My ignorance of alternators got me into trouble again with this one. You see, although the alternator was rated at 210 amps they neglected to tell me at Summit that was the highway RPM reading. T his alternator actually only puts out like 115 amps at idle. Be sure you check this very carefully when purchasing a new alternator since you more than likely won't be winching while driving down the highway.

So during my next winching situation my friend Tim calls me and he has got his truck down a muddy embankment while trying to turn around at the end of a trail. So I got down there and boy was he in a pickle. This ravine was really steep and he was nose first at the bottom of the hill. The only way I was going to get him out was if I used my winch in the back of the truck to strap it to a tree at the top of the hill. Otherwise I was going to end up down the hill with him. We eventually managed to get him out but the whole ordeal took about 3 hours and it got dark so I began to use my light bar on the top.

Between the 7 lights on top and the two winches, I managed to yet again burn up another alternator. I called up Summit Racing to inquire about my warranty but it just so happened that I was 2 weeks past the 1 year allowance. 350 dollars down the drain.

So I was back on the phone once again trying to figure out what else there was I could do to support the load I was putting on my 12 volt power system. No one had any ideas around my local area so I got online and looked up alternator setups. I eventually stumbled onto the whole dual alternator setup that a lot of car stereo enthusiasts were using. I also learned that it was not too uncommon to find this setup in some off road rigs.

So, my main questions were; where do I get the bracket to support two alternators and where do I get the alterna tors from? I didn't want to spend 700 dollars on two Powermaster alternators so I went up to my local Advance Auto Parts and they were able to get me two AC Delco Alternators that put out 140 amps at idle and 195 amps at Highway RPMs. Two of these would be perfect and they would only cost me 80 bucks a piece. That would give me about 280 amps at idle, that would cost under 200 hundred dollars! Getting the two alternators for cheap turned out to be the easy part.

The newly fabricated bracket ready to bolt in

After searching and searching I couldn't find anyone who sold a dual alternator bracket for my truck.