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air, co2, nitrogen poll

which would you rather run for airing tire's and arb????

  • air compressor with back up tank

    Votes: 19 57.6%

  • air tank

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • co2 tank

    Votes: 8 24.2%

  • nitrogen

    Votes: 6 18.2%
  • Total voters
    33
  • Poll closed .
I voteed CO2 as that is what i have. Granted it does run out, but it is not like i am trying too run a pit crew off of it
 
What size co2 tank do you run and how long does it last???? I'm looking to run my ARB and fill tires from trail pressure to street pressure.
 
Mine is a 20Lb and it lasts quite a while.

I just ran it out yesterday and i will try to estimate how much use i got out of it.
  1. Used in the garage for Impact gun and cutoff whel for about 15 minutes of trigger time
  2. Used at the Badlands for cutting a stubshaft out of a truck. The ears were so deformes that it would not come out of the knucles. That was about 20-25 minutes of trigger time.
  3. Aired up 33' on a jeep, 36's on a ford, and 35's on a chevy at the Badlands for two days. Usually just one time per day each. Pressures were from 20 back up to 35ish.
  4. Aired one of my BFG's up at least 2 times a week for 2 months. (slow leak)
  5. Various other, but limited duties around the garage. Mainly whne i did not feel like turning on the compressor
I also always run it at 125Psi out.
My crap cutter takes at elast 7CFM to operate

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CO2, 14.5 aluminum tank for 10 lbs. ~25 lbsT and the PepBoys 12V compressor for good luck. Filling w CO2 is trick when you get back to the tar.:D I mounted the tank on the RR wheel house.
 
This is what I use, I built it my self for about $120, and I can run the impact gun right off it with no holding tank:D:D:D

Compressor1.jpg

Compressor2.jpg
 
A pair of those 25.00 compressors and a 6 gallon tank under the frame with an 80 psi cutoff switch.
 
Supreme70 said:
What size co2 tank do you run and how long does it last???? I'm looking to run my ARB and fill tires from trail pressure to street pressure.
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Yeah I haven't really paid attention to how long it lasts but you can get a lot of work out of it.

I like that it is mobile, I use it in two trucks and the shop, the only real downside is that it isn't 'renewable' like a compressor.
 
No pics but I used a fire extinguisher bottle and so a bracket for one. Bolted to the inner side panel.
 
On board air is nice but after using Toby's CO2 portable tank, that thing kicks ass!:bow: Besides trail use, we used in a salvage yard couple times including when I pulled my new 4L80 tranny. It was a huge life saver getting the torque converter bolts off. Having the portability to take it anywhere is a huge benefit.

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]The Power Tank's output is controllable from 0 up to 150 pounds so it can be turned down for use with air tools or welder and then back up for airing tires up fast.
This unit stores an incredible amount of compressed gas. Enough to air up all four tires on 9 trucks at the end of a trail run (assuming 33 X 12.50 tires). It took about 15 minutes per tire with my Truck Air unit or about a hour to do all four tires while only seconds to air up one tire with the co2 Power Tank. [/FONT]
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What about the co/2 coming out @ 100 degrees below zero? :eek1:
Any issues with that?
 
We quickly found out that you should wear gloves when using the cut off tool. It will freeze to you hand pretty fast.


Kinda like in The Christmas Story movie.......I Double Dog Dare You:haha::haha:

vtblazer said:
What about the co/2 coming out @ 100 degrees below zero? :eek1:
Any issues with that?
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