on-board air

[red EOD veteran]

For your price range (and running air tools) go with a 5 gallon air tank and 1 or 2 electric air compressors. The 5 gallon tank will provide enough air storage so you can remove/install all the lugnuts on 1 wheel at a time. Second air compressor refills the tank twice as fast.

 

[javajoe79]

I am contemplating a home brewed setup for my rig. A pto driven york compressor and a couple scuba tanks.

 

[punisher1130]

For your price range (and running air tools) go with a 5 gallon air tank and 1 or 2 electric air compressors. The 5 gallon tank will provide enough air storage so you can remove/install all the lugnuts on 1 wheel at a time. Second air compressor refills the tank twice as fast.

Impact gun really would be the only air tool i see needing so that idea does make sense, plus that should also work with lockers and horns too, just have 1 pump set to build to pressure and the other to pick up the slack when needed as well as a bypass just for tires.

 

[punisher1130]

I am contemplating a home brewed setup for my rig. A pto driven york compressor and a couple scuba tanks.

Doesn't scuba tanks have limited lives though?

 

[javajoe79]

Doesn't scuba tanks have limited lives though?

I suppose they do for actual scuba use. I've got a couple tanks with round end caps. I'm just guessing at them being old scuba tanks. It all depends on what I can package where though. May not use them at all

 

[MOguy]

I run air for my lockers and for airing up tires. I have never carried air tools on the trail but had them in the garage. My impact wrench is starting to die and I have been looking at battery operated impact wrenches. Craftsman has I saw last week for about 160 bucks with 300ft-lbs torque. I really think I will be looking more into battery operated as opposed to pneumatic tools. No hoses, no tank, no compressor and you don't need much of an DC/AC converter to charge a battery.

http://www.sears.com/craftsman-c3-1...ch-kit/p-00945195000P?intcmp=crft-pdp-buy-cta

 

[MOguy]

Doesn't scuba tanks have limited lives though?

SCBA and SCUBA tanks will be filled to very high pressures, 4500 psi plus. The tanks have to be checked on a regular basis to make sure they are in good shape. The compressors that fill them also have to be checked on a regular basis for health reasons because they are producing breathable air. For purposes here I don't think people will be filling to 4500 psi or using these tanks for breathable air. If you are using it as a tank for the purposes discussed here It should last as long as any other tank.

 

[red EOD veteran]

I run air for my lockers and for airing up tires. I have never carried air tools on the trail but had them in the garage. My impact wrench is starting to die and I have been looking at battery operated impact wrenches. Craftsman has I saw last week for about 160 bucks with 300ft-lbs torque. I really think I will be looking more into battery operated as opposed to pneumatic tools. No hoses, no tank, no compressor and you don't need much of an DC/AC converter to charge a battery.

I have a RIGID 1/2" battery impact, been using it for a few years as a mechanic. Great unit and very handy.

 

[MOguy]

I have a RIGID 1/2" battery impact, been using it for a few years as a mechanic. Great unit and very handy.

Battery operated tools have come a long way in the last few years, esp with prices coming down as they have. At this point I find it hard to justify buying another pneumatic tool or a compressor any larger than needed to inflate tires.

 

[Ducky's Dad]

I have a couple of Dewalt 18V impact wrenches that produce 300 lb/ft torque, and they are overkill for lug nuts, so you have to be careful. A set of torque sticks is probably a good idea if you are going to carry something like that. I think the Milwaukee M18 produces north of 400 lb/ft. I just bought one of the new Ryobi 18V impacts with two speed ranges, ostensibly to carry in the truck. The Ryobi is also rated at 300 lb/ft, but the low speed range should allow more measured/careful torquing. The new Ryobi stuff is pretty good, and often on sale, so also a good value if you buy smart. As a side note, I recently started using my Dewalts to run up scissors jacks on construction projects, with great success and little physical effort. Should work just as well to lift a truck, as long as you have the right size deep socket.

you don't need much of an DC/AC converter to charge a battery.

For my Dewalts and the Ryobi, I have car chargers that plug into the cigarette lighter socket. Very convenient, and compact.

 

[punisher1130]

SCBA and SCUBA tanks will be filled to very high pressures, 4500 psi plus. The tanks have to be checked on a regular basis to make sure they are in good shape. The compressors that fill them also have to be checked on a regular basis for health reasons because they are producing breathable air. For purposes here I don't think people will be filling to 4500 psi or using these tanks for breathable air. If you are using it as a tank for the purposes discussed here It should last as long as any other tank.

Makes sense

 

[toyotech]

Puma is around $230 shipped. Ready to go. Just hook it up to the battery. I extended my wires and hard wired mine in. Than you can easily add remote tanks for larger capacity.
Making your own with a decent compressor and all the fittings and what not. Probably won't be too far from what s puma price be and its has one hell of a compressor too.


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[punisher1130]

I know I looked it up, that is the price for a ARB twin compressor set up. I have looked up some parts and I can build the system for less but the tank size got me stumped a little, thats why i made this post.

 

[toyotech]

I know I looked it up, that is the price for a ARB twin compressor set up. I have looked up some parts and I can build the system for less but the tank size got me stumped a little, thats why i made this post.

ARB twin compressor is $500
I can have two puma for that price and fill up two tires at a time. Takes arb two compressors to output what one puma would do.

Which compressor are you looking at to build yours with ?


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[punisher1130]

ARB twin compressor is $500
I can have two puma for that price and fill up two tires at a time. Takes arb two compressors to output what one puma would do.

Which compressor are you looking at to build yours with ?


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Opps your right I looked at the wrong part, the single compressor was $230. The compressor I am looking to mess with is this one>>> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KTY5CJA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1.

I know its just a tire pump but I'm thinking of wiring it to both a rocker switch as a main power switch and pressure switch for cut off when the tank is full.