Posted: 9/2/2014 12:48:13 PM EDT
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I am about to purchase a Side by Side UTV and this will be a first for me.
I have some really good gear to carry, but the one item I want to get is a good reliable 12 v air compressor. Can anyone tell me which ones are good and which ones are junk ? I'm already guessing Harbor Freight & Tool might not be a good one. Thanks in advance. 
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I bought a portable viair compressor and it lives in my old truck. The truck needs tires aired up now and then, corroded aluminum rims seem to leak a little air rather than seal properly. It does all 4 just fine. Run a search for the last thread on these and you will see people recomend longer jumper cables and stuff as well. On a shortbed regular cab f150 from 1995 the stock portable air compressor can do all 4 tires. It barely does all 4 tires though. |
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I am about to purchase a Side by Side UTV and this will be a first for me. I have some really good gear to carry, but the one item I want to get is a good reliable 12 v air compressor. Can anyone tell me which ones are good and which ones are junk ? I'm already guessing Harbor Freight & Tool might not be a good one. Thanks in advance.
May not be the best but they offer different grades. I bought two and have never had a problem and they saved my butt on a couple occasions and have proved very handy. I keep waiting for one to stop working.......but even after a few years they still work fine. http://www.harborfreight.com/12v-100-psi-high-volume-air-compressor-69284.html |
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Some folks will mount the compressor in a plastic battery box either under the hood or under the vehicle and run a line inside the vehicle cabin for the air intake. Here is an awesome write up on how one person mounted their tank, compressor, everything... |
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Quoted: What's the attractiveness of a truck mounted compressor? More air? Bling? Something else? Usually a truck mounted compressor also has an air tank for air reserve storage and therefore a larger cfm of air. I have a compressor, tank, lines and wiring. Just haven't taken the time to install it yet. Mine will be going in my daily driver/tow rig/do anything truck. I carry a very complete set of tools, bug out bag, weapons, all kinds of emergency and repair gear. The compressor will just be another tool in my arsenal. I will have hose fittings rigged up front and rear to hook up an air hose to air up trailer tires, reinflate my tires after a repair or airing them down for soft sand, or to run some air tools. |
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I used a tank years ago when I hit the trails, but I always wanted a compressor. They take up less space and they're more versatile. You can reseat a broken bead on a truck tire with a CO2 tank a lot better/faster with a tank cranked up than with a compressor. Take the valve core out, put a ratchet strap around it, crank the pressure up and have at it. |
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Quoted: You can reseat a broken bead on a truck tire with a CO2 tank a lot better/faster with a tank cranked up than with a compressor. Take the valve core out, put a ratchet strap around it, crank the pressure up and have at it. Quoted: Quoted: I used a tank years ago when I hit the trails, but I always wanted a compressor. They take up less space and they're more versatile. You can reseat a broken bead on a truck tire with a CO2 tank a lot better/faster with a tank cranked up than with a compressor. Take the valve core out, put a ratchet strap around it, crank the pressure up and have at it. |
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True, but if you add a tank with the compressor you can do the same thing. Quoted:
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I used a tank years ago when I hit the trails, but I always wanted a compressor. They take up less space and they're more versatile. You can reseat a broken bead on a truck tire with a CO2 tank a lot better/faster with a tank cranked up than with a compressor. Take the valve core out, put a ratchet strap around it, crank the pressure up and have at it. And you can run a smaller tank. This also gives you the ability to run air lockers almost indefinitely. |
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Mounting it might allow you to keep it out of areas you want to keep open. The little portable thing I have is slow compared to their larger setups that can be mounted. I keep the little thing behind the seat of the regular cab pickup with a bench seat. It is easy to get it out and take it with me if it needs to be used elsewhere. Folks who off road and are always airing tires up and down, or who have other needs like blowing up inflatable pool toys or inner tubes for rafting or whatever, might decide to mount it in their vehicle. Pirate 4x4 has a thread about a pump called a puma and lots of people over there seperated the motor from the tank and made it fit behind the interior body panels of their suv toys. By hiding it their space in the back is wide open and many plumbed in places to plug in an air hose at the front and back of their vehicle. Makes it easy to use on that specific vehicle. It is a luxury to some extent since it is hard mounted to the vehicle, but if your vehicle has a winch and some serious mods an air compressor at a couple hundred bucks might be one of the cheaper mods. On something like my jeep wrangler lots of folks mount the pump somewhat inside the vehicle and the tank lives under the vehicle. Makes it easy to have a lot of compressed air on hand but no tank taking up valuable interior space. |
I have a compressor mounted in the engine compartment of my Toyota FJ with it plumbed to a quick connect on my front bumper (Left of the winch control). I have used it to air up my vehicle when coming out of the desert and lots of other things, very handy and convenient. 
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