Thread: Battery bargain for you?

At that price, I may well buy one as an 'in case' battery! Cheers for the heads up.

Thanks. Got 2!!!

I went looking today and tere were no batteries like that

Lowest price was $180

G

Originally Posted by harryj

For those looking to replace their Land Rover battery, and are on a tight $budget, you may want to check out the X-Pack at Autobarn stores (but only till June 5th) for only $99. This 4wd/truck battery delivers a huge 580 CCA !
Tip: With this big capacity battery, you could, in an emergency where your engine has failed, drive your vehicle out of a creek crossing just on the starter motor (if you know what I mean).

580CCA is actually a fairly small battery especially for a landy.

Super Charge will give AULRO members discounts if you ask them for one as a member.

[QUOTE=Garry;1493622]I went looking today and tere were no batteries like that

Lowest price was $180

Hey Garry, the X-PACK 4wd, Truck, and Tractor Battery X70ZZ supplying a considerable 580 Cold Cranking Amps was available in two successive Autobarn Catalogue sales. The first Cat expired 22nd May, and the last Cat expired 5th June. If there were none of these hefty batteries in the store you visited, then you could have ordered one there or gotten a 'rain check'
(keep this in mind for future sale items that may not be on the shelf).
Anyway, i'll make some enquires and see what I can find for you Garry.

[quote=harryj;1495082]

Originally Posted by Garry

I went looking today and tere were no batteries like that

Lowest price was $180

Hey Garry, the X-PACK 4wd, Truck, and Tractor Battery X70ZZ supplying a considerable 580 Cold Cranking Amps was available in two successive Autobarn Catalogue sales. The first Cat expired 22nd May, and the last Cat expired 5th June. If there were none of these hefty batteries in the store you visited, then you could have ordered one there or gotten a 'rain check'
(keep this in mind for future sale items that may not be on the shelf).
Anyway, i'll make some enquires and see what I can find for you Garry.

I suppose different stores have different offerings

I went in to the Browns plains store and they had no such deals but such is life

I am off to the camping show tomorrow so might get a bargen there

Thanks again Harry

G

Originally Posted by RR P38

580CCA is actually a fairly small battery especially for a landy.

Super Charge will give AULRO members discounts if you ask them for one as a member.

RR P38, RR P38 . . . . . In essence, it's up to you to determine the suitability of any batteries' capacity for your vehicles' requirements (take into consideration factory options fitted, added accessories, age and condition of all elec circuits and loads).

By no stretch of the imagination could the X-PACK battery at 580 cold cranking amps be considered small. Those with classic Series Landys (like me), the electrical load extends to the starter motor, headlights, tailights, indicators, one or two wiper motors, a couple of dash globes. That's about it.
So with 580CCA these Landys will blitz it in, with heaps to spare.
And if you happen to eyeball one of the X-Packs, you'll see that they measure 305mm long x 174mm wide x 225 high (!). They,re probably 13 plates per cell. That's good enough for my 350 V8 Chev too!