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True. I also have the ability to put a pair of lashed 2 x 4s over the steel companionway and to use a handy-billy to lift these things in and out. That's the benefit of having them out of the engine bay in the first place, because if they flank the engine, not only do they get hotter, but it's difficult to reach OVER a hot engine to service them, never mind get them in and out.
I like batteries, when possible, with as much headroom as possible over them so they come directly up. I'm pretty strong, but lifting the old Trojans at full extension while leaning over my diesel was about all I could manage.
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