So Im starting to think about doing a dual battery set up for my Escape. The problem comes with that I dont want to put it in the back, I plan on sleeping in the back of the Escape so my mattress and sleeping bag will take up the cargo area (this is due to equal parts of cheapness and laziness, lol). I plan on putting my gear on a roof rack. As there is no extra room in the engine bay I started to think about where to mount a dual battery. Im thinking if I move the spare tire up to the roof rack I might be able to make a platform that will mount in the area for the spare tire and figure something out there (its mounted under the rig at the rear). The other idea I had is to make a battery box with a quick connector (like on a winch multi mount) and place it in the passenger front foot well and just run wiring through the firewall and mount the other side of the quick connector to the bottom side of the dash and mount an issolator switch to the battery box, this may work as my camping will just be me and the dog. Which ever rout I go the batteries will more likely than not be a deep cycle AGM battery so I can mount them on their side if need be, or if mounted in the cab so I wont have the potential for hydrogen build up from the charging and discharging process of a lead acid battery. Just wondering what my fellow XUV peeps are doing and hoping to just bounce some ideas around.