Rob1983 do you run any air tools with your set up? im wondering how a 9L tank would handle an impact wrench!
Anyone fit a CKMTA12 ARB air compressor?
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Rob1983 do you run any air tools with your set up? im wondering how a 9L tank would handle an impact wrench!
Yes, it runs a 1/2" rattle gun easily, great for doing wheels out bush. Reinflates the tyres fast too
does anyone have the 12V twin motor compressor and 1gal tank, mounted up the the quarter panel? i would love to set the kit up and hardwire it to the truck but im not sure the 1 gal tank would fit in the quarter panel area.
. How long does it take the twin ARB to inflate a 35 from 10psi to 30psi?
I've done 16-35 in just around 2 minutes, maybe less since I tend to forget and over fill with the twin compressor. Not your cheapest option but it is the fastest I have ever filled up my tires, it even beats one time I was filling up at a remote gas station from a huge air tank.
Not bad for a compressor that can be mounted behind the cargo area panel. Currently I have a CKMA12 on the passenger firewall engine compartment to run my lockers and have a CO2 bottle for tires, which is fast and will reset a bead but takes up space. Perhaps I can mount a second CKMA12 and run both to a tank. Or relax and leave well enough alone but that wouldn't be the Mud way.
Not bad for a compressor that can be mounted behind the cargo area panel. Currently I have a CKMA12 on the passenger firewall engine compartment to run my lockers and have a CO2 bottle fir tires, which is fast and will reset a bear bit takes up space. Perhaps I can mount a second CKMA12 and run both to a tank. Or relax and leave well enough alone but that wouldn't be the Mud way.
LOL that's no fun and wouldn't be the MUD way like you said.
Btw I tried to fill up with CO2 tank once and it was definitely slower than the twin. That little thing is a gem! Honestly a single twin will fit all your needs including locker and fill up tires better than anything I've seen or used. I really don't think the tank is necessary because it's is faster than filling from a tank! Hard to believe but it's true, in arb's owners manual it says it can run air tools on its own, granted I have never tried it.
It is also important to remember we normally have 4 tires(a lot of times I fill up 8 or even 12 tires because no one else seem to want to bring a compressor) to fill so a small air tank will only help with filling up the first or second tire but third and forth will go back to relying on speed of compressor.
IMHO the arb twin is pretty damn hard to beat, not cheap but to me it is well worth it especially it can be mounted completely out of the way. My near future plan is to mount on the side of the ARB drawer, it fits there perfectly!
IMHO the arb twin is pretty damn hard to beat, not cheap but to me it is well worth it especially it can be mounted completely out of the way. My near future plan is to mount on the side of the ARB drawer, it fits there perfectly!
Good info. My "Source" CO2 set up Cost $235, is highly portable and takes up no more space than the Puma and can be mounted inside or outside my vessel. It costs $15.50 to refill the 10# tank. I don't consider packing air tools worth the extra weight. Sometimes I think that a 15# or even 20# bottle would be better though.
If you dont mind the refilling nothing is faster than CO2 from all the test I have seen.
I used someone else's CO2 once and suppose to be cats meow! But it was heavy as F(the one I used) and slower than I thought it would be, maybe I didn't set the regulator correctly. After that i definitely not going that route because I need to refill before every trip, not that portable due to weight and size. Btw they sell 50ft thin air hose for less than 20 bucks and it sure as hell a lot easier to drag around. Just from my experience.
The CO2 tank you borrowed may have been a steel rather than aluminum tank and perhaps a larger tank than mine.
When I said "highly portable", I meant that I could take it with me in any vehicle.
It does suck when other people you were wheeling with have no means of inflating their own tires and they stand there looking at you while you air up. I ask myself "how much would he pay for a pressurized version of a commonly occurring gas right about now"? And then I wonder, if I had it to do over again, would I have gone the more complicated route and installed a compressor instead?
It probably was steel and I didn't use it right. Regardless of speed I don't like the idea of running out. What if I have to plug my tires a couple of times during a trip? Another issue I have with tanks is they take up a lot of cargo space and more importantly they have to be securely mounted or it would be quite lethal during an accident.
Also I have no issues helping newbies with inflating their tires, we all started somewhere. One of my buddy promptly bought the ARB after he saw my setup. Most won't due to the cost but at least they learn that a compressor to reinflate tires is a must on any off-roading trip. Hell a lot of them didn't even know to air down.
Can't wait to see 2 ARB twins in action
Why? Are you making a mount for twin twin setup?????
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Another consideration is altitude, tanks are pretty much unaffected, compressors are, significantly. As altitude increases, performance falls, over 10K feet, they really struggle, we try not to air up when that high. The main issue we have had is with air lockers, the compressor struggling to get/maintain pressure at very high altitude.
When you see tests, the altitude where it's done is significant. At say 2000ft there will be less difference between a tank and compressor, at 8000ft there will be. If most of your use is very high altitude a tank is likely a better choice.
perhaps soon.
You are just a fluffer until you put out!!!!!
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