Battery Recommendation

[Doug[_2_]]

Hi,

Thought you guys might be able to answer this.... I have a 12 volt
trolling motor system and I was going to upgrade to a 24 volt within the
next couple months. My current battery is a Group 34M by Crown Battery.
It's a real brute of a battery, and it died today after 4 years of regular
service. Anyway, I was going to buy a new one, but I think the group 34 is
probably larger than what I need, and I"m worried that if I buy 2 of these
monsters, it will weight down the bow of my boat a little to much.
What size battery would be large enough to last a good day of fishing? I
was looking at the DieHard 24M's but not sure if this would be big enough.
The weight is 62 lbs opposed to the Crown's at 88 Lbs.
I don't do any heavy current river fishing, mainly inland lakes.
I wouldn't worry about the weight as much, but my boat is a 16 ft Sylvan
Super Snapper with all the decking and I'd like to keep it as trim as
possible.
My trolling motor currently is a Minn Kota 12 volt 55 Lb thrust bow mount
(digital) with auto pilot.
(hopefully) replacing with Motorguide 24 volt 101 lb thrust Rack and Pinion
(digital)

Sorry for dragging this out... In a nutshell, what's a good group size
battery to get without being to excessive?

TIA,

Doug

[Doug[_2_]]

**Correction**

Was looking at the 29 HM DieHard opposed to the 24.

Thx

> was looking at the DieHard 24M's but not sure if this would be big enough.
> The weight is 62 lbs opposed to the Crown's at 88 Lbs.

[Bite Me]

"Doug" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> Thought you guys might be able to answer this.... I have a 12 volt
> trolling motor system and I was going to upgrade to a 24 volt within the
> next couple months. My current battery is a Group 34M by Crown Battery.
> It's a real brute of a battery, and it died today after 4 years of regular
> service. Anyway, I was going to buy a new one, but I think the group 34
> is probably larger than what I need, and I"m worried that if I buy 2 of
> these monsters, it will weight down the bow of my boat a little to much.
> What size battery would be large enough to last a good day of fishing? I
> was looking at the DieHard 24M's but not sure if this would be big enough.
> The weight is 62 lbs opposed to the Crown's at 88 Lbs.
> I don't do any heavy current river fishing, mainly inland lakes.
> I wouldn't worry about the weight as much, but my boat is a 16 ft Sylvan
> Super Snapper with all the decking and I'd like to keep it as trim as
> possible.
> My trolling motor currently is a Minn Kota 12 volt 55 Lb thrust bow mount
> (digital) with auto pilot.
> (hopefully) replacing with Motorguide 24 volt 101 lb thrust Rack and
> Pinion (digital)
>
> Sorry for dragging this out... In a nutshell, what's a good group size
> battery to get without being to excessive?

I run group 30s in my big boat, and group 29s in my little boat. Group 27s
(what most dealers I have seen dump in a boat) are too small. I am running
the cehap walmart group 29s in ym littel boat, and getting two years plus
out of them. The Group 30s in my big boat are Cabelas private label AGMs,
and they are over 2 years old, and still pull near max all day long when
flipping the current.

[Doug]

"Bite Me",

Thanks for the reply... I actually decided on the Die Hard Group 34 AGM.
The big daddy. After looking at the trolling motor prices and reviews, I
decided to stick with my Minn Kota Power Drive|55 AP. Therefore, I went for
the biggest bang for my buck since I'm sticking to only 12 volts.
I really wanted to get away from the Minn Kota, but none of the Motorguide
24's have very good reviews in the bow mount foot control class.
Those things are waaaaay more expensive than I had thought they would be. I
was just looking for a rack n pinion with around 70+ lbs and shoot, they
start at around $600.00 bucks! I figured I should be able to get into a
basic 24 for around $300 or so. *pffft

Anyway, yah, I'll run this AGM for a bit and see how she kicks anyway.

Thanks again for the reply...

Doug




> I run group 30s in my big boat, and group 29s in my little boat. Group
> 27s (what most dealers I have seen dump in a boat) are too small. I am
> running the cehap walmart group 29s in ym littel boat, and getting two
> years plus out of them. The Group 30s in my big boat are Cabelas private
> label AGMs, and they are over 2 years old, and still pull near max all day
> long when flipping the current.
>
>
>

[Bob La Londe]

"Doug" > wrote in message
...
> "Bite Me",
>
> Thanks for the reply... I actually decided on the Die Hard Group 34 AGM.
> The big daddy. After looking at the trolling motor prices and reviews, I
> decided to stick with my Minn Kota Power Drive|55 AP. Therefore, I went
> for the biggest bang for my buck since I'm sticking to only 12 volts.
> I really wanted to get away from the Minn Kota, but none of the Motorguide
> 24's have very good reviews in the bow mount foot control class.
> Those things are waaaaay more expensive than I had thought they would be.
> I was just looking for a rack n pinion with around 70+ lbs and shoot, they
> start at around $600.00 bucks!

Good thing you didn't get one. The rack and pinion steering motors suck.
The push pull cable setup in the Tour Editions are far superior, but yes
they do cost more.