24v Trolling motor batteries, and charger recommendations...

[Kyle S]

Getting ready to pull the trigger on a used 24v 80lb thrust fortrex for my 1648 tracker. I need two new batteries and would like a quality charger to maintain them properly. Any recommendations?! Thanks!

[Jig Man]

I recommend AGMs.  They are maintenance free and can be mounted in non traditional positions.  The ones at Sam’s Club are supposed to be very good and reasonably priced.  Get a 10-15 amp per bank with a bank for every battery in the boat.

[GreenPig]

Duracell AGM's 31 and Dual Pro charger work nicely with my Terrova 80

[FishinBuck07]

Definitely the best deal you will find is the Duracell AGM's from a Sam's club.  I have two in my boat right now and no complaints at all.  Will be buying a third when I have the extra money!

[Shimano_1]

the Duracells are great! I've ran ever starts from wal mart with a minn kota or dual pro charger for years with no issues.  Trolling motor mechanic i know thats retired engineer and is wealthy suggested I run them as there are Walmart stores everywhere and should i have problems while on the road its easy to swap one or whatever.  Theyrr cheap and ive generally gotten 5 years outta them if i do my part and keep em maintained. Ran the Duracells in my last rig because it came with em and had nothing negative to say about them either

[tcbass]

On 8/10/2020 at 6:09 AM, Jig Man said:

I recommend AGMs.  They are maintenance free and can be mounted in non traditional positions.  The ones at Sam’s Club are supposed to be very good and reasonably priced.  Get a 10-15 amp per bank with a bank for every battery in the boat.

 

This!

 

 

I used sealed AGMs from Cabelas and will never go back to unsealed batteries. 

 

Last battery tipped and spilled acid everywhere.

[gim]

11 hours ago, tcbass said:

Last battery tipped and spilled acid everywhere.

I could see how that would be a mess.  How did it tip over?  The batteries should have a strap to hold them upright.  Its physically impossible for the batteries in my boat to tip over, even without a strap holding them.  They're in battery trays right next to each other.

[tcbass]

Just now, gimruis said:

I could see how that would be a mess.  How did it tip over?  The batteries should have a strap to hold them upright.  Its physically impossible for the batteries in my boat to tip over, even without a strap holding them.  They're in battery trays right next to each other.

 

Yep, old strap broke and it flipped on a rough ride across the lake. 

[A-Jay]

AGM's are the way to go if you want to eliminate the maintenance & the possible mess. 

I too, recommend the Dual Pro charges - Pro series is solid. 

A-Jay