Tire/Air compressor

[hearingyourlies]

Going hunting in Maine in november and got a couple cans of fix a flat. Lots of sharp shale up there. Need a compressor thats pretty quick in case I pop a Toyo, but don't want to break the bank. Ideas?

 

[Adventure Bob]

Good = $$ Cheap = dissapointment.

Engine mounted, I'd get a york 8cfm and a tank.

Electric I'd get an Oasis (basically a york driven by a high output electric motor)



We have a viair 450C on one of our jeeps as a test piece and it does OK. It would be useless without a tank even though it is 100% duty cycle. Nothing like the york under the hood of my jeep though: 35 in Mudders from 4psi to 35psi in less than a minute. 6CFM @ 120PSI at 3500 RPM no tank. I run air tools at idle, except a die grinder. Die grinders are the air equivalent of a blow dryer to houshold electric.

Again my caution is don't go cheap, you'll regret it.

 

[AHill100]

Adventure Bob,

How are you getting 3500 rpm on that compressor? You aren't saying run the engine at 3500 are you?

Thanks,

 

[Matt42]

Good = $$ Cheap = dissapointment.

Engine mounted, I'd get a york 8cfm and a tank.

Electric I'd get an Oasis (basically a york driven by a high output electric motor)



We have a viair 450C on one of our jeeps as a test piece and it does OK. It would be useless without a tank even though it is 100% duty cycle. Nothing like the york under the hood of my jeep though: 35 in Mudders from 4psi to 35psi in less than a minute. 6CFM @ 120PSI at 3500 RPM no tank. I run air tools at idle, except a die grinder. Die grinders are the air equivalent of a blow dryer to houshold electric.

Again my caution is don't go cheap, you'll regret it.

I also use the 100% duty cycle Viair on my work truck for fixing flats. We don't carry a tank. The 100% duty cycle model is slower than the 80% duty cycle model. Since other people use it, I try to make it idiot resistant. Only thing I don't like about the Viair is that it is made in China. Can't find one that isn't though, and no way to mount a York on the engine.

 

[Garlic]

Got a pair of Viairs, a 450C and a 550C (discontinued now though). Wired to 1 pressure switch (150 psi) through 2 relays and plumbed into a 2. 5 Gallon and a 6 Gallon tank. Works real well for light impact guns and inflating tires, leak free is the key, If I dont use the truck to haul with or honk the air horns the compressors won't come on for several days. I fortunatly have not had to fix a flat with them yet, but for adjust the tire pressures they have been great.