Battery replacement

[The Evil Twin]

Whatsoever you do, make sure its an AGM battery. Wally World doesn't have a 51R AGM that I see in a brief search.
Cheaper ones have recycled lead, better ones have more virgin metal. Its all about making a price point.
As said before, there are only a few manufacturers in the US. One was left out- EnerSys which makes Odyssey batteries. Don't know if they make a battery to fit but they have been great for me.

 

[DustyRusty]

Properly recycled lead is as good as any virgin lead. Problem is that there are no lead smelters left in the US and who knows what the quality of the lead is in the batteries today.

 

[Oil pan 4]

The b2601 uses a group 51R?
Ha our electric car uses that size it's pretty tiny and there's no starter motor or engine to crank.
A grout 51 is pathetic, see what you can make fit.
My old L185 used like a group 34 or that's what it had in it when I bought it, but the battery box was rusted so I remade it out of stainless steel angle, as big as possible and will allow the hood to close. All I know is a group 31 won't fit, but a large truck battery like a 78, 74 72, which ever one of those is biggest, it's a 70 something and it's pretty beefy.

 

[Oil pan 4]

Properly recycled lead is as good as any virgin lead. Problem is that there are no lead smelters left in the US and who knows what the quality of the lead is in the batteries today.

It's pretty much all from China. Lead is only produced as a byproduct in the US from mining zinc, copper, ect and from recycling.