/East Penn (all identical batteries with different labels and different warranties) from NAPA, previous batteries from CarQuest auto store. Both times they had to be ordered and arrived within a couple of days..

NAPA was 1,099 for two 8D8G Gel Deka/East Penn earlier this year. $550 each, they loaded and unloaded batteries from our car, but we installed them in our motorhome. They weigh about 160 pounds each.

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Quote from: Barry & Cindy –
We last purchase our MK/Deka/East Penn (all identical batteries with different labels and different warranties) from NAPA, previous batteries from CarQuest auto store. Both times they had to be ordered and arrived within a couple of days..

NAPA was 1,099 for two 8D8G Gel Deka/East Penn earlier this year. $550 each, they loaded and unloaded batteries from our car, but we installed them in our motorhome. They weigh about 160 pounds each.

Noticeably heavier than the flooded cell 8d's that they replaced.  The battery man said that was a good judge of a batteries capacity as heavier meant more lead. 
"Riding and rejoicing"
Bob
1997 U320 40' Mid entry, build 5132,  wtbi ce27, 4th owner
2007 Solara convertible
2 prodeco tech outlaw ss electric bikes

1095 watts solar
08 Ls 460 and a sc430
2000 Ford F-250 superduty 4x4

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I found mine for 445 now it is 476 a battery installed here in VA.  I sed them for my 2000 36 foot as well. Searching around will yield different pricing. I wonder if it is related to shipping costs as they are heavy.
2025 Wanderbox Outpost 32 on F600 Expedition Motorhome
2015 Born Free Royal Splendor on Ford 550 nonslide version  for sale
Former Coaches  covering. 360,000 miles
1999 34 U270
2000 36 U320
2001 42' double slide U320
2018 Jeep Rubicon

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Oh and they gave me almost three hundred bucks for the old ones as scape.  They did it by weight so that reduced the cost by another 100 a battery.
2025 Wanderbox Outpost 32 on F600 Expedition Motorhome
2015 Born Free Royal Splendor on Ford 550 nonslide version  for sale
Former Coaches  covering. 360,000 miles
1999 34 U270
2000 36 U320
2001 42' double slide U320
2018 Jeep Rubicon

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Reply #9 –
John, Its make up and how much the market will bare.  I pay a lot less than that for my Jel Cell 8D, but I also buy about 50 batteries a month  from my supplier.

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Quote from: Roadrunner –
Can anyone name a place closed to Foretravel of Texas to buy new house batteries. I have three MK 8G8D batteries that are marginal. I have had them load tested. I will need the place to install them.

Roadrunner,

I don't know if you are close to DFW at all, but we have been very pleased with Danny's RV in Denton, both price and service for batteries.  You do need to have them order the batteries, but it only takes a day or two for them to get them.

We had ours done in May, Deka Intimidator AGMs.  $506 apiece, plus $3 state disposal fee per battery.  They got the cores. 

They were willing to have us buy the batteries and get the core credit ourselves if we wanted to.  Each core is worth $36 at East Penn, but the drive to buy the batteries and then return the cores is 45 minutes each way (net price if we wanted to buy the batteries ourselves and do the "schlepping" would be around $483/apiece plus tax; East Penn wants $519 per battery direct before core credit). 

Danny's charges $15 flat fee apiece to install.  On a 2003 with the batteries buried in the belly of the coach, WELL worth having them do it.

Michelle
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320

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Reply #11 –
Bob I haven't found a date code on my batteries yet. I have to go back out and do some cleaning on them. They were in the coach when I bought it and have not given me any problems. The people at Foretravel suspected the weak batteries were giving me the erratic charging by the alternator. As soon as I can get loose I am heading back to Nac for a new evaluation.


Michelle I am close to Waco which puts me about 130 miles from Denton. Not to far to drive for a good price on batteries. I was hoping to find the batteries in Waco or Nac since I am going to Nac next Monday for the alternator problem.
Donald & Cheryl
1999 U295 36'
2006 Saturn Vue Toad
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Quote from: Roadrunner –
Bob I haven't found a date code on my batteries yet. I have to go back out and do some cleaning on them. They were in the coach when I bought it and have not given me any problems. The people at Foretravel suspected the weak batteries were giving me the erratic charging by the alternator. As soon as I can get loose I am heading back to Nac for a new evaluation.


Michelle I am close to Waco which puts me about 130 miles from Denton. Not to far to drive for a good price on batteries. I was hoping to find the batteries in Waco or Nac since I am going to Nac next Monday for the alternator problem.

Thanks

Bob
"Riding and rejoicing"
Bob
1997 U320 40' Mid entry, build 5132,  wtbi ce27, 4th owner
2007 Solara convertible
2 prodeco tech outlaw ss electric bikes

1095 watts solar
08 Ls 460 and a sc430
2000 Ford F-250 superduty 4x4

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Reply #13 –
Don't know if you knew it but Batteries Plus Gels are made by East Penn.  They are all over the country with stores.  They have to order them, I got mind in Lewisville, Tx and they had them the next day.
Jimmy Freytag,  Ardmore, Ok
1999 36ft U320. — -SOLD—-
1988 40ft GV        1990 36ft U280
1993 40ft U280      1996 36ft U280
  TRAVEL WHILE YOU CAN THE TIME WILL COME
            WHEN YOU NO LONGER CAN.

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Reply #14 –
Thanks Jimmy.
I see that there are many of the Battery Plus Gel stores around my location. Unfortunately they do no installation. If I can find a RV dealer to install them they might be an option.
Donald & Cheryl
1999 U295 36'
2006 Saturn Vue Toad
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Caflashbob
I cleaned the one battery I could get to and could not find any date code stamped on the case. The pop out date sticker was never popped out.
I bought the coach in early 2010 and they had been in the coach for some times  apparently.
Donald & Cheryl
1999 U295 36'
2006 Saturn Vue Toad
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Quote from: Roadrunner –
Caflashbob
I cleaned the one battery I could get to and could not find any date code stamped on the case. The pop out date sticker was never popped out.
I bought the coach in early 2010 and they had been in the coach for some times  apparently.

Thanks for looking.  Normally any battery has a stamp in the case with a date code somewhere
"Riding and rejoicing"
Bob
1997 U320 40' Mid entry, build 5132,  wtbi ce27, 4th owner
2007 Solara convertible
2 prodeco tech outlaw ss electric bikes

1095 watts solar
08 Ls 460 and a sc430
2000 Ford F-250 superduty 4x4