aftermarket battery tie down method

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Re: aftermarket battery tie down method

Post by breakaway500 » Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:39 am

I have been using webbed straps for many years to tie down motorcycles,cars,hoist engines etc..,which weigh many hundreds/thousands of pounds. I have even towed vehicles with them.. :shock: . They are not fragile,and will sustain an amazing amount of stress.Usually,the steel hooks fail before the straps. Most of them are rated at several hundred pounds,some over a thousand..and I can personally attest to their ability to withstand sudden tension without failure. Holding down an 8lb battery is well within their abilities. They are much stronger than the plastic bridges that are used to secure many batteries.
All of us trust our lives to webbed straps holding us in our seats during collisions. They work,when mounted properly and maintained. I have never seen a seat belt fail,ever..and they hold down substantially more weight than a battery.
My trust in straps comes from countless years of using them and abusing them.
They have earned my trust. You trust them too..every time you buckle in... :wink:
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I remember when polymer framed pistols first came to market,and everyone was screaming disaster. 40 years later,they have proved them to be as strong,or stronger than steel.Many items are now made out of fiber composites,handling all sorts of torture.
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Re: aftermarket battery tie down method

Post by savage217 » Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:56 pm

I really dont think it is going to be a problem. Those straps can hold quite a bit.
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Re: aftermarket battery tie down method

Post by Mark Swinehart » Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:34 pm

Next time just buy the bracket when you order the battery!!!!

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Re: aftermarket battery tie down method

Post by savage217 » Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:23 pm

I don't think Odyssey makes a bracket for that battery. I know they make ltw battery brackets but they are for braille or Deka batteries. They are also 100 bucks or so. This strap was 7 bucks :D
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Re: aftermarket battery tie down method

Post by TroyV » Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:11 pm

Next time you'll know better than to post about it here. LOL

Three pages for a battery hold down? Really?
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Re: aftermarket battery tie down method

Post by betelgeuse » Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:21 pm

I have one of those custom mounts. I would be willing to bet it would take a bigger hit to move Nicks battery than it would mine. I wish I would have thought of it and saved myself $100.

I say it's good to go.

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Re: aftermarket battery tie down method

Post by cfossum » Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:56 pm

My previous boat was designed with a fiber strap that held the battery box to the floor. It took a lot of impacts... waves can be hard! It was the metal loop bracket on the floor that failed due to being yanked by the strap so often. The strap was fine.
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Re: aftermarket battery tie down method

Post by savage217 » Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:57 pm

Mark,

Thanks for the post. I guess I missed those. Regardless my method seems to work well.
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Re: aftermarket battery tie down method

Post by Mark Swinehart » Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:57 pm

Found other companies that make boxes for them too.

Google!!!

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Re: aftermarket battery tie down method

Post by savage217 » Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:50 pm

My car is a street car, therefore I will only be using this battery for track events for the most part. I do not want a permanent mounting box such as some of the options available. I think the strap is the best cost effective solution for a battery that will be swapped out many times throughout the year. I googled and searched the forums quite a bit. There are some tie down methods and boxes that work but either they cost too much money to be justified or they require too much work for something that will be removed many times throughout the year, thus the strap.
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Re: aftermarket battery tie down method

Post by paultg » Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:00 pm

I bought a battery tray and hold down from autozone for my car:
Tray is secure to the trunk floor. It was pretty inexpensive.

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/access ... y/_/N-25tk
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/access ... prod4-b2c8
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Re: aftermarket battery tie down method

Post by Mark Swinehart » Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:46 pm

Well after all this discussion we need to know if the battery stayed in place after the impact?

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Re: aftermarket battery tie down method

Post by WillM » Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:50 pm

Mark Swinehart wrote:Well after all this discussion we need to know if the battery stayed in place after the impact?
I just KNEW someone was going to ask, and that the 'someone' would be a certain mustachioed man...
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Re: aftermarket battery tie down method

Post by savage217 » Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:34 pm

LOL

Yes it did stay intact. I cannot say the same for some other pieces of my car though. Despite that, it was an awesome two days. Video of the crash will be up. After looking at the video of the crash, Nate Hine is dead on. If I did not have ABS I would have stayed on the track. Also if I wasn't an idiot that would not have happened either :oops:
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