This is on a 2006 Freightliner M2. Second pic shows 19 months old Roughrider Batteries supplied by Canadian Energy.
https://www.cdnrg.com/products/batteries
The Roughriders could not turn the engine over fast enough in cold weather. This truck needs good batteries for two reasons. It only has two whereas our other trucks have three. Also the CAT C7 HUEI engine needs to be cranked over fast (at least 220 rpm) to start. It has a massive 41MT starter.
I had the four and a half year old (date code 8/20) East Penn batteries lying around, so I put them on temporarily and they performed significantly better than the Roughriders. Truck still needed a boost when temperatures dropped below -12C and I bought two new Detroit Diesel branded EP batteries from the Freightliner dealer. That took care of the starting issues.
Unfortunately Canadian Energy seems to have taken over a large percentage of the replacement truck batteries business in Toronto. Fort Garry Fortis branded batteries are Canadian Energy, so are Rush Truck Centres (International Dealer) batteries and Princess Auto Batteries. I suppose the pricing offered by Canadian Energy is so attractive for the retailers that they are willing to sacrifice quality.
Well, they do have nice phone number, 1-888-AMP-HOUR. Got to give credit where credit is due. If you cannot have quality in your batteries, you should at least have a quality phone number.
EP batteries are $135 each on sale, the Rough Riders were $115 each on sale.
https://www.cdnrg.com/products/batteries
The Roughriders could not turn the engine over fast enough in cold weather. This truck needs good batteries for two reasons. It only has two whereas our other trucks have three. Also the CAT C7 HUEI engine needs to be cranked over fast (at least 220 rpm) to start. It has a massive 41MT starter.
I had the four and a half year old (date code 8/20) East Penn batteries lying around, so I put them on temporarily and they performed significantly better than the Roughriders. Truck still needed a boost when temperatures dropped below -12C and I bought two new Detroit Diesel branded EP batteries from the Freightliner dealer. That took care of the starting issues.
Unfortunately Canadian Energy seems to have taken over a large percentage of the replacement truck batteries business in Toronto. Fort Garry Fortis branded batteries are Canadian Energy, so are Rush Truck Centres (International Dealer) batteries and Princess Auto Batteries. I suppose the pricing offered by Canadian Energy is so attractive for the retailers that they are willing to sacrifice quality.
Well, they do have nice phone number, 1-888-AMP-HOUR. Got to give credit where credit is due. If you cannot have quality in your batteries, you should at least have a quality phone number.
EP batteries are $135 each on sale, the Rough Riders were $115 each on sale.
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