So I'm struggling with my decision on where to put my batteries. I'm thinking of running 2 trojan 105's which weight combined about 120lbs. My jeep jku has a tongue capacity of 250-300 and I have air bags and adjustable shocks to compliment on the jeep.
Due to the v-nose, there is no way I can see putting the batteries on the tongue. The Neo has a small tongue and 120lbs is a huge weight for the tongue capacity.
So options:
1. Inside the v of the nose. This will move the weight back a little but I'm not sure after I build a seat across the front of the v nose and then the spare tire etc stuffed up in the nose if again I won't exceed the tongue weight.
2. Building a floor to ceiling cabinet directly to the my left when I enter the side door. Could dedicate the bottom shelf to the electronics (including my progressive dynamics unit which could be attached to the wall of the cabinet). problem is with cabinet and batteries etc, will this now throw my weight of from side to side (have torsion suspension). Over the tire would be good for front back weight distribution.
3. Move everything over to what will be the galley on the drivers side and do the same in one of the galley cupboards as I was going to do on the passenger side. Again over the tire so good front to back but now heavy on driver side due to batteries. Plugins to the outside would be nice as they would be on the same side as the batteries (driver side)
4. rear of trailer in one of the couches but that would put the weight to the back causing bigger weight problems.
I'm sure it would be easier to figure this out with a bigger tow vehicle but we like our jeep so we're staying with it.
Any tidbits of advice
Cheers
Al