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Air compressor anchoring ideas needed

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djohnsn

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I need some ideas on how to anchor an 80 gal vertical air compressor. I previously had it anchored with bolts embedded into the concrete slab of my garage, but I have moved and don't have this option at my new location. Ideas for a "semi-permanent" install?
 
never bolted 1 down before.

just set of big rubber pad or pads for the feet and small flex hose from tank to hard line . never a problem in the shop i use to work at for 10+ years.
 
Can't you drill holes into the concrete where you live now and bolt it down like you had it before? I actually only have 1 bolt holding mine as when I was drilling the concrete I hit something solid in the other 2 holes and the hammer drill wouldn't go through it so I just use the one bolt and it's all good.
 
Does your air compressor like to get up and walk around or something?? Lol
 
i always just freestand mine... here's my Quincy with isolator pads and lumber...



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I had a 60 gal, it was delivered on a small pallet....just left it that way for years.
 
Thanks for the replies. I don't know how much it "walks around" - I have always had it bolted down. I think that I will try something simple like the pictures ryoken posted.
 
Deuling said:
Does your air compressor like to get up and walk around or something?? Lol
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I bolted mine down to try and eliminate a bunch of vibration. Mine is still pretty loud and obnoxious so i'm going to try to put some rubber insulator pads between the concrete and the compressor.
 
mine is setup like Ryoken's except without the isolator pads, just wood.
It works fine and is pretty silent.
 
my last screaming banshee was on the delivery pallet for 15 yrs.... the only reason i went a little fancier with the Quincy was to keep it all a little cleaner install , floor space efficiency, and the old pallet was difficult to keep from getting lots of "cr@p" under...
 
My 60 gallon compressor is still fastened to the crate it was shipped on. Doesn't go anywhere and the crate gives it a little more heighth, too.
 
I think I'm beating a dead horse here but my 80 gallon horizontal is just sitting there, in fact it has castors and I don't lock them or anything it just sits.
 
ryoken said:
my last screaming banshee was on the delivery pallet for 15 yrs.... the only reason i went a little fancier with the Quincy was to keep it all a little cleaner install , floor space efficiency, and the old pallet was difficult to keep from getting lots of "cr@p" under...
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ryoken said:
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If thats the case why not use one solid piece of wood to keep "cr@p" out?? lol:rolleyes:
 
:p: :haha:

couple reasons actually.. wanted to maintain easy access to the drain in case I decide to go with an automatic drain..

that, and it's what I had around.... :whistle: you go find a slab of lumber to one-piece that..... :eek1:

hey, at least it's walmanized to hold up to any floor washing! :woot: :haha:
 
Haha just messin, but who doesnt have 2"x16"s just laying around the house...... :whistle: lol.
 
Horizontals are usually pretty stable. But I saw an 80 gallon vertical get pulled over by the air hose when someone was trying to make it reach just a little farther than it would.

If its plumbed into a hard line, thats a little better. But this one just had a hose hooked to it.
It wasn't mine, and I did not find out exactly what happened to it. But they said it snapped the outlet hookup off, blew up against the wall, and before anyone could get to it to turn it off, it hydro-locked from the oil running up into the cylinders and threw a rod.

Don't know if that was the cause for sure, but they had a new one when I went back.

If you cannot attach it to the floor, how about some flexible lines from the wall or ceiling to keep it from falling over?
 
Fordum said:
Horizontals are usually pretty stable. But I saw an 80 gallon vertical get pulled over by the air hose when someone was trying to make it reach just a little farther than it would.
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then someone there should be in the corner wearing the dunce asshat. those are HEAVY, granted some top heavy. but you'd have to pull something fierce to get one to go over. Theres no such thing as retard proof. Bolted to boards or a mini pallet is plenty good enough.
 
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