12 Volt Air Compressors

[Clunk]

I had the R/R one for about 6 years before it carked it, bought that for $120 on sale back then.
This time round, I bought a similar looking XTM one from BCF for $93, only used it 3 times but so far so good and seems to be on par with the R/R...... I should add, that it's one of those ones that doesn't seem to have a duty cycle listed for it......... but hey, I needed one and didn't have the coin to spend

[PhillipA]

No worries Cuppa, We leave June 18 so I am just gearing up now so plenty of time

[Avo]

I have an iron man one cost me 180 bucks probably 4 yrs ago,and those from here I have gone 4wd-ing with will tell ya mine beats there's...nah nah nah nah nah

[Clunk]

I have an iron man one cost me 180 bucks probably 4 yrs ago,and those from here I have gone 4wd-ing with will tell ya mine beats there's...nah nah nah nah nah

No one cares..... go home

[MB]

FWIW, Mrs MB has been over the moon with her paddock $99 prezzie last year of a “Double Thumper - Max” :-)!
Apparently ARB twin compressors overheat in serious use according to some, bullshit I says when recently leaving real tracks to assist with 6 of 35x12.5 + 4 of 33x10.5 in under 10 minutes.
20L ‘rusty’ bad idea ‘steel’ tank pressure vessel ‘good’ help in between tyre build interchanges ;-)


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[threedogs]

Pay attention to the duty cycle of any compressor you look at. More important than max PSI.

Some are advertised with no mention of duty cycle - give those ones a wide berth.

The higher the percentage of the duty cycle the better. 100% is best. They can run continuously without shutting down to cool, which not only is convenient but suggests far better quality construction (& promise of longer life).

I run a Boss PX07 with a 15 litre tank. Comparable in price to the bigger ARB units. Apart from being a good reliable & simple compressor, all parts necessary for a rebuild are readily available & the Aussie distributor is a really helpful bloke. I had originally installed mine poorly in such a way that any internal condensation collected in the check valve, which over time destroyed it. I emailed him with a query & he phoned me & then sorted me out with some different braided hoses & fittings so I could install differently a very reasonable cost (& far less than I could have got custom hoses made up for). Probably as close to a garage forecourt airline that you can get in 12volt. I bought mine on the recommendation of a friend who has travelled extensively throughout remote Australia over the past decade in his OKA & has used his PX07 regularly throughout without any issue whatsoever.

They also do smaller 100% duty cycle compressors which might suit better price-wise.

Paid $600 odd when Big Balls were in business great pump boss 3/4hp but I prefer my thumper.
never been a race to pump up tyres or re seat rims imo. Im going to run my Thumper with a 3 gallon tank to run some air tools if needed.
As for price if it fails Ill just but a double ended thumper, ,just keep them away from sand, It was just called the big black pump back then.
this makes then over 20 yrs old in design, you'd think improvements may have been made since then.I still have my Thomas bullet slow as they come
but will pump all day, about the time it took to pump up one tyre lol

[PhillipA]

Ok, picked up the Ridge Ryder on Supercheaps ebay site on special for $167 and with my ebay voucher brought it down to $117

Can't go wrong with that.