Truck, commercial type batteries usually have short warranties, just like tractor batteries. My 92 Dodge diesel truck uses one.
There's a little more to than what Old stated. Cold cranking and reserve capacity both need to be high. Battery makers can play games, and "rob Peter to pay Paul", thus making one figure high and dropping the other. If high CCAs, and low RC, you get a few fast cranks, and then, you'll all done. You need both. Often, the actual weight of the battery tells the story.
The single battery that a 1st generation Dodge truck uses, with the 5.9 Cummins would work fine if the extra 1.5" height is not an issue. I've got it in several tractors. Type 31P, NAPA 7235 it has 1,075 cold cranking amps at zero, and a reserve capacity of 170 minutes. 13" long by 9.5" H by 6.75" W. weighs 70 lbs.
Your OEM battery has 900 CCA at zero and 240 RC. Less cranking amps, but can do so a bit longer than the Dodge truck battery. Weighs 80 lbs.
You can also stick in several combos of dual car batteries and get the same, or better power from the OEM single battery.
For example, two BCI 75 car batteries, hooked in parallel, will fit and give 1250 CCA at zero, and 230 RC. Some other car-types that can fit in pairs are: BCI 22, 26, 34, 42, 47, 58, and 74.
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