Battery location

[absolutsnwbrdr]

This is what I'm planning on doing.

All bolt-together, from 14 gauge 1-1/2" steel angle The orange in the screenshot is 1x2 boards used to reinforce the 1/2" plywood trailer deck around the opening.



All the steel angle will be bolted together with 3/8" bolts, and the assembly will be attached using carriage bolts through the trailer deck and 1x2 boards.

Might not be pretty, but should be plenty sturdy, even for my driving.

And I can always come back and box it in with some thin plywood.

[Woodbutcher]

That could work Zack!

[absolutsnwbrdr]

Worked on it tonight.

Used 16GA angle...

[Kharn]

Zach,
I'd definitely box it in to keep the battery free of road grime and cut down on rodent/insect infiltration.

[Woodbutcher]

Yea that's what I was thinking to. This looks like a perfect solution for me. Thanks Zack for the idea!

[Sonoma ZR2]

I can tell you that at Winnebago the coach battery compartments are closed to the sides but open to the bottom just a couple straps running underneath. Then some threaded rod and a strap bolting them in. They are sealed only from the interior of the rv but open on the bottom for venting.

[absolutsnwbrdr]

Its going to have a cover on top, and I think I'll put a piece of plywood on the front face of the box to protect from flying road debris, but I probably won't box the whole thing in.