Re: We're official! Reply #20 – March 10, 2013, 12:32:58 pm It is not that difficult to remove the batteries (one at a time) if that is what you want to do. I removed mine with hardly any lifting at all and yes I am talking about the 8Ds. Get a milk crate or other suitable platform, adjust the coach height so the bottom of the lower battery is somewhere near even with the top of the platform then slide the thing out. For the top battery double the height of the platform. I removed both of my batteries to clean add water and re wire the compartment and trust me there is no way this weakling can lift 160lbs. I will post photos of my rewriting as soon as I have better Internet service. Incidentally this was not my original idea I met Ron (forgot his last name) at the Lemon rally and he educated me on how weaklings remove 8D batteries.Roland Quote Selected
Re: We're official! Reply #21 – March 10, 2013, 11:13:39 pm While at FOT recently, watch the techs install new house batteries in a coach using same idea as milk crate. The used the forks of a fork truck adjusted to match heights w/coach bay. They were no weaklings but know how to avoid lifting 160#. Quote Selected
Re: We're official! Reply #22 – March 11, 2013, 12:09:21 am Darn, here I thought I was getting weak because I could only lift one battery at a time out from under the steps and onto the tailgate of my Sport Trac! My excuse was the bad back and L5 disk!!No wonde my dad always said I had to hold the dumb end of the tape measure!! Quote Selected
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