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Jan 15, 2005 | 01:36 PM

WTAGAS

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Mounting vertical compressor

I have a 60 gallon vertical air compressor and do not want to drill holes in the floor to mount it. So, I have been told to mount it on a tire. I figure to fabricate a plat to mount the feet to and attach that to a 16" wheel with a 235 85 16 tire on it with just enough pressure to get the wheel part off the floor. I have been told it will be quieter, and won't walk while in operation. Any thoughs?

Jan 15, 2005 | 02:37 PM

Crash687

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the reason for mounting it to the floor is because it is top heavy and you don't want your exspensive air compressor to become junk or fall on someone.

Jan 15, 2005 | 03:24 PM

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Tubeless tires tend to leak and go flat if you put a constant sideways force on the sidewalls. I found this out the hard way when I replaced the missing spare tire carrier on my truck with a crude home-made bracket. You might be able to work around this if you put a tube in the tire.

I mounted my compressor using the pallet it was shipped on. I had some rubber doughnut vibration isolators that I used between the compressor feet and the pallet. You could probably make some isolators up out of a used tire.

Chain or strap or otherwise tie the compressor to a nearby wall, so that it cannot tip over. You could use the kind of strap required for water heaters in seismic zones, such as on the West Coast. Home Depot sells these things for about $12.00

Jan 15, 2005 | 04:26 PM

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I used the shipping pallet that mine came on, its wide enough to be stable. I poured a small slab and built an addition to the garage so the comp is outside, provided ventilation, ran black iron pipe into the garage (with room for movement) to my filter. It's been good for 10 years now.

Jan 15, 2005 | 05:50 PM

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go to a sporting goods store and buy three hockey pucks. and get some lag bolts long enough to go half-way thru the hockey puck. no drilling into the floor required , some vibration isolation, and the hockey pucks are just sticky enough to keep the compressor from walking when it's running...

works for me...

Brian in NC
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Jan 15, 2005 | 07:38 PM

1966ford

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I just left mine bolted to the shipping pallet it came on. It is plenty stable like that, it would be pretty hard to tip it over accidentally.

Jan 16, 2005 | 08:36 AM

Bart99GT

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Quote:

Originally Posted by fefarms

I mounted my compressor using the pallet it was shipped on. I had some rubber doughnut vibration isolators that I used between the compressor feet and the pallet. You could probably make some isolators up out of a used tire.

Chain or strap or otherwise tie the compressor to a nearby wall, so that it cannot tip over. You could use the kind of strap required for water heaters in seismic zones, such as on the West Coast. Home Depot sells these things for about $12.00

That's probably the best solution if you don't want to drill into concrete. One day I'll get around to moving my 60 gallon compressor into my storage room adjacent to my garage, put down a piece of 1/2" plywood over the subflooring for a little more reinforcement, add some rubber isolators (read: hockey pucks) and bolt it down in there. The previous owner of the house had a compressor in there so there's already a 220v line in there, and a hole in the wall for the pipe, which is currently being used to feed the power line to the compressor in the garage.

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Jan 17, 2005 | 04:15 PM

mantta

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My compressor is the same as yours and, it walked around at first but I put 1/2" thick rubber pads onder each leg and it is fine now.

Jan 17, 2005 | 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by thefirstboz

Mine is bolted to the floor.. not really loud, but are you saying that adding this insulator will help with sound that much? It would be easy to bolt the hockey pucks down and the screw the compressor feet to that.

Just wondering if it will make enough difference

Sam

Jan 20, 2005 | 05:57 AM

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thefirstboz

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that's a good question....i don't know if it's quieter--i didn't run the compressor both ways (with and without the hockey pucks) but intuitively, it makes sense to me that it would be quieter-- won't transmit vibrations thru the floor.

and I've thought that instead of bolting the pucks to the floor, i would use some construction adhesive. but that'll be in the future. i haven't had to use my compressor too much lately, so it hasn't been a concern.

take care

Brian in NC
94 F150