Dual battery

Just kinda looking around found some forums and read them but I didn't see any good diy options for a dual battery setup in the hood of the 1st gens without spending hundreds on a bracket...looking for some other options before I go and decide to do the battery box route in the bed of the truck

 

That's the cheapest https://www.tundras.com/threads/lets-see-your-caps.16054/page-58#post-3546285

 

I did like @evanhmn 's setup https://www.tundras.com/threads/wha...-gen-tundra-today.2558/page-1900#post-3504865

 

Definitely is the cheapest but curious the cheapest route for in the engine bay cause I think that'd be the best route overall for what I want but yeah it looks to be the battery box in bed is the best for atleast V1 of my buildout lol

 

I like that too and what I wanna do eventually but font really have access to more than basic tools so I don't have means of fabbing up a whole battery tray

 

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the purpose of having two batteries?

 

Extra power to run auxiliary for fridges, winches, ac/heaters whatever without killing your starting battery pretty much necessity for overlanding or you could go solar generator route like jackery but they are pretty pricey too

 

Ahh that makes sense. Right on.

 

I would think you could fit one of these marine style battery brackets over on the passenger side around/behind the power steering fluid reservoir

$17 Attwood 9091-5 USCG-Approved 27 Series Adjustable Hold-Down Marine Boat Battery Tray, Black

https://www.amazon.com/attwood-9091...UE9rRXcsDK0qVQ47B18_dNzZY9NFLMzRoCxb8QAvD_BwE

 

ABS was optional on the 2000-2002 Tundras. If you don't have ABS (or have deleted your ABS), then a second battery can fit where the ABS pump/module would normally have been mounted.