So, a while back, my battery tie down (and the tray that it sits on for that matter) finally rusted enough that it wouldn't hold the battery in place anymore. I performed a trail fix (that's been in use 6 months now) of just zip-tying the batter in place by going through the battery handle and a hole in my fender with 4-5 zip ties.

Long story short, hunting season is upon us and with the beating and hard running my truck is seeing, my battery is bouncing around and moving enough to knock the cables off atleast.

I've looked at battery boxes, but on top of only finding ones that fit optimas, I'm pretty sure that if I bolted one of them onto the rusty battery tray, that the rusty sheet metal wouldn't hold up.

Any ideas that could spare me taking it to a body shop? I don't have the money to repair all the rust on it just yet, but I do need a better battery restraint system.


Will post pictures once off work.

 

If there's enough metal that ain't rusted, maybe you could tack weld some small tie down loops and use a small ratchet strap? Like the 500lb kind you'd buy at autozone or something, and just cut it down to a smaller, more appropriate size.

A plastic container lid like Tupperware or something, with some sheet metal epoxied to the back might work well as a battery tray.

*edit* If you use a piece of sheet metal as a battery tray, make sure you primer or paint it. Dissimilar metals will cause each other to corrode when in contact for long periods of time.

 

Deka makes plastic battery trays and Hold downs all kinds of neat battery goodies.

The last time I bought trays they were less than $5.00

I pretty much use these for all my batteries

 

Rachet strap It down or move the battery somewhere else

 

If you've got access to a welder/metal, just make a plate with a hook on either side, then put a strap in the middle.

 

Thanks for the input everyone! I've ordered a Deka tray, we'll see how it goes. I still have the original tie down, but I took it off because the spot it hooked to on the fender completely rusted off.

I'm gonna try and make it work with the new tray, we'll see how it goes.

 

I'm a bungee cord fan lol its not good for the trails though