How'd it go today?

[treesmith]

Dave, do you crimp or solder the Andersons on?

 

[flushcut]

Got a link to those connectors? I’ve been thinking of running a line to the back of my Ram and using Anderson connectors on the end.

When I got my Load Trail dump trailer in May 2016, I didn’t charge it for almost a year. The truck kept it charged until the battery began to weaken. Same with my Big Tex. I didn’t charge it for two years. Toward the end of that battery’s life, I had to charge it every night. And at the end, two big loads a day drained it completely. I dumped a load with my newest Big Tex last week and after dumping a load, it still had over 90% battery.

I do not have a link but Lenco is a brand. I bought all the components at Airgas, a welding supply house if you didn’t know. 00 was the cable gage I used. One thing to keep in mind is that the cables are hot at the rear end of the truck so I made a pvc cover to keep them clean and not exposed.

 

[treesmith]

I do not have a link but Lenco is a brand. I bought all the components at Airgas, a welding supply house if you didn’t know. 00 was the cable gage I used. One thing to keep in mind is that the cables are hot at the rear end of the truck so I made a pvc cover to keep them clean and not exposed.

Yeah, I considered a cut-off switch at the battery so that the cable is not hot all the time. At least a cut-off somewhere beneath the bed of the truck, short of the end.

 

[Dave Shepard]

I crimp everthing. A hammer crimper can be around $20. A center punch will work, too. I got a cheap hydraulic crimper from Amazon.