Do I need some kind of new battery to power my winch. My battery is about 6 months old nothing special. Some kind of autozone gold. Will that be enough or do I need something epse

Thanks all

 

You ought to fine...upgrade next time you have a chance to a deep cycle battery or Optima Top.

 

Just don't buy an Optima.

 

Not optima.... They're not what they used to be I'd suggest the Sears Diehard or an Odyssey battery that's what I have a bit pricey but with winch, lights etc it was worth it

 

My Optima yellowtop has been great.

 

My deep cycle blue top optima has been great as well. Always had good luck with them.

FWIW in my opinion the battery is just as or more important than the winch.

I had a buddy with a Warn 9000 that was having trouble pulling me back out of a mud hole due to battery issues.

 

Can't go wrong with the Sears DieHard Platinum.

 

Just my 2 cents but I always had good luck with the optima yellow tops. My stock battery had a struggle this past winter trying to get me unstuck on ice when I was stock. Couldn't imagine now that I'm lifted.

 

Thanks for the opinions guys, have heard good things about sears diehard. To be honest my winch womt be seeing that much action so ill probably just use my current battery up before upgrading

 

Read the specs for the winch or look on line there is a minimum CCA rating....is it absolutely necessary... probably not for bumper ornaments