OBA air tank ideas?

[kauzenkaos]

I finaly got time to make a mount for my york compressor and now im hunting a good air tank setup that will fit between the fuel tank and the step in the bed. I was thinking about one of those pontoon contractor setups with the dual tanks but i have no idea if they can handle 150 psi. Any better options? Id like some pics of mounted tanks if anybody has some.
Heres a few pics of the york mounted

 

[Corey 78K5]

Find a big rig truck shop. Almost all of them have a bone yard out back with old trucks and trailers that will never see the road again with multiple air tanks for air brakes and and gate cylinders. You could probably get one for free if you ask right. There are millions of them just laying around the country.

 

[kgblazerfive]

I bought a Harbor Freight air compressor has a gauge and a pressure relief valve and a tank pulled the motor off and used it all but the motor.

 

[kgblazerfive]

I used the tank and stuff for my OBA

 

[4X4HIGH]

I bought a 2 1/2 gallon tank from Sun Performance (looks like they're out of business now) and mounted it on the inside of the passenger side framerail about under the rear seat area.

 

[Deuling]

Im gonna mount my Scuba Tank that already has the quick disconnect and regulator set up for filling paintball air tanks behind my rear seat laying down with some brackets used for holding i think 8" PVC I got from work. Its gonna look pretty sweet and should hold a good amount of air. Plus to fill I can just back up to the door of the paintball place down the road and he will fill it right up

 

[kauzenkaos]

Im gonna mount my Scuba Tank that already has the quick disconnect and regulator set up for filling paintball air tanks behind my rear seat laying down with some brackets used for holding i think 8" PVC I got from work. Its gonna look pretty sweet and should hold a good amount of air. Plus to fill I can just back up to the door of the paintball place down the road and he will fill it right up

My brother in law gave me a few scuba tanks but id rather use the york setup im to lazy to go get them filled up. plus all i gotta do is flip a switch dont have to worry about running out.
Ill to look around i know tons of trailers and semi's go to the dump around here everybody wants to scrap everything.

 

[Deuling]

Yah id rather have a york. But thats spensive lol. And my scuba was free and will look pretty cool i think

 

[cybrfire]

Built a tank for the crew cab out of rectangular tubing, about the same height as the frame rail under the cab. 8" tall in my case, give or take. Capped the ends and welded in some bungs where they suited me. Round tanks take up way more space than they need to.

 

[kauzenkaos]

Built a tank for the crew cab out of rectangular tubing, about the same height as the frame rail under the cab. 8" tall in my case, give or take. Capped the ends and welded in some bungs where they suited me. Round tanks take up way more space than they need to.

pondered calling you and askin how much to turn the ends of the front bumper your building me into tanks but i think i like your idea better ill have to see where i can dig up some square or rectangle tubing. Poor york will have to work double time if i weld the caps and bungs on myself due to all the leaks. But i guess theres only one way to improve my welding so i think ill try that out

 

[DrkZide]

I thought there was a safety concern with non-cylindrical air tanks? Something about how the pressure is concentrated near the edges providing a higher risk of a tank breach. The same reason why the ends of the tank are convex and not flat.

EDIT: I can't seem to find a "big rig" boneyard on Google. What should I be looking for?

 

[cybrfire]

I thought there was a safety concern with non-cylindrical air tanks? Something about how the pressure is concentrated near the edges providing a higher risk of a tank breach. The same reason why the ends of the tank are convex and not flat.

EDIT: I can't seem to find a "big rig" boneyard on Google. What should I be looking for?

It all comes down to designing it properly. I've built several air tanks over the years. They are all still going strong or outlasted what they were built for.

 

[Deuling]

I think it would take alot more pressure to blow out square tube than what the norm is. If you put thousands of psi like in an oxygen or gas cylinder it would be more of an issue, but i dont think a square tank with good welds holding upwards of 150 psi would have problems.

 

[BUDDY]

My brother in law gave me a few scuba tanks but id rather use the york setup im to lazy to go get them filled up. plus all i gotta do is flip a switch dont have to worry about running out.
Ill to look around i know tons of trailers and semi's go to the dump around here everybody wants to scrap everything.

You can still use them as a air resevoir. Plus, you could pump them up to 200 psi with no issues or worries about it splitting open. AND, you could use the quick mounting for the scuba tanks & have them be portable.

Just a thought.

Later,
Buddy