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Anyone have problems with stock batteries on your joyner? Mine was dead after I left the buggy parked and the master switch off (no power) for 5 weeks. Before then, I had the rad/fan fusebox meltdown, which heated up the starter fuse connection. Had trouble starting it and nearly killed the battery.

Got a new 450 amp battery, hankook, but the little 'eye' was black, like every other eye on hankook batteries here. It didn't have enough juice to start the thing either. It's charging now.

Starting the thing jumping it from a truck. Should I be worried of something bigger, or is it just the batteries?

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I use the Optima battery. I'm a strong beleiver that the typical flat plate battery doesn't take the jaring of off road riding well. The flate plates can vibrate causing early failure. The Optima battery uses a round coiled plate design which stays ridgid when the battery gets jarred around. I'm getting 8 years of service from the optima batteries in my Dodge diesel. I use the Optima marine battery for my Trooper which gives me lots of surplus cranking power should I run into a hard startingf problem when out in the middle of no where,

Lenny

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Yea, to get a bigger battery in there just cut out the welded in battery hold down with a grinder. They you can put in a size 24 plastic battery box and just use the strap they usually have with them to hold the lid on. I use an Optima like Lenny and have had no issues.

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