Air Compressor Question

mainechick · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:16 pm

I am looking to get one for airing up on the trails and I found a 2 gallon air tank with compressor. So I need your advice.. is that going to be enough? What does everyone else have, or do you all have just a compressor(no tank) that you hook up to your battery?

XVTer · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:18 pm

I have a husky compressor (no tank) that I used before I got my Powertank. It is slow, but worked pretty well and stowed under my passenger seat. I still keep it in the X since it stows away so well.

daggerdoggie · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:41 pm

Pretty much anything will be strong enough, our tires don't have much pressure. Where the expense comes in is volume. A lot of the el-cheepo compressors work great, it just may take 1/2 hour or longer to air up four tires.

So, unless you want to spend $300 or more; or get CO2, one of those inexpensive cigarette lighter ones will work fine for years. You just need to have patience. That why I usually fill 5 or 6 truck's tires when I go offroading. CO2 can fill all the tires on ten trucks in less time than most compressors.

anthony · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:12 am

I have a viair 450c compressor and 5 gallon tank. And it's nice. It's not quite as fast as co2, but i never have to get it refilled.

DaveP · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:58 pm

I have the Tsunami that you can find at PepBoys for $50 and it works really well for a small compressor.

A couple other people are running this as well

mainechick · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:11 pm

Cool... Thanks everyone for your suggestions!

Svendog · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:55 pm

I have a powertank setup with two tanks.

I have a compressor as backup, but CO2 is the way to go

cornick · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:57 pm

I'm sure there will be some Power Tank certificates at the B2SR again this year. Could way and go for one of those for dirt cheap.

Svendog · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:58 pm

I'll have two tanks with me at ECXC.. so, I'm able to air us up at the end of the day

mainechick · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:34 pm

Thanks! Maybe I will just borrow from you for that weekend and start saving up for my own CO2 tank.. got to do some re-arranging in the back of the X though.. its a little crowded with my box in the back.

Svendog · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:36 pm

I bring two tanks so that we can fill tires quickly.

It lets us get back to the campsite sooner so that we can start drinking sooner

Inurteeth2 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:47 pm

Hey Scott, Your C02 tank.. is that like a Propane tank kinda thing??? And you just fill it with C02? Cause i have like three of those propane tanks.. just sitting around.

Rockaholic · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:08 pm

mainechick wrote:

I am looking to get one for airing up on the trails and I found a 2 gallon air tank with compressor. So I need your advice.. is that going to be enough? What does everyone else have, or do you all have just a compressor(no tank) that you hook up to your battery?

Do you know what the pressure output of the compressor is? That'll tell us how much air is in the tank...

Inurteeth2 wrote:

Hey Scott, Your C02 tank.. is that like a Propane tank kinda thing??? And you just fill it with C02? Cause i have like three of those propane tanks.. just sitting around.

His tank is a CO2 tank...

You won't be able to fill a propane tank with CO2.

I do have a 15# CO2 tank with Valve (no regulator or valve handle) availible - I'm willing to part with it (full of CO2) for $90

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