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[HoleshotHolset]

Thanks for the update, Scott.



I haven't given up hope yet... . where there's a will, there's a way.



Have you seen Kilby's CO2 tank? I wonder how long that 10-lb. tank will last between refills?



Matt

 

[DF5152]

the other draw back to PTO option is you cant use then while u drive or they are not designed for that. so if ur tank runs down and u want to adjust ur air bags or use ur air horns u will have to stop and engage the compressor to fill te tank.

 

[NC_Mog]

Re: An update...

Originally posted by SRadke

Now I wonder if I could mount a PTO hydraulic pump and drive my air compressor and winch with it... .



-Scott

A PTO driven pump would be overkill for a winch. Now if you were running a hydraullically intensive implement like a backhoe, a PTO pump would be the thing. In my other truck, I have an belt driven pump that runs my dump bed and will eventually run a rear hydraulic winch. The PTO runs the front winch.

 

[SRadke]

I've not seen the CO2 tank setup. What has he done?



DF5152, you're basically right. The PTO will have a ratio of slightly lower than 1:1. Using a shaft drive that makes compressor rpm the same as engine rpm. Most compressors are designed to run at 900-1100 rpm. I had planed to use it only at idle but the PTO's are available with an electric clutch shift rather than cable (just more $$) so you could flip it on at stop lights or anytime your engine was around the 1000 rpm mark.



As for your response NC_Mog, if I had oil I'd be mounting so many gadgets and gismos on that thing I'd never get to drive it. Think of it, hydraulic tag axle, dump bed, winches (front and rear), remotes for moving farm implements, heck prolly even come up with some kind of bale loader should I ever go the flatbed route. Oh no, don't be putting idea in my head. Beside you must not know what you're talking about, you used the word overkill! Isn't that like too much power?



-Scott

 

[NC_Mog]

Fair enough. There are all kinds of hydraullic tools to be had that one could have a lot of fun with. A PTO pump, reservoir, and cooler would power a bunch of stuff.



The CO2 setup is simply a bottle with compressed CO2 and a regulator. If all you're looking for is air tires up, a relatively small bottle can handle a bunch of tires.



My definition of overkill is my PTO winch extracting some helpless 4x4. You better hook up to something that will stay on the truck, 'cause it will pull the attachment out of the mud still on the truck or not.

 

[SRadke]

Now that I agree with!



-Scott

 

[HoleshotHolset]

Sorry for the 'Line-X' logo...



This is Kilby's 10-lb. CO2 tank...



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Matt

 

[SRadke]

So he's just using liquid CO2 for compresed air? A more efficient use of space than a compressed air tank I suppose but what if I want more than 600 psi? It'll work, but it's not for me.



-Scott

 

[HoleshotHolset]

Why would you need more than 600psi?



If you need that kind of pressure (and then some... )... pull an injector and plumb an air line into a cylinder or two.



Matt

 

[SRadke]

Well more than 150 is a rareity but what if... ? Sarcasm is so difficult to type. You may have something witht he injector thing though. I've seen it on gassers, screwes right in the spark plug hole.



-Scott

 

[EB]

If you are interested in a hydraulic wench, ck out the Milemarker hydraulic wench, runs off the power steering pump. The Army just replaced all their electric wenches on the Humvee's with them. They have a website, http

 

[knewman]

the tire trucks use a neat pto air pump that pumps lots faster than the old gas engines they used to use don't have any info though

 

[SRadke]

If I were to venture a guess I'd say the high volume compressors on tire trucks that you speak of are small rotary compressors and not piston compressors. The take far less room but require a lot of cooling. The only way I can see a PTO powered compressor working in my application is if there is some kind of bolt on compressor unit. There simply isn't enough room to run a driveshaft to a compressor.



-Scott